Blood of the Prophets

The massacre at Mountain Meadows on September 11, 1857, was the single most violent attack on a wagon train in the thirty-year history of the Oregon and California trails. Yet it has been all but forgotten. Will Bagley's Blood of the Prophetsis the most extensive investigation of the events surrounding the murder of some 120 men, women, and children since Juanita Brooks published her groundbreaking study, The Mountain Meadows Massacre, in 1950. Drawing from a wealth of primary sources, Bagley explains how the murders occurred, reveals the involvement of territorial governor Brigham Young, and explores the subsequent suppression and distortion of events related to the massacre. Blood of the Prophetsis the winner of numerous awards, including: Spur Award, Western Writers of America Caughey Book Prize, Western History Association Caroline Bancroft History Prize, Denver Public Library Co-Founders Best Book Award, Westerners International

Will Baley is a columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune.

List of Illustrations	p. XI
List of Maps	p. XII
Preface	p. XIII
Acknowledgments	p. XXI
Prologue: The Mountain Meadow	p. 3
Their Innocent Blood Will Cry unto the Lord of Hosts	p. 6
The Battle-Ax of the Lord	p. 23
Political Hacks, Robbers, and Whoremongers	p. 38
The Arkansas Travelers	p. 55
I Will Fight Them and I Will Fight All Hell	p. 73
We Are American Citizens and Shall Not Move	p. 95
The Knife and Tomahawk	p. 123
The Work of Death	p. 140
The Scene of Blood and Carnage	p. 156
Plunder	p. 171
All Hell Is in Commotion	p. 188
They Have Slain My Children	p. 208
Vengeance Is Mine	p. 225
A Hideous Lethargic Dream	p. 248
Lonely Dell	p. 268
As False as the Hinges of Hell: The Trials of John D. Lee	p. 287
He Died Game: The Execution of John D. Lee	p. 307
The Mountain Meadow Dogs	p. 323
Nothing but the Truth Is Good Enough	p. 348
Epilogue: The Ghosts of Mountain Meadows	p. 365
Victims of the Massacre	p. 385
Notes	p. 391
Bibliography	p. 447
Index	p. 475
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