The trial of John Doyle Lee, leader of its participants, in Beaver in 1875 resulted in a hung jury, but an 1877 retrial led t
The trial of John Doyle Lee, leader of its participants, in Beaver in 1875 resulted in a hung jury, but an 1877 retrial led to Lee's execution at the site of this event. Sparked by a party of 137 emigrants camped 40 miles from Cedar City and by government plans to send troops into Utah, it occured while the attackers, after promising safe conduct, led the unarmed immigrants toward Cedar City. FTP, identify this 1857 massacre carried out by Mormon settlers and Paiute Indians, in which everyone but the children in the emigrant group were killed in an ambush.
The trial of John Doyle Lee, leader of its participants, in Beaver in 1875 resulted in a hung jury, but an 1877 retrial led to Lee's execution at the site of this event.
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