Roman Long-gonzalez

1838: the Dreaded Day of Missouri Massacre Roman Long-gonzalez

Publisher Marketing: On October 13, 1838, life for the settlement of Haun's Mill was not the same on Shoal Creek. It was a late Indian summer and a red sun was sinking for the evening. A militia of Men with painted faces in that of the savage style was bombarded it. The settlement's stillness was broken and many ran and hid in crooks of the bluffs of the Grand River while darkness suffocated them. No one knew from moment to moment, hour to hour if God would deliver them from the bloody hands of the Missourian government. The massacre was a turning point of the Mormon war that brought the inevitable submission of Joseph Smith. Now, almost 176 years later and a continuous outrage of treatment of the Haun's Mill settlers...their voices describe what they call: "That Dreaded Day of Wrath." It is their dust and bones that continue shouting for justice. To be recognized for their pioneering faith. They beg for peaceful slumber in a modern day that has the habit of forgetting those of long-ago. So, listen to the begging of young Sardius Smith. Witness the miraculous healing of Alma's Smith's hip. Watch as men and women run for the bluffs while Governor, Lilburn Boggs attempts to justify his signing of the Extermination order of 1838. Read about a land which was dreamed to be the land of honey and fruit a-plenty but in the end became a part of a cold and tragic American history. Mormon historical prose of the Haun's Mill Massacre.