This event reportedly resulted from an order given by Isaac Haight in consultation with Colonel William Dame.
This event reportedly resulted from an order given by Isaac Haight in consultation with Colonel William Dame. Garland Hurt was charged with investigating it as was James Carleton, an inquiry which led to the indictment and execution of John Doyle Lee. Historians have disputed the role of Paiute Indians at this event, which was preceded by several meetings at ►Cedar City discussing the approach of the Fancher party. FTP, name this 1857 tragedy, a massacre of people passing through the Utah Territory.
This event reportedly resulted from an order given by Isaac Haight in consultation with Colonel William Dame.
Mountain Meadows Massacre 