Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain MeadowsThe massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11, 1857, was the single most violent attack on a wagon train in the thirty-year history of the Oregon and California trails. Yet it has been all but forgotten. Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophets is an award-winning, riveting account of the attack on the Baker-Fancher wagon train by Mormons in the local militia and a few Paiute Indians. Based on extensive investigation of the events surrounding the murder of over 120 men, women, and children, and drawing from a wealth of primary sources, Bagley explains how the murders occurred, reveals the involvement of territorial governor Brigham Young, and explores the subsequent suppression and distortion of events related to the massacre by the Mormon Church and others. |
Contents
The Mountain Meadow | 3 |
Their Innocent Blood Will Cry unto the Lord of Hosts | 6 |
The BattleAx of the Lord | 23 |
Political Hacks Robbers and Whoremongers | 38 |
The Arkansas Travelers | 55 |
I Will Fight Them and I Will Fight All Hell | 73 |
We Are American Citizens and Shall Not Move | 95 |
The Knife and Tomahawk | 123 |
Vengeance Is Mine | 225 |
A Hideous Lethargic Dream | 248 |
Lonely Dell | 268 |
As False as the Hinges of Hell The Trials of John D Lee | 287 |
He Died Game The Execution of John D Lee | 307 |
The Mountain Meadow Dogs | 323 |
Nothing but the Truth Is Good Enough | 348 |
The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows | 365 |
The Work of Death | 140 |
The Scene of Blood and Carnage | 156 |
Plunder | 171 |
All Hell Is in Commotion | 188 |
They Have Slain My Children | 208 |
Victims of the Massacre | 385 |
Notes | 391 |
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Other editions - View all
Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows Will Bagley Limited preview - 2012 |
Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows Will Bagley No preview available - 2002 |
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