Episode 384: Mormonism Part V - King of Beaver Island
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The Naveau Legion and the Danites
The Naveau Legion became something else quite like the Danites were, which was super secret. Ford didn't actively seek the deaths of the Mormon people but also knew that having Mormons in your state inevitably led to violence. So he petitioned President James K. Polk to lend him a militia so he could give the Mormons a light little poke to get the fuck out of there. This is the part of the podcast where I say, remember that? Yeah.
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