Between 1847 and 1869, more than 70,000 Saints made the trip across 1,300 miles of trail to Salt Lake City, Utah. Doing so would hopefully give them a place where they could worship freely. Making the journey was taking a stand. Taking a stand means taking a risk for something one believes in. The LDS pioneers took a stand in history when they went west, creating a city where they could worship freely. The early church started off small, but steadily grew in numbers. The church started on April 6, 1830 (LDS). There were only six members at the very first meeting. They started off very small in Palmyra, New York. More than 100 people joined between 1830-1831 (LDS). They grew very quickly in numbers. In 1831, they began to gather in Kirtland, …show more content…
Ohio (Slaughter 7). Kirtland became the early church’s first gathering place (Slaughter 7). They started building a temple in June 1833 (Slaughter 9). Soon after, they moved to Missouri because of the violence. After living in Missouri for a few years, the Missourians became uncomfortable with the members living so close, and did not want them nearby.
An extermination order was issued in late 1838 (Slaughter 12). It was signed on October 27, 1838 by Liburn W. Boggs (Whitman). The order said that the people would need to be driven from state or exterminated (Whitman). The Missourians wanted the LDS people out of the state. The order reached General Lucas on October 31, 1838 (Whitman). He would be in charge of exterminating them. The order said, “the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated or driven from state, if necessary, for the public good.” (Slaughter 12). They ended up being forcefully removed during the winter and spring of 1838-1839 (Whitman). After that, they began to gather in Commerce, Illinois, and renamed it Nauvoo (Slaughter 15). Nauvoo would hopefully be a safer place for them to …show more content…
live. After finding out about the extermination order, a part of the Missouri Militia went and attacked Haun’s mill.
The attack was on October 30, 1838 (Blair). At the time there was 30 or 40 families living there, so it was not very big (Blair). In the late afternoon, a band of 200-250 men rode into the settlement (Blair). The women and children ran across a stream into the woods to hide, while the men and some boys went into the blacksmith’s shop (Blair). The men from the militia would fire through the large gaps in between the logs the blacksmith’s shop was built of (Blair). They ended up killing everyone inside. In the end, there were 17 Saints killed and 13 wounded (Blair; Slaughter 12). It was an extremely brutal attack. Brigham Young was extremely influential in the pioneers going west. He joined the church in 1832, in the church’s early years (History). He was called to be an apostle in 1835 (History). Brigham was asked to go on a mission to Great Britain during 1840-1841 (History). He continued to remain an apostle until 1844, and after Joseph Smith was murdered, he was chosen as the growing church’s new leader (History). He took charge of the church from then
on. The people could not escape the persecution that was constantly following them. Eventually, on June 27, 1844, Joseph and Hyrum Smith were murdered at Carthage Jail (Slaughter 19). There was then an argument over who should become the church’s new leader (Slaughter 19). Out of Brigham Young and Sidney Rigdon, Brigham was chosen as the leader (Slaughter 20). Brigham tried to continue building up Nauvoo after Joseph’s death (Slaughter 22). He tried to keep things under control until they could get a plan ready for going west. He took a stand to move them west.
The original church was built in 1804 and was for both white men and Indians alike. The first preacher was Joseph Brady who was pastor for 17 years. It wasn't a greatly populated area but people came from miles around for the services. As the settlement grew so did the congregation and they soon built a new church on High Street in 1841. Even with the main church there were still occasional services held in the old one until is was blown down by a storm in 1866 (Hein, 957).
How far was smith to blame for Mormons trouble? Smith founded the religion so in some ways it was all his fault if their was no religion the Mormons wouldn't be in any trouble and
Before the founding and organizing of the LDS church and introduction of polygamy, Joseph Smith received bitter persecution. He was tarred and feathered by a mob, but this was nothing compared to the treatment the saints received when their practice of polygamy became well known (Arrington JS 26-7). In order to escape the torture, Joseph Smith led one hundred and fifty or more saints from New York to Kirtland, Ohio in 1831 (Arrington JS 21). After living in harmony with the native Gentiles for several years, the town of Kirtland be...
Tobler, Douglas F., and Nelson B. Wadsworth. The History of the Mormons. New York, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. Print.
