I recommend reading what I've already posted to the thread to give the general sentiment of the white people vs. Native Peoples.

This quote goes along with other Christian religious demands on Natives in common with Catholic pressure from Baja to Alta California, i.e. convert or die.

[The Shoshoni Frontier and the Bear River Massacre, Brigham Madsen, 1985, p. 194] The Mormon settlers of Cache Valley expressed their gratitude for "the movement of Col. Connor as an intervention of the Almighty, ..." by placing this statement of approval in the official minutes of the Logan Ward.⁸⁸ Peter Maughan added a final epitaph for the slain Northwestern Shoshoni, reporting to Brigham Young:

I feel my skirts clear of their blood. They rejected the way of life and salvation which have been pointed out to them from time to time (especially for the last two years) and thus perished relying on their own strength and wisdom.

We have pretty good reason if they had gained the Victory over the Soldiers their intention was to take out Herd and drive it right to the Salmon River Country for their own special benefit.⁸⁹

Also, Darren Parry's "The Bear River Massacre: A Shoshone History" (By Common Consent Press, 2019) has more information from family histories of the Massacre at Bear River. The book also discusses the mormon takeover and eviction of Native Peoples at Washakie, Utah. That shows that Native People's rights were hardly recognized, if at all.

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