| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 34.2

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Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows. By Will Bagley. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. xxiv + 493 pp. Illustrations, maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $39.95.)

     In 1856, President James Buchanan dispatched an army to Utah Territory to punish the Mormon people and their leaders for alleged subversion and hostility toward federal law and government officials. When this military force entered Utah, a wave of hysteria spread through Mormon communities. 1

     In the far-off southwest corner of the territory, local Mormon militia leaders decided to strike back at the federal government by closing a main trail and destroying a party of emigrants traveling this southern route to California. 2

     On 7 September 1857, a Mormon militia group and other settlers attacked the Arkansas Fancher train at Mountain Meadows. Under the leadership of John D. Lee, Mormon Indian agent, and later scapegoat, the Mormons assaulted the Arkansas travelers, aided by Paiute Indians. One hundred twenty men, women, and children were murdered (p. 271). . . .

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