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Mognioiifi) The Daily Spectrum, Saturday, January 16, 1993 Book explores Utah War, li Johnston's Army nnst midnizht Sept 10, 1857, -'MA ft The book probes the relationship between the federal army and federal agents such as judges and Indian agents with the local population. It also traces relationships between Native Americans and the Mormons and Native Americans and federal agencies. The initial purpose of the Army to put down a supposed rebellion in Utah changed to protecting Mormon settlers from Indian attacks. Federal troops found themselves drawn more and more into attempting to implement a viable Indian policy. At some point, some of the Indian tribes played Johnston's army off the Mormons in an attempt to reclaim their native lands.

The result was sometimes distrust amongst all of the groups. The chapter on the Mountain Meadows Massacre is particularly revealing and riveting. It results in a new look and much clearer picture of what actually happened there. The authors also discuss why such a tragedy happened in the first place. For instance, Moorman and Sessions note that shortly several contemporary accounts claim a meeting held with Colonel William Dame, district military commander of the Nauvoo Legion, resulted in a general understanding that would have allowed the emigrants to continue their journey in peace, providing the Indians were allowed to take all the livestock.

But a subsequent consultation of I.C. Haight, Wm. H. Dame "and another man was held by the east gate of the Parowan fort wall." Based on that meeting, the authors point out, a decision was made to destroy the entire company of emigrants and the rest is history. The book also states that two or possibly three children survivors of the massacre were never returned to Arkansas, but were raised by Mormon families and reached maturity as members of the Mormon Church.

They are George C. Williams, Nancy Cameron, and Louise Linton. One of the ironies of Camp Floyd is that many of the soldiers who served there, would later oppose each other in the Civil War. xi By Loren Webb Staff Writer "Camp Floyd and the Mormons; The Utah War" by Daniel R. Moorman with Gene Sessions masterfully traces the history of Johnston's Army and its effect on the Mormon colonists the army was sent to subdue.

"The role of the Mormons, as first on the scene, and of the Utah War, as the vehicle which brought new people, federal influence, and Americanizing diversity to the territory, are central to the story Moorman and Sessions tell and hence give the book its name," said Charles Peterson, Utah historian. The controversy of polygamy and complicated church-state issues make the study of Johnston's army a fascinating look at the period before statehood. Moorman and Sessions follow the history of Johnston's Army from Fort Kearny to Camp Floyd in 1857, through the abandonment of the federal troop emplacement in Cedar Valley at the outbreak of the Civil War. a I Construction of temple ST. GEORGE Scaffolding surrounds the walls of the St.

George Temple. Mormon pioneers hoped to build a millenial society on the fringe of the American frontier but the entrance of Johnston's army ended the Saints dream foreverCfy of St George collection) Father's mansion holds secret to many rooms of thought mm If 1 4 lit It! Si I 111; Ml I learned that it wasnt always easy to tell the truth, even when it had nothing to do with the Principle of Plural Marriage." Solomon experienced the neglect of her mother, felt the fear of discovery and longed to be a part of the larger culture around her. She wanted friends, she wanted acceptance and wished she would never hear the word "plyggie" again. While the curiosity about modern polygamy initially sparks the interest of the reader, Solomon's narrative is compelling and beautifully written. Her ability to see the psychology of the group and her own reaction provides insight to all trying to function in family relationships.

"I began to weep silently, not wanting them to hear my crying. "Oh I whispered. "Forgive him. Forgive us How could I tell them what little I knew about the frenetic motion of the family group, all of us trapped in isolation, with the illusion that we dangled freely but still fixed to a single place in the heavens, always bumping into each other like a group of tangled marionettes. Somehow we had to free ourselves or we would all be as mad as Ervil and his crazy brother, Ben, doing pushups on Main Street, roaring on Temple Square, shaking our fists at tile existing order what was left of it Somehow we must each establish a connection with conscience, an accountability for our divine capacities, must become responsible in the same sense as when we were baptized at eight creators of every sin and every good deed that issued from our being.

No more blaming authorities and daiming their right to shepherd lost lambs; each must enter the straight gate by his own choice." Sculpture honors architect SALT LAKE CITY Sculptor. Edward J. Fraughton, works on a bust of Truman O. Angell, architect for the St. George and Salt Lake Temples.

The sculpture is housed in the Visitor's Center on Temple Square. (Spectrum file photo) By Carolyn Wardle Religion Editor "In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." i (St. John 14:2.) Dorothy Allred Solomon's father did not have many mansions, but he did have a large house with many rooms filled with seven "mothers and 47 brothers and sisters. In her autobiography, "In My Father's House," Solomon shares an intimate look at the everyday life of a family who practiced polygamy outside the law.

