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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.
The site of the massacre, as seen through a viewfinder, from the 1990 Monument. On Friday, September 11 two Utah militiamen approached the Baker-Fancher party wagons with a white flag and were soon followed by Indian agent and militia officer John D. Lee. Lee told the battle-weary emigrants he had negotiated a truce with the Paiutes, whereby they could be escorted safely to Cedar City under ...
The following table contains a list of those believed to have been killed during the massacre, along with the survivors (who are listed in bold). The table also lists if the person was listed on the 1955 Monument in Harrison, Arkansas , or on the 1990 Monument in Mountain Meadows .
On September 8, 1857, Captain Stewart Van Vliet, of the US Army Quartermaster Corps, arrived in Salt Lake City.Van Vliet's mission was to inform Young that the US troops then approaching Utah did not intend to attack the Mormons, but intended to establish an army base near Salt Lake City and to request Young's cooperation in procuring supplies for the army.
John Brown and followers killed 5 pro-slavery settlers during the Bleeding Kansas period. [9] [10] Spirit Lake Massacre: 1857 Mar 5–12 West Okoboji: Iowa: 35–40 A band of Dakota people led by Inkpaduta conducted a series of raids on white settlers. Mountain Meadows Massacre: 1857 Sep 7–11 Mountain Meadows: Utah Territory: 100–140
Interpretive signage at the massacre site, with the 1999 monument seen in the background. There have been several remembrances of the Mountain Meadows Massacre including commemorative observances, the building of monuments and markers, and the creation of associations and other groups to help promote the massacre's history and ensure protection of the massacre site and grave sites.
The conspiracy and siege of the Mountain Meadows Massacre was initially planned by its Mormon perpetrators to be a short "Indian" attack, against the Baker–Fancher party. But the planned attack was repulsed and soon turned into a siege, which later culminated in the massacre of the remaining emigrants, on September 11, 1857.
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