Blood Atonement on September 11.

On September 11, 1857, 120 "gentiles" from Arkansas, including friends and probably kin of Clan Snoddy, were slaughtered by Mormon fanatics, led by John Doyle Lee, Brigham Young's son and brother-in-law. The Mountain Meadows massacre has been called "one of the worst mass murders in American history."

“A large party of Mormons, painted and tricked out as Indians, overtook the train of emigrant wagons some three hundred miles south of Scaption Lake City, and made an attack. But the emigrants threw up earthworks, made fortresses of their wagons, and defended themselves gallantly and successfully for five days! . At the end of the five days the Mormons tried military strategy. They retired to the upper end of the ‘Meadows,’ resumed civilized apparel, washed off their paint, and then, heavily armed, drove down in wagons to the beleaguered emigrants, bearing a flag of truce! When the emigrants saw white men coming they threw down their guns and welcomed them with cheer after cheer. . and were promptly slaughtered en masse, excepting only a few of the many children-those under the age of seven-deemed too young to ‘tell tales.’” Mark Twain in Roughing It

After a mistrial, John Doyle Lee was tried again in 1877 and sentenced to death. “Lee never denied his own complicy, but claimed he hadn't personally killed anyone. He said he had been a vocally reluctant participant and later a scapegoat meant to draw attention away from other Mormon leaders who were also involved.

Lee further maintained that LDS President Brigham Young had no knowledge of the event until after it happened. However, in the Life and Confessions of John D. Lee he wrote, ‘I have always believed, since that day, that General George A. Smith was then visiting southern Utah to prepare the people for the work of exterminating Captain Fancher's train of emigrants, and I now believe that he was sent for that purpose by the direct command of Brigham Young.’

On March 23, 1877, Lee was executed by firing squad at Mountain Meadows on the site of the 1857 massacre. His last words included a reference to Young: ‘I do not believe everything that is now being taught and practiced by Brigham Young. I do not care who hears it. It is my last word... I have been sacrificed in a cowardly, dastardly manner.’

On April 20, 1961, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints posthumously reinstated Lee's membership in the church”

AMONG THE VICTIMS KILLED, (WITH THEIR AGES AND HOMES) WERE:

