Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Hauns Mill Massacre, Mormon studies, LDS history
College
Fine Arts and Communications
Department
Theatre and Media Arts
Abstract
“I am an apparition. An echo of events long since past. Burned into my frame are the stories, brutal deeds, and bloody failures to which I have been witness. October 30, 1838. Colonel Jennings of the Missouri State Militia orders an attack on the Mormon settlement at Haun’s Mill. Seventeen Mormons die, fourteen on the night of the massacre. Of the 240 militia members, not one life was lost. I come to you as a still whisper from the halls of the past, not as a definitive end, but the door to a new beginning.”
Recommended Citation
Romney, Joshua and Samuelsen, Dr. Eric
(2013)
"Battle of the Mill,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 2346.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2346