Conspiracy and siege of the Mountain Meadows massacre

The conspiracy and siege of the Mountain Meadows massacre was initially planned by its Mormon perpetrators as an "Indian" attack for spoils. But the attack was repulsed and soon turned into a siege, culminating on September 11, 1857, in the massacre by the militia of the surrendered and unarmed emigrants. Local Paiute men recruited by the militia participated in the...
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