William Allen Aden 19 Tennessee

Abel Baker 19 Carroll County, Arkansas

George Washington Baker 27 Carroll County, Arkansas

John Twitty Baker 52 Carroll County, Arkansas

Manerva A. Beller Baker 25 Carroll County, Arkansas

Mary Lavina Baker 7 Carroll County, Arkansas

John Beach 21 Unknown

David W. Beller 12 Carroll County, Arkansas

Melissa Ann Beller 14 Carroll County, Arkansas

Henry Cameron 16 Johnson County, Arkansas

Isom Cameron 18 Johnson County, Arkansas

James Cameron 14 Johnson County, Arkansas

Larkin Cameron 8 Johnson County, Arkansas

Martha Cameron 51 Johnson County, Arkansas

Martha Cameron 11 Johnson County, Arkansas

Nancy Cameron 12 Johnson County, Arkansas

Tillman Cameron 24 Johnson County, Arkansas

William Cameron 51 Johnson County, Arkansas

Allen P. DeShazo 20 Carroll County, Arkansas

America Jane Dunlap 7 Marion County, Arkansas

James D. Dunlap 14 Marion County, Arkansas

Jesse Dunlap, Jr. 39 Marion County, Arkansas

John H. Dunlap 16 Marion County, Arkansas

Lorenzo Dow Dunlap 42 Marion County, Arkansas

Lucinda Dunlap 12 Marion County, Arkansas

Margarette Dunlap 11 Marion County, Arkansas

Mary Wharton Dunlap 39 Marion County, Arkansas

Mary Ann Dunlap 9 Marion County, Arkansas

Mary Ann Dunlap 13 Marion County, Arkansas

Nancy Dunlap 9 Marion County, Arkansas

Nancy M. Dunlap 16 Marion County, Arkansas

Nancy Jane Wharton Dunlap 42 Marion County, Arkansas

Ruth Ellenor Dunlap 18 Marion County, Arkansas

Susannah Dunlap 12 Marion County, Arkansas

Talitha Emaline Dunlap 11 Marion County, Arkansas

Thomas J. Dunlap 17 Marion County, Arkansas

William M. Eaton ?? Indiana

Captain Alexander Fancher 45 Carroll County, Arkansas

Eliza Ingrum Fancher 37? Carroll County, Arkansas

Frances "Fanny" Fulfer Fancher 24 Carroll County, Arkansas

Hampton Fancher 19 Carroll County, Arkansas

James Mathew Fancher 25 Carroll County, Arkansas

Margaret A. Fancher 7 Carroll County, Arkansas

Martha Fancher 10 Carroll County, Arkansas

Mary J. Fancher 15 Carroll County, Arkansas

Robert Fancher 19 Carroll County, Arkansas

Sarah G. Fancher 7 Carroll County, Arkansas

Thomas B. Fancher 14 Carroll County, Arkansas

William Alexander Fancher 17 Carroll County, Arkansas

Elisha Huff ?? Unknown

Saladia Ann Brown Huff ?? Benton County, Arkansas

Huff Adult Male ?? Unknown

Huff Son ?? Unknown

Huff Son ?? Unknown

William Huff ?? Unknown

Eloah Angeline Tackitt Jones 27 Johnson County, Arkansas

John Milum Jones 32 Johnson County, Arkansas

Jones Daughter ?? Johnson County, Arkansas

Newton Jones ?? Johnson County, Arkansas

Lawson A. McEntire 21 Unknown

Josiah (Joseph) Miller 30 Johnson County, Arkansas

Matilda Cameron Miller 26 Johnson County, Arkansas

James William Miller 9 Johnson County, Arkansas

Henry Miller 12 Johnson County, Arkansas

Charles Roark Mitchell 23 Marion County, Arkansas

Joel D. Mitchell 23 Marion County, Arkansas

Sarah C. Baker Mitchell 21 Carroll County, Arkansas

John Prewit 20 Marion County, Arkansas

William Prewit 18 Marion County, Arkansas

Milum Lafayette Rush 28 Carroll County, Arkansas

Charles Stallcup 25 Marion County, Arkansas

Armilda Miller Tackitt 22 Johnson County, Arkansas

Cynthia Miller Tackitt 49 Johnson County, Arkansas

James M. Tackitt 14 Johnson County, Arkansas

Jones M. Tackitt 12 Johnson County, Arkansas

Marion Tackitt 20 Johnson County, Arkansas

Matilda Tackitt 16 Johnson County, Arkansas

Pleasant Reaves Tackitt 25 Johnson County, Arkansas

Sebron Tackitt 18 Johnson County, Arkansas

Richard Wilson 27? Marion County, Arkansas

Solomon R. Wood 20 Marion County, Arkansas

William Edward Wood 26 Marion County, Arkansas

SURVIVORS

Martha Elizabeth Baker 5 Carroll County, Arkansas

Sarah Frances Baker 3 Carroll County, Arkansas

William Twitty Baker 9 mo. Carroll County, Arkansas

Georgia Ann Dunlap 18 mo. Marion County, Arkansas

Louisa Dunlap 4 Carroll County, Arkansas

Prudence Angeline Dunlap 5 Marion County, Arkansas

Rebecca J.Dunlap 6 Carroll County, Arkansas

Sarah Elizabeth Dunlap 1 Carroll County, Arkansas

Christopher "Kit" Carson Fancher 5 Carroll County, Arkansas

Tryphena D. Fancher 22 mo Carroll County, Arkansas

Nancy Saphrona Huff 4 Benton County, Arkansas

Felix Marion Jones 18 mo Johnson County, Arkansas

John Calvin Miller 6 Johnson County, Arkansas

Mary Miller 4 Johnson County, Arkansas

William "Joseph" Tillman Miller 1 Johnson County, Arkansas

Emberson Milum Tackitt 4 Johnson County, Arkansas

William Henry Tackitt 19 mo Johnson County, Arkansas

OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAGON TRAIN

George D. Basham ?? Johnson County, Arkansas

Silas Edwards ?? Unknown

(Thomas?) Hamilton ?? Unknown

Peter Huff ?? Benton County, Arkansas

Frank E. King and wife ?? Pacific Springs, Wyoming

John Robert Page Family ?? Madison County, Arkansas

Levi Poteet Family ?? Johnson County, Arkansas

Henry Dalton Scott Clarksville, Arkansas

Malinda Cameron Scott 28 Clarksville, Arkansas

See, UTAH LEGENDS Mountain Meadows Massacre Victims & Wagon Train Members

and

Mountain Meadows Association