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P.1 Mountain Meadows Massacre: Its Violent Inception (w/ Barbara Jones Brown)
The Mormon History Hoedown
Exploring the Historical Context
The historical context surrounding the Mountain Meadows massacre involves the complex relationship between Mormon settlers, the US government, and the indigenous population. The circumstances of the Utah War in 1856-1858 and the conflict between the settlers and the federal government are important aspects of this context. Understanding this historical backdrop is crucial, not as an excuse for the massacre, but to comprehend the motivations and mindsets that led to such violence. It also serves as a means to prevent similar mindsets from leading to violence in the present day.
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Speaker 2
Yeah, and I hope that throughout the course of our series together, we can talk a lot more about the relationship between the Mormon settlers, US government and
Speaker 1
indigenous population. Because that's maybe dedicate a whole episode to kind of just that. All those factors come into play. Definitely all of those people's come together in conflict and that leads to this horrific atrocity. Mm hmm. Yeah. Take me back to tell me
Speaker 2
the context of our historical context. What were the circumstances? Absolutely.
Speaker 1
Yeah. So let's start diving into the context. And I also want to say that ensuring the historical context, it's never like as an excuse for what happened. There is no excuse and no justification for the Mountain Meadows massacre. But by understanding the historical context that led to the motivations of the mindset of people, we can understand how we can avoid those same kinds of mindsets that could lead to violence today. So that's again important to understand the historical context. Thanks for
Speaker 2
bringing that up. And I'll just, I also just wanted to add, since we're kind of like at war or potentially on the verge of war or a country has been in a lot of war, yeah, context is really important to understand because wouldn't, would you describe what the saints were kind of going through? They viewed as a war against a federal government. Yeah. I mean, what happened in 1856
Speaker 1
and 1857 into 1858 is called the Utah War. It was a war and this was a war atrocity. Yeah.
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