“...it is likely that Mormons killed more gentiles than that in the single incident of Mountain Meadows.”
Mountain Meadows is a tragic, despicable incident with no excuse. Over a hundred people lost their lives.
I don’t have exact figures either, but between the persecutions and the process of fleeing them, the number of Mormons killed was in the thousands. Add to that the numerous times that the Mormons were beaten, assaulted, robbed, and had their property confiscated.
I don’t know how many Mormons were killed. It would seem that somebody has compiled actual numbers, but despite diligent searching I’ve been unable to locate any such compilation.
Which allows people to continue to claim “thousands” of dead.
Apparently the single largest death toll was at Haun’s Mill, where 18 died.
Getting from this to “thousands” is quite a jump, but Mormons seem to have little difficulty making it.
If you want to make such a claim, I’d like to see some documentation for it.