A lot for these comments are libel , although the train was in Salt Lake city, some of the men were gragging in town about their fortune ,so it was appereant that it was well known at the time, also they were bragging their involvement about the killing of Joseph Smith, and they had the rifle which was used to murder theor Prophet, all what was written was heresay and speculation which ws gathered 20 years after the fact.

By Lawrence Young on Jun 28, 2008 at 12:09 am

While the Mountain Meadows massacre was a terrible and horrifying event in the history of the Mormon saga, it is hardly the "most brutal act of religious terrorism in America history… and it would not be surpassed until a bright September morning exactly 144 years later, as airplanes filled with passengers were flown into the Pentagon and New York City’s World Trade Center" that you so crudely allege! This is a clear attempt to discredit the LDS church and Brigham Young. Your alleged "facts" are held together by myriad heresayings given by only one side of the conflict. You conveniently avoided the bravado by these "good" folks. Let us not forget the truly "most brutal act of religious terrorism in American history" was in fact issued by one Lilburn Boggs when he issued the infamous "extermination order" on the Mormons only a few years before this happened. One must remember that the Mormons had previously been hated, raped murdered and run out of their fair-gained homes by these very people by their own admission. It is not inexplicable to believe that they had had enough and when they heard this bravado by this group of travelers they over reacted. It is no doubt a terrible tradgedy and one that all of the LDS church regrets, but your silly little article is at best irresponsible. At worst it is libel.
This article does not address the facts rationally nor fairly. It is clearly and simply just another piece of rhetorical anti-mormon litterature. Comments like "mass murder and its twisted legacy" and comparisons to 9-11 are simply an attempt to play on an unsuspecting audience and are not good journalism. It is disgraceful and I am disappointed in WW for having published such a derrogitory and unfounded article.

By David Sweat on Jul 19, 2008 at 1:13 am

I was 16 years old when the 100th anniversary of the Mountain Meadow Massacre occured. My mother grew up in a Mormon family and was raised on a farm in the Myton, Utah area. When she was a girl she would listen to family talk in hushed tones of the Mountain Meadow Massacre. For sure my family knew about this incident, but every Mormon was sworn to secrecy and obeyed except to discuss it among themselves. Nothing goes further or is broadcast faster than a secret. The movie, "September Dawn" needed to be made and except for the artistic liberties it was a good movie, but terribly sad that the story has been covered up all these years. The Mormons know that it is true, and from what I have read and heard I know it to be true.

By Carol Kinman on Jul 22, 2008 at 2:47 am

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By dylan on Feb 16, 2010 at 11:32 am