Killings and aftermath of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. In 1857, a Mormon Militia slaughtered 120 innocent people and try to frame it on a Native American Tribe "My father was killed by Indians. When they washed their faces they were white men." On September 7, 1857, a group of Paiutes and Mormons disguised as Paiutes first attacked the Baker–Fancher wagon train in Utah. After days of battle, by September 11, the Mormons feared that the settlers had realized their identities. Two militiamen, their faces washed clean of paint and wearing plain clothes, approached the wagons with a white flag. They told them they were a rescue party to save them from the vicious Paiutes they claimed were behind the attack. They said that they had negotiated a truce and persuaded the natives to let them escort them to safety in Cedar City. The Baker-Fancher Party fell for it and the settlers were then separated into three groups of men, women, and children. The men were almost immediat...
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