Wasnt it outright murder?
2006-12-20 23:16:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
First they dressed as Indians and tried to get the train and wagons. But they were held off for 5 days. Then they came back to the battle scene as white men who had arranged safe passage for them. Then the y took their guns. Marched them out to the 2 miles or so and shot them. Only 17 children survived. Thanks Brigham
2006-12-20 23:25:24 · update #1
yes there is no way to explain that one as anything but murder.
2006-12-20 23:20:27 · answer #1 · answered by lucifer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question has been asked before. Brigham Young sent word not to lay a finger on the groups coming through, but it didn't get there in time. People asking this question don't understand the concept of paranoia. If you were persecuted for years and then thought you had finally gotten away from it by traveling to the other side of the country, and then suddenly you had strangers traveling through a little town and land you had helped to settle, you would be on edge the entire time the other people were there, wondering if they had an ulterior motive in traveling through. The people who participated in it were definitely in the wrong, of course, but again, it would help if you studied the concept of paranoia based on past experience.
2006-12-21 21:02:53 · answer #2 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am Mormon. I can't explain. I wasn't there and neither were you. There were survivors, but who is to be believed about what EXACTLY happened? We will never really know. Survivors could be lying or the "mormons" could be. I have comfort in knowing that God is the judge and whatever happed, how and why, will all be resolved and the people who are 100% responsible will get their "just rewards".
Sadly, there are bad people and bad "acts" of members of every religion, no one is perfect...it's like people saying all "Islamic" members are "bombers" or whatever...intelligent people know that's not true.
2006-12-21 17:02:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Victors write the history. I have actually asked this question point blank to some missionaries who were teaching me the lessons. They explained it away as a mutual thing- that the group felt threatened by the "savages"about to kill them. I wanted to throw up in my decafinated coffee.
2006-12-21 07:26:45 · answer #4 · answered by squirrelbabygirl7 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was that age old scourge, Blood Vengeance!
Reds were killing reds, whites whites, and blacks blacks, etc, etc. Long before the races imposed on each other.
Who's to say who did the first killing that started
the Blood Vengeance between the reds and whites in
America. It was probably a red and white fighting over
a Lover. Or maybe a horse!
2006-12-21 07:21:15 · answer #5 · answered by Master_of_Psyche 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm more curious as to why Mormons refused black people admission to their church until the 1980s. And why people still believe in religions when we have the explainations and they have none.
Progress, people. Come on.
2006-12-21 07:31:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They turned to God in their deepest despair. What a way!
2006-12-21 07:22:36 · answer #7 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