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   Investigations and prosecutions relating to the Mountain Meadows massacre

   In an early federal investigation of the massacre, two Paiute chiefs named Jackson and Touche said that Brigham Young sent a letter to at least two Paiute bands that the Fancher-Baker party was to be killed, and that the letter was brought by Dimick B. Huntington.
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   Mormon pioneers

   The two scouts undertook a twelve mile (19 km) exploratory circuit into the valley before returning to the larger party. ... Almost immediately, Brigham Young sent out scouting parties to identify and claim additional community sites.
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   Utah War

   As early as February 1858, Young had sent parties to explore the White Mountains on what is now the Utah/Nevada border where, he erroneously believed, there were valleys that could comfortably harbor up to 100,000 individuals. ... ↑ Diary of Brigham Young, 54.
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   History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

   As a result, Brigham Young sent emissaries to Washington, D.C. with a proposal to create a vast State of Deseret, of which Young would naturally be the first governor. ... In 1854 the Republican party referred in its platform to polygamy and slavery as the "twin relics of barbarism."
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   Brigham Young

   Authorities in Iron County had sent a messenger to Salt Lake City, a three-day ride, seeking direction from Young. ... ↑ "Brigham Young Biography".
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   Mormon Reformation

   During this period in the 1850s, President Brigham Young sent his counselor Jedediah M. Grant and other church leaders to preach to the people in Utah and surrounding Mormon communities and inspire them to reject sin and turn towards spiritual things.
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   Fancher party's and Mormons' backgrounds and the Mountain Meadows massacre

   Fancher–Baker party ... Brigham Young envisioned a Mormon domain, called the State of Deseret, spanning from the Salt Lake Valley to the Pacific Ocean, and so he sent church leaders to establish colonies far and wide.
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   War hysteria preceding the Mountain Meadows massacre

   When the Fancher-Baker party inquired about places to stop for water and grazing, Hamblin directed them to Mountain Meadows, near the Indian farm there, a regular stopover on the Old Spanish Trail. ... ↑ Smith 1875; Hamblin 1876 (Smith was sent to represent "Young's mind" that Mormons "save everything like breadstuff, and use it when we wanted it"); Lee 1877, pp. 221–22(quoting Smith as saying, "I have been sent down here by the old Boss, Brigham Young, to instruct the bretheren of the different settlements not to sell any of their grain to our enemies.
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   Brigham Young University

   A BYU satellite TV network also opened in 2000 under his leadership. ... Brigham Young High School (2007).
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    Mountain Meadows massacre

    The party reached Salt Lake City with about 120 members. ... Nearly 12 hours after the attack was initiated, an express rider was sent to Salt Lake City to inform Brigham Young.The attack continued for five days, during which the besieged families had little or no access to fresh water or game food and their ammunition was depleted.

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