tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13261933.post9195884503763385144..comments2024-03-11T11:10:30.592-05:00Comments on SCISSION: PAIUTES TIRED OF GETTING THE BLAMEOread Dailyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02726848708021220961noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13261933.post-53680425624917216492011-02-06T15:57:29.010-06:002011-02-06T15:57:29.010-06:00I am a descendant of Captain John "Twitty&quo...I am a descendant of Captain John "Twitty" Baker, co-captain of the wagon train massacred at Mountain Meadow. Members of my family attended the 3 day "memorial and dedication" in Cedar City UT in 1990. Before entering the auditorium we had to reliquish all recording devices and cameras. We were told that the LDS church was recording the ceremony and copies would be made available. (Copies were available, but only after many deletions). This is what was deleted: Mr. Hinkley spoke and specifically exonerated the Paiute Indians stating they did not participate in the Massacre. Also edited out of the video was a prayer and song performed by the Chief of the Paiute nation (forgive me, I do not recall his name. Another deletion from the recording was when Mr. Hinkley apologized on behalf of the LDS church - he asked that if there was any persons in attendance in the university coliseum that either knew someone, or was related to someone who participated in the Massacre to please stand. Approximately 50% of the people stood. During the three days, we readily learned that the "dedication and memorial" was more for the descendents of John D. Lee because he was "honored" during the ceremony at the Meadows, his excommunication was taken back by the LDS church, as well as all his descendents. Nine years later, at a "rededication" at the burial site at Mountain Meadow in 1999, then president Hinkley disavows any LDS church involvement with his statement, "That which we have done here [reburial of disturbed bones of massacre victims] must never be construed as an acknowledgment on the part of the church of any complicity in the occurrrences of that fateful and tragic day." It appears the LDS Church merely placated the Baker-Fancher massacre descendents and the Paiute Nation in 1990. President Hinkley left no question that the Church will continue to lie about the cover-up and their responsibility for the slaughter of more than 120 men, women and children at a place called Mountain Meadow AND try to place the blame on the Paiute Nation.l deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797280585337825574noreply@blogger.com