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[funkymonkey]

Howide Elphie!

I haven't read any of the books on the Mt. Meadows Massacre, but my great great great (somthing like that) grandfather lived in Cedar City at that time and I actually have his journal. (we just moved so I don't know where it is, but as I unpack I'll try to find it and maybe share some excerpts with ya!)

He wrote about the massacre in his journal. From what I remember reading...the letter came from BY the day after the massacre happened...the people waited and waited and didn't hear word so they acted prematurely. His journal said that the letter said to let them pass.

He also said that the people in the town recognized some of the men in this company from the mobs in Missouri...he writes of an account where a guy walks into a store and was mocking the Mormons and they said they were going to go to California and come back with an army to clear them out. There was one paragraph that stuck with me where he wrote that there was one guy was making light about coming back to "have" their women.

But the most interesting part to me was the fact that he wrote that he thought the town was then cursed and the families who participated in the massacre were be cursed as well.

This is all stuff I remember reading so it's not word for word or anything.

[Guest bren1975]

Just a minor clarification. The following excerpt from your post is not true of all of Joseph's polyandrous marriages. For example:

1. Patty Bartlett remained with her husband David Sessions, who was was a member of, and strong in the Church, until his death.

2. Zina Diantha Huntington Jacobs remained with her husband, Henry Jacobs, who was also strong in the gospel, so much so, he served in a number of missions. Zina Diantha eventually left him to live with Brigham Young. But it wasn’t because he wasn’t LDS or strong in the gospel. In fact, this breakup caused him a lot of heartbreak.

3. Sylvia Sessions remained with her husband, Windsor Lyon, who was strong in the gospel, until his death.

Like I said, this is just a clarification.

Elphaba

You are right and I stand corrected. One of the problems is that we have nothing written by Joseph, other than Section 132. We don't have his "version". He wrote nothing to defend himself against the criticism. Even most of the women were silent about it. So someday, I hope to be able to hear from him what happened and why. Till then, I'll wait and trust in God.:)

[Moksha]

Just a minor clarification. The following excerpt from your post is not true of all of Joseph's polyandrous marriages. For example: ...

Elphaba

Weren't some of the men serving on LDS missions?