The Editor, Sir:

On September 11, 1857, 150 years ago, a massacre of 121 Americans, from Missouri and Arkansas took place. The dead were unarmed men and women of a wagon train, shot in cold blood by Mormons in Utah. The killers were under the leadership of their Mormon Church, doing this killing in the name of Mormon religious beliefs. They also manipulated and lied to the area's Indians with the sole purpose of laying the whole world's blame on them. This parallels, somewhat, the New York twin towers attack.

The Mormons entered the encircled wagon train under a false white flag of peace and gave hope to the embattled group. The Mormons promised safety from hidden Indians andother disguised Mormons outside and from the attack that they had earlier experienced. The supposed safety was the Mormon's 'snake in the grass'. The Mormons marched the women and children some distance forward of the men in single file to be ambushed. The men followed in file; each man was accompanied by at least one Mormon 'security' guard. At the Mormon's predetermined signal, the Mormons on horseback shot in cold blood, at point blank range. Every man died. This signaled the Indians and hidden Mormons, dressed like Indians, to massacre every woman and some of their children, save 17 children, who were supposed to be those who could not yet talk, so supposed 'innocent blood' would not be shed. The women and children were shot or had their throats cut and horribly bled to death as they screamed for mercy. Compassion was not one of these Mormons' virtues.

Last week I viewed the movie, September Dawn that depicted the massacre. It was the first movie in my 72 years that caused me to cry. I was not alone. It was a fictional love story that was in the setting of the Mormon 'Mountain Meadow Massacre'. This movie was so compelling that I went home and jumped on the Internet to verify the setting for this movie, since the Mormon Church was said to be at blame.

Nearly every site I looked at turned out to be a Mormon constructed site. That was both bad and good. The sites gave me some 40 plus pages of reading. More than I anticipated. Several reviewed September Dawn and said the movie had 'Zero stars', their play on words. Let me say, every cast member was a star! I have attended local little theaters for years and many have stars that excel our touted 'Hollywood movie stars'. Not one of those professional stars has made me cry like I did viewing September Dawn.

We must never forget 9-11-1857, 150 years ago and only remember 9-11-2001, because both were tragedies committed in the name of men's gods. Both being false gods. That is what is so significant. Men create their own gods, and it is disastrous.

The Mormons used two scapegoats to justify their killings. The Indians and Mormon John D. Lee, Brigham Young's adopted son. Lee was the only Mormon to face the firing squad for this mass crime. The court could have convicted Brigham Young, a follower of Joseph Smith, Jr., or Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder of Mormonism. Instead Lee the Mormon scapegoat was executed.

Multiple child molester

Joseph died after killing several men in 1844. It was Smith's lifestyle that ultimately created the Mormon doctrines that allowed him to be a multiple child molester, have multiple sex affairs, and marry some 35 women, in the name of his Mormon religion. It also allowed the massacre to develop in the name of religion. Smith's doctrines created this atmosphere of carnage at Mountain Meadow. Brigham Young testified against his adopted son for his religion.

The Mormons took an oath of secrecy and vowed to kill anyone who told the truth. I suggest everyone read Lee's confession at http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mountainmeadows/leeconfession.html Lee's father's denial and leadership must have cut Lee deep, so Lee wrote his sincere testimony and yet covered for his Mormon leaders. It was his death he could not avoid, one way or the other, by Mormon or by military hands. The Mormon Church denies the real religious issue, today.

Lest we forget the Mormon Mountain Meadow Massacre.

I am, etc.,

BRIAN L. BIRCH

Author, Joseph Smith,

Jr., Mormon Prophet or Loss

BBirch7@aol.om

St. Paul, MN