Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath By Richard E. Turley Jr. and Barbara Jones Brown

Authors

Kent P. Jackson

Keywords

Book Review, Mountain Meadows Massacre

Abstract

September 11, 1857.

Thirteen years earlier, the Prophet Joseph Smith was murdered while in state custody. The Latter-day Saints had been driven from their homes in Missouri and Illinois, with no protection from those states or from the United States. The U.S. Army was on its way to the Utah Territory to put down a rebellion that didn’t exist, and Utahns thought they might be driven from their homes once again. Because of the anticipated military invasion, leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had recently told settlers in Utah not to sell food, including grain, to non–Latter-day Saint emigrant companies passing through.

Recommended Citation

Jackson, Kent P. (2023) "Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath By Richard E. Turley Jr. and Barbara Jones Brown," BYU Studies Quarterly: Vol. 62: Iss. 2, Article 14.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byusq/vol62/iss2/14