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Mountain Meadows Massacre (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by MrSmiley@lemmy.zip to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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1857 massacre of California-bound immigrants by Nauvoo Legion militiamen

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[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

History repeating itself

[–] snooting@wetshav.ing 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In what way is this history repeating itself?

[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The ice crackdown against immigrants and strangers.

[–] snooting@wetshav.ing 2 points 2 weeks ago

The Mountain Meadows Massacre (September 7–11, 1857) was a series of attacks during the Utah War that resulted in the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker–Fancher wagon train.[1][a] The massacre occurred in the southern Utah Territory at Mountain Meadows, and was perpetrated by settlers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) involved with the Utah Territorial Militia (officially called the Nauvoo Legion) who recruited and were aided by some Southern Paiute Native Americans.[2] The wagon train, made up mostly of immigrant families from Arkansas, was bound for California, traveling on the Old Spanish Trail that passed through the Territory.

I don't see the similarity. This was a group of Mormons and militiamen killing settlers from Arkansas.

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