This group was forced to flee from a town called Nauvoo after their leader was killed by a mob in nearby Carthage, Illinois.
John D. Lee was a follower of this group who promised safe passage to settlers in the Baker-Fancher party; instead, the settlers were killed by members of this group. This group founded a state that took its name from a word meaning "honeybee," and this group perpetrated the (*) Mountain Meadows Massacre. This group was forced to flee from a town called Nauvoo after their leader was killed by a mob in nearby Carthage, Illinois. The State of Deseret was governed by these people and included much of modern-day Utah. For 10 points, name this religious group whose early leaders included Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.
John D. Lee was a follower of this group who promised safe passage to settlers in the Baker-Fancher party; instead, the settlers were killed by members of this group.
Mormons (accept the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; accept LDS)