“The Mormon teaching of unquestioning obedience to authority, added to the strict military law then in force in the Territory, would, in the eyes of their neighbors, relieve the men in the ranks of responsibility. For this reason, only a… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“Johnson evidently did not want it said that they had murdered the people for their property, but the leaders could not stand to let… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“It was not until the spring of 1859 [two years later] that the children [the survivors of the murdered emigrant train] were officially turned… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“Speaking in the tabernacle to a large assembly, he [John Taylor, Mormon] said: Who would not rather die than bow to the yoke of… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“The full and free pardon granted by President Buchanan was received resentfully by most of the Mormons, who still felt that the sending of… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“The feeling against the Mormons as expressed by the San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin was: The blood of American citizens cries for vengeance from… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“George Powers of Little Rock, Arkansas, made a statement which was read at a public indignation meeting in Los Angeles on October 12, 1857,… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“So the official story of the massacre was written. While the visiting [Mormon] authorities might reprove the leaders, while they might administer severe chastisement… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“In the meantime, before the civil authorities had been able to start an investigation [into the Mountain Meadows Massacre], the church conducted a private… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“In Pioche, Nevade [while in hiding], in April 1871, he [Philip Klingonsmith] made his affidavit regarding the massacre, the first of all who had… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“So many legends have grown up around the fate of the surviving children that it is almost impossible to determine where the truth lies.… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“[Jacob] Hamblin arranged to make a trip across the Colorado River in search of a child who might be missing. The motive behind this… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
“The Mormon teaching of unquestioning obedience to authority, added to the strict military law then in force in the Territory, would, in the eyes… — Juanita Brooks Copy Share Image
![“It was not until the spring of 1859 [two years later] that the children [the survivors of the murdered emigrant train] were officially turned over to the government officials, and bills for their care were made… The policy of letting the government pay seems to have been general…” quote by Juanita Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f15/juanita-brooks-33595_children_it-was-not-until-the-spring-of-1859-two_372854.jpg)
![“Speaking in the tabernacle to a large assembly, he [John Taylor, Mormon] said: Who would not rather die than bow to the yoke of the enemy? It would sweeten death to a man to know that he should lay down his life in defence of freedom and the kingdom of God, rather than to longer bow to the cruelty…” quote by Juanita Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/232/juanita-brooks-33595_kingdom-of-god_speaking-in-the-tabernacle-to-a-large-as_555686.jpg)
![“So the official story of the massacre was written. While the visiting [Mormon] authorities might reprove the leaders, while they might administer severe chastisement in private, they would not turn the offenders over to the enemies of the church for judgment. Neither would they disgrace the local…” quote by Juanita Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/be4/juanita-brooks-33595_leadership_so-the-official-story-of-the-massacre-wa_1122314.jpg)
![“In the meantime, before the civil authorities had been able to start an investigation [into the Mountain Meadows Massacre], the church conducted a private one, if we are to trust their own records. The leaders had to know the truth of this affair, even though the group loyalty which they had…” quote by Juanita Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/724/juanita-brooks-33595_mormonism_in-the-meantime-before-the-civil-authori_1402721.jpg)
![“In Pioche, Nevade [while in hiding], in April 1871, he [Philip Klingonsmith] made his affidavit regarding the massacre, the first of all who had participated to break openly the pact of silence. After acting as a witness in the first trial of Lee, he returned to Nevada... he was found dead in a…” quote by Juanita Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e4/juanita-brooks-33595_mormonism_in-pioche-nevade-while-in-hiding-in-apri_1606285.jpg)
![“[Jacob] Hamblin arranged to make a trip across the Colorado River in search of a child who might be missing. The motive behind this is clear… [I]n letters and in recorded speeches he had expressed an eagerness to labor among “the nobler branches of the race.” He had heard that the Hopis across the…” quote by Juanita Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e8d/juanita-brooks-33595_children_jacob-hamblin-arranged-to-make-a-trip-ac_2363707.jpg)