Solomon's father was Rulon Allred, a naturopatic physician who had become converted to The Principle or the practice of plural marriage. Allred was a member of the LDS Church and was deeply loyal to its teachings. But his father practiced polygamy and Allred felt he had to know the truth. He studied and prayed until he received a "personal revelation." It was a difficult decision but Allred felt he would have to answer to God for the life he led. "From the moment he began serious study of the Principle he was regarded askance by his beloved Church.

His bishop ordered him to stop studying Church scripture. His stake president accused him of apostasy. His wife accused him of lust." Allred was excommunicated from his beloved Church, lost his good citizenship and was pursued as a felon. He felt any sacrifice to God would be rewarded possibly on earth but probably in heaven. His wives believed the same thing.

Each had accepted The Principle willingly, believing it would earn them an honored place in the afterlife. It was into this environment Solomon entered the world. She was the daughter of Allred's fourth wife and his 28th child. Solomon adored her father, remembering his visits as special occasions. She also had plenty of playmates, never realizing they were her half-brothers and sisters.

1 "She looked at me and pursed her lips. 1 guess it's time you knew your daddy is married to Aunt He's married to "Well, he's married to Aunt Navida too. And to Aunt Henni and Aunt Rachel and Aunt Sarah and Aunt Lisa and Aunt How unfair! Did you marry him She shook her head. 'Aunt Gerda Another cheat! My mother should have been first." Polygamy colored every aspect of family life but secrecy about their chosen lifestyle became the dominating factor. "So came my initiation into the torsion of "Mormon a process of rationalization evolved in the early polygamous years of the Church to deflect persecution.

The trick with Mormon logic was to obscure the truth without actually lying. Unfortunately, we sometimes had to tell outright lies, for as children we'd not yet learned to manipulate the truth into superficial meanings that took an opposite course in reality." "The secrecy that separated our family from the rest of the world pressed us back on each other until I felt crowded and trapped. The mystery maintained within the family preserved an illusion of intimate space that made me feel stifled and excluded. As I grew older, I came to equate secrecy with lying, privacy with conspiracy. And Capstone ceremony SALT LAKE CITY Pioneer photographer W.W.

Carter took this photograph of the capstone ceremony of the Salt Lake temple on April 6, 1892. The 100th year anniversary of the dedication will be celebrated April Radical polygamists face trial for 'blood atonement' noweth, her father, Duane Chynoweth, 31; his brother, Mark Chynoweth, 36; and Ed "Authorities claim vicitims were killed in 'blood atonement, the group's legacy of revenge against the 'Sons of Perdition' -members who have abandoned the cult Marston, 32. The four were gunned down almost simultaneously at three locations in Houston and suburban Dallas. Duane Chynoweth and his daughter were shot to death in the driveway of a vacant Houston home, while his brother, Mark, was slain at his Houston appliance store. Marston was found in the driveway of a vacant home in Irving.

Authorities claim the victims were killed in "blood atonement," the group's legacy of revenge against the "Sons of Perdition" members who have abandoned the cult All three adult victims ftxTl 1 fit IttXrirll had left the church. The three defendants have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit murder for hire, interstate travel to commit murder for hire, tampering with a federal witness and weapons charges. The indictment was expanded to include alleged violations of the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act and a rare use of a civil rights law that claims the three used force to obstruct a religious observance, Clark said. Last October, Richard LeBaron, 21, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to tamper with a witness and interstate travel to commit murder for hire as part of a proposed agreement in which he is expected to testify against the others. Richard LeBaron, who pleaded guilty to charges in the murder of Chynoweth, is set to be sentenced Jan.

26 and faces a maximum life sentence. The other two named in the indictment are Aaron Morel LeBaron, 24, and Jacqueline LeBaron, 26, both believed to be in Mexico. U.S. Attorney General Ron Woods has said that Aaron LeBaron took over the cult after his father's death. He and Jacqueline LeBaron are accused of staying in Mexico and masterminding the killings that allegedly were carried out by the other four.

HOUSTON (AP) Three members of a polygamous religious group are scheduled to go to trial this week in the 1988 slayings of an 8-year-old girl and three men who abandoned the sect The trial of William Heber Le-Baron, 28; Patricia LeBaron, 27; and Douglas Lee Barlow, 31, is scheduled to begin this afternoon with jury selection. Terry Clark, chief of special prosecutions for the U.S. Attorney's office in Houston, said the trial could take several weeks. The three defendants two of them natural children of the late Utah polygamous leader Ervil LeBaron and the third, Barlow, his stepson face maximum sentences of life without parole if convicted of the numerous federal charges against them Ervil LeBaron, who died in 1981 while in prison for killing rival polygamist leader Rulon Allred, founded the Church of the First Born of the Lamb of God, a radical polygamous sect The trio was indicted last summer along with three other group members who are among LeBa-ron's 54 children by 13 wives. Two are believed to be living in Mexico, while the sixth pleaded guilty last October and is expected to testify at the trial against his brothers and sister.

The three face charges in connection with the July 27, 1988, shooting deaths of Jennifer Chy- -r --ilium-.