Really, we need to stop blaming the victims here. They were peaceful immigrants trying to start a new life in California...only to lose theirs at Mountain Meadows.
Mormons too, were victims of horrible violence. They lost many loved ones not only to murder, but to the elements of nature as they were driven from their homes.
It in NO WAY excuses what they did. They committed an atrocious act and hid behind one man.
They were peaceful immigrants trying to start a new life in California...
Have you read MASSACRES OF THE MOUNTAINS by J.P. Dunn Jr.(1888)
It has a write up on the MMM that will make your blood boil. Definitly not LDS frendly. He also finds Mormons involved in instigating several Indian wars against the U.S.