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The Mountain Meadow (Utah) Massacre of 1857 subtitle: First and Only Authentic History of the Horrible Slaughter; One Hundred and Thirty-five Innocent Emigrants Ruthlessly Murdered; The Mormons Attempt to Fasten the Crime Upon the Indians; But Late Developments and Confessions Fix the Guilt Where it Belongs; The Bloody Plot Emanated from a Military Council of War; And Was Executed by the Utah Mormon Militia; The Victims Enticed from Their Shelter by a Flag of Truce; And Then Mercilessly Shot Down in Their Tracks; The Women and Children Turned Over to Savages for Ravishment and Torture; Piles of Naked Dead Mutilated by Wolves; The Guilty Leaders of the Massacre, and Where They Are Concealed; “Vengeance Is Mine, I Will Repay, Saith the Lord”; The Mountain Meadow Massacre

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A detailed account of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the factors that led up to it, and the consequences of the event.
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