![]() ![]() President James Buchanan had sent out troops and the Latter-day Saints in Utah were worried about what those troops were going to do to them.…Also, during this time, Brigham Young had launched what he called “a reformation.” He felt his people were spiritually declining, and he wanted to bring them back to a greater spirituality. In 18, the Utah territorial militia was at war with the federal government.What were the conditions in Utah, including the relationship between Latter-day Saints and the federal government, leading up to the attack? Here are excerpts from The Salt Lake Tribune’s “Mormon Land” podcast with Turley and Brown. Turley, left, and Barbara Jones Brown, the authors of “Vengeance Is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and Its Aftermath.” ![]() (Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Richard E. ![]()
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