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The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
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Mountain Meadows Massacre
1857 massacre of California-bound immigrants by Nauvoo Legion militiamen
The Mountain Meadows Massacre 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. The massacre occurred in the southern Utah Territory at Mountain Meadows, and was perpetrated by settlers from the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mormons
Religious group; part of the Latter Day Saint movement
Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into several groups following different leaders;…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Southern Paiute people
Indigenous people native to the US states of Nevada, Arizona, and Utah
The Southern Paiute people are a tribe of Native Americans who have lived in the Colorado River basin of southern Nevada, northern Arizona, and southern Utah. Bands of Southern Paiute live in scattered locations throughout this territory and have been granted federal recognition…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mountain Meadow, Utah
Historic area in Washington County, Utah
Mountain Meadow or Mountain Meadows, is an area in present-day Washington County, Utah. It was a place of rest and grazing used by pack trains and drovers, on the Old Spanish Trail and later Mormons, Forty-niners, mail riders, migrants and teamsters on the Mormon Road on their…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)