Williams will continue to act in civil disobedience against some of the beliefs held in the Mormon Church; questioning everything she is taught. She attributes her work in part to her faith. This is perhaps because of her upbringing in Mormonism and her vision of a person in white that confirmed her faith. The love she had for her mother was perhaps another reason; Williams’ mother was a devout Mormon who took her religion seriously and closely followed its traditions. The independent spirit that she possesses, however, keeps her from accepting Mormonism in its entirety. She believes that it is right to challenge one’s beliefs, that it prevents one from blindly accepting everything.
This time it was different than sandy creak because the United States Army had attacked Shoshones. The story was left untold for many years. This was until many monuments and events were thought to the people about the events. The United States Army literally punished the tribes for being in the way. They attacked with 300 military men. This proved tobe one of the bloodiest days that America would ever see. Especially for a Masacare. More than 300 hundred people were killed. These murders of theput upon Indian Shoshones tribes by the army proved to be brutal as they shot the children one by one, and even raped all of the helpless women of the tribe. The story puts out reasons as to why they attacked the tribe. This include the Leade Colonel Patricks thoughts that the natives, the Shoshones Bannock village, were being blamed for the attacking of people all along the Oregon Trail and todeaths of innocent Miners. Although the Oregon Trail was now said to be safe, still many ment were being taken down, and Colonel Patrick’s wanted to do something about it. As the action pursued many American’s didn’t take notice to the Massacre, due to the fact like they didn’t lik Native American’s. As time passed it wasn’t about good of the Massacre it was about the lives and culture of the people that lived there was destroyed or threatened. Their story still lives on today thanks to public historians in the area. This book shows the
The Mormons' Success in Setting Up a New Community The Mormons are a religious group in the United States of America. Their full name is The Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints. Joseph Smith founded them. Joseph Smith was the man who founded the Mormons. He translated the golden plates and wrote the book of Mormon.
On April twenty third with five hundred and thirty five men camped at a meadow known as Little Meadow found a group of Native Americans in between them and Big Meadow.Four days later they attacked the group suffering only one casualty, while the Indians suffered thirty.
Alva Milton Kerr, St. Joseph Herald, “Trean; or The Mormon’s Daughter,” 11 Feb 1888 (reprinted from New York Times, ©1857), 4.
To many the trail of tears has no meaning or relevance in their life, but for some the Trail of Tears has great meaning since many of the native ancestors endured the hardships of this time. In the 1830s, Native Americans occupied many acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Florida. The main reason for the Trail of Tears was because the Americans wanted the Indians’ land for themselves so they could raise their cattle, and because of the good soil so they could grow and harvest crops. Their ancestors had lived on and cultivated this land for generations, and by the end of that generation very few Native Americans remained anywhere in the Southeastern United States. Many think that The Trail of Tears was just the “Five Civilized Tribes”, but there were many other smaller tribes involved too. Some tribes agreed to sign, and others were forced into it, but either way it went they all had to leave. Many Native Americans suffered from exposure, disease, and starvation on their way to their destinations, making The Trail of Tears one of the greatest hardships in Native American history.
advantage of the rich black soil for farming. Corn was their main source of food,
"Growth of the Church - LDS Newsroom." LDS News | Mormon News - Official Newsroom of the Church. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Nov. 2011. .
On June 27, 1844 in Carthage jail, Hancock County, Illinois the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. and Hyrum Smith were martyred (Church History). Their murders, a mob, entered the jail; shot the prophet, his brother, and John Taylor multiple times, and left. The whole event took less than three minutes (Hill). Despite the mobs anger and the American laws at the time, the mob had no right or responsibility to kill Joseph Smith for his religious beliefs because the Bill of Rights states that people in America have the freedom of religion.
Even though the Oregon Trail was the main movement west there were a few people that
Life for the Spanish and Portuguese settlers in the new world was mainly looking for gold and wealth at the beginning of their time in the new world. Eventually, the settlers began to mix in with the natives there. The conquering Spanish men would marry native women and they would have children together. Of course at the time, the slave trade was big and they were treated very harshly. Most were struggling to begin a brand new life in a new place.