Martin Van Buren rejected the plea of their leader to overturn the Extermination Order that had been issued against them in Missouri.
Oliver Cowdery was a leader of this movement, whose Nauvoo legion perpetrated the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Martin Van Buren rejected the plea of their leader to overturn the Extermination Order that had been issued against them in Missouri. Their 1850s "War" with the U.S. is sometimes called Buchanan's Blunder and came after they were driven from Illinois. 1844 saw the death of their founder, Joseph Smith. For 10 points, name this religious group brought by Brigham Young to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Oliver Cowdery was a leader of this movement, whose Nauvoo legion perpetrated the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Mormons [or Mormonism; or Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; or LDS]