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Show 85 occurred at this period was an Instance of the Mormons' influence with the Indians. On September 9, 1857, more than one hundred inoffensive emigrants on their way from Arkansas to California were brutally massacred by Indians and Mormons. Under fanatical religious pretenses, the massacre was directed and carried out by Mormons, notably John D. Lee, who incited the Indians to aid in robbing and killing emigrants. White it is accepted now that the Mormon church had no. part in this terrible deed, the fact remains that it Is a striking f - - •! - ••••|.| H* instance of the Mormon influence over the Indians and shows how little the Indians had learned to regard the citizens of the United States. However, it is dear from the fact that the government had done so little for the Indians, that the Mormon* were not alone responsible for the Indians* lack of loyalty to the United States. Conclusion Concerning the Utah War. Yet, for all the Mormon sway over the Indians, the influence of a j - Indian Affairs Report, 1857, p. 369 ff.; Bancroft, Hubert Howe, History of Utah, 543- 571; Whitney, Popular History of Utah, p. 1S8 ff., 304; Pann, J. P. Jr., Massacres of the Mountains, 272- 353. 2 Bancroft, Hubert Howe, History of Utah, p. 544. |