PRIMARY SOURCES
On The Mountain Meadows Association Website
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Affidavits
Henry Higgins Affidavit
April 20, 1859
Depositions
1860 Depositions
by relatives and friends of the Mountain Meadows Massacre victims
Deposition of Brigham Young
July 30, 1875
Malinda (Cameron) Scott Thurston Depositions 1877 & 1911
(Includes U.S. Supreme Court:
Malinda Thurston, Administratrix, Appt., v. United States and
Ute Indians.)
Also See:
Survivor Accounts Of The Mountain Meadows Massacre
Journals
Dimick B.
Huntington Journal 1857
John D. Lee
Last Confession and
Statement of John D. Lee
Last Words of
John D. Lee
Letters
Senator William C. Mitchell's List Of The Mountain
Meadows Massacre Victims, April 26, 1860
To A.B. Greenwood, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C.
Judge John Cradlebaugh to
President Buchanon, June 3, 1859
Marshal P.K.
Dotson to Judge John Cradlebaugh, June 3, 1859
Newspapers
Arkansas Newspapers
California Newspapers
New York Newspapers
Utah Newspapers 1857-1932
Reports - Government
Special
Report On The Mountain Meadows Massacre
by Major J.H. Carleton, May 25, 1859
Message
of the President of the United States:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate,
information in relation to the massacre at Mountain
Meadows, and other massacres in Utah Territory
(May 1860)
Reports - Scientific Data
Data on the human osteology
from
the 1999 emergency recovery at the
mass
burial site.
Survivor Accounts Of The Mountain Meadows Massacre
Martha Elizabeth (Baker) Terry
Sarah Frances (Baker) Gladden Mitchell
1893 Account
1940 Account
Rebecca (Dunlap) Evins
Tryphena (Fancher) Wilson
Nancy Saphronia (Huff) Cate
Emberson Milum Tackitt
Testimony In Trials of John D. Lee
Testimony of Philip Klingensmith,
First Trial of John D. Lee, July 23 - 24, 1875
Affidavit of Philip Klingon
Smith (Klingensmith) April 10, 1871
Testimony Of
Labam Morrill,
Second Trial of John D. Lee
Testimony Of
Samuel Knight,
Second Trial of John D. Lee
Testimony Of Samuel McMurdy,
Second Trial
of John D. Lee
Testimony of Nephi Johnson,
Second Trial
of John D. Lee
Testimony of Jacob Hamblin,
Second Trial
of John D. Lee
Deposition of
Brigham Young,
For Second Trial of John D. Lee
