Mormon and Indian wars : The Mountain Meadows Massacre, and other tragedies and transactions incident to the Mormon rebellion of 1857 / by John I. Ginn.

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Mormon and Indian wars : The Mountain Meadows Massacre, and other tragedies and transactions incident to the Mormon rebellion of 1857 / by John I. Ginn.

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John Ginn's memoirs describe his 1857 overland journey to Fort Laramie, life with the Mormons in Salt Lake City, his trip to California in 1857, the site of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, troubles with Indians, the Utah Expedition or Mormon Rebellion, the Navaho Expedition, and the Indian wars of Washington Territory.

1 v. (161 p.) ; 28 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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John Ginn, printer of Acworth, Georgia, left Independence, Missouri in 1857 with Magraw's Pacific Wagon Road Expedition. At Fort Laramie, he worked for the Commissary Department of the 10th United States Infantry, resigned, and moved on to Fort Bridger where the Mormon militia was in command. From the description of Mormon and Indian wars [microform] : The Mountain Meadows Massacre, and other tragedies and transactions incident to the Mormon rebellion of 1857 / /by John I. Ginn. (Unk...