Episode 384: Mormonism Part V - King of Beaver Island
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The History of Mormonism
A group of settlers murdered a Yoot after they claimed he stole a shirt. This provoked a small war with the Yoot people, and Young declared every Yoot man fair game for murder. And this casual attitude towards the murder of the youths trickled down to the Mormon rank and file. The Mormons even decapitated the corpses and sent the heads to Washington for medical research. But that's not to say that Brigham Young had forgotten about the actual religion of Mormonism. Although it seems like polygamy was really becoming the focus here.
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