[Colofornian]

From the article: Even though the women, men and children were killed by guns and the Paiutes and area Indians didn’t have guns, local Mormons believed their church leaders and hated us for the massacre. For 150 years, they called Indians in the area wagon burners and baby killers. Insults were freely lobbed at us. The history sites, monuments, culture centers, schoolbooks and museums placed the blame for the massacre on local Paiutes...Store owners, cashiers, farmers, ranchers, local employers and others righteously treated us badly. After all, they believed we had massacred innocent white women and children at Mountain Meadows.

This article brings up an interesting angle not usually discussed in accounts of the Mountain Meadows Massacre: What the Paiutes suffered @ the hands of the Mormon false rumor mill for 150 years. Even as late as yesterday, we had a Mormon Freeper poster still blaming only the Paiutes -- while 100% deflecting any Mormon responsibility for the atrocity. (see Utah massacre site dedicated as national landmark (see post #2)

[fella]

The old families in Northwest Arkansas still pretty much resent what the Mormons did to their kin folk. I've seen several monuments there putting the blame where it belongs and they are not new ones.