History
is never predictable and at times a little strange. For instance, all are familiar
with Lilburn W. Boggs infamous extermination order. However, as strange as it
might be, he was always two days ahead of Brigham Young on the Mormon Trail on
his way to California. History gets a little stranger with this next story. According
to John Lowe Butler, why did one of the mob, which was part of the Missouri
militia, on the outskirts of Far West stay the night in a Far West LDS home
during the siege of Far West?
A)
The militia camp cook made horrible food
B)
It was too cold to stay out of doors
C)
He did not have an issue with the Mormons and wanted to stay at
an LDS friend’s house
D)
He forgot his rifle cleaning equipment at home and he knew he
could buy a kit in Far West
Yesterday’s answer:
False
It
has been said that only men were killed at Haun’s Mill. According to John P.
Greene, at least one female also died.
“Miss
Mary Stedwell while fleeing was shot through the hand, and fainting, fell over
a log, into which they shot upwards of twenty balls.”
“Facts
Relative to the Expulsion of the Mormons or Latter-day Saints, From the State
of Missouri, Under the Exterminating Order,’” John P. Greene (Cincinnati: R. P. Brooks, 1839).
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