During the militia's first assault on the wagon train, the emigrants fought back, and a five-day siege ensued. The leaders of the militia, wanting to give the impression of tribal hostilities, persuaded Southern Paiutes to join with a larger party of militiamen disguised as Native Americans in an attack. Lee, made plans to attack the wagon train. As the party was traveling west there were rumors about the party's behavior towards Mormons and war hysteria towards outsiders was rampant, so while the emigrants were camped at the meadow, local militia leaders, including Isaac C. The wagon train, made up mostly of families from Arkansas, was bound for California on a route that passed through the Utah Territory.Īfter arriving in Salt Lake City, the Baker–Fancher party made their way south along the Mormon Road, eventually stopping to rest at Mountain Meadows. The massacre occurred in southern Utah at Mountain Meadows, and was perpetrated by Mormon settlers belonging to the Utah Territorial Militia (officially called the Nauvoo Legion), together with the Southern Paiute Native Americans. The Mountain Meadows Massacre (September 7–11, 1857) was a series of attacks that resulted in the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker–Fancher emigrant wagon train. Lee, leader in the local Mormon community and of the local militia Possible instigation from Brigham Young and other senior Mormon leadership.Mormon teachings against outsiders during the Mormon Reformation period.Nauvoo Legion (Utah Territorial Militia, Iron County district).120–140 members of the Baker–Fancher wagon train
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