▲ 36 ▼ Mountain Meadows Massacre (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 10 months ago by MrSmiley@lemmy.zip to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world 4 comments fedilink hide all child comments 1857 massacre of California-bound immigrants by Nauvoo Legion militiamen
[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 1 point 10 months ago (1 child) The ice crackdown against immigrants and strangers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] snooting@wetshav.ing 2 points 10 months ago The Mountain Meadows Massacre (September 7–11, 1857) was a series of attacks during the Utah War that resulted in the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker–Fancher wagon train.[1][a] The massacre occurred in the southern Utah Territory at Mountain Meadows, and was perpetrated by settlers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) involved with the Utah Territorial Militia (officially called the Nauvoo Legion) who recruited and were aided by some Southern Paiute Native Americans.[2] The wagon train, made up mostly of immigrant families from Arkansas, was bound for California, traveling on the Old Spanish Trail that passed through the Territory. I don't see the similarity. This was a group of Mormons and militiamen killing settlers from Arkansas. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] snooting@wetshav.ing 2 points 10 months ago The Mountain Meadows Massacre (September 7–11, 1857) was a series of attacks during the Utah War that resulted in the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker–Fancher wagon train.[1][a] The massacre occurred in the southern Utah Territory at Mountain Meadows, and was perpetrated by settlers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) involved with the Utah Territorial Militia (officially called the Nauvoo Legion) who recruited and were aided by some Southern Paiute Native Americans.[2] The wagon train, made up mostly of immigrant families from Arkansas, was bound for California, traveling on the Old Spanish Trail that passed through the Territory. I don't see the similarity. This was a group of Mormons and militiamen killing settlers from Arkansas. permalink fedilink source parent