HAMBLIN IN TOOELE: THE MAKINGS OF A PACIFIST

HAMBLIN IN TOOELE: THE MAKINGS OF A PACIFIST Early Tooele, Utah, from 1849 to 1854, showed Latter-day Saints at their best and worst as they dealt with local Indians. When Indians, Goshutes or Utes, raided Mormon cattle, Mormon religio-military leaders developed a punitive ethos in which a good body-count of Indians represented a successful military venture. In this crucible, Jacob Hamblin, as a low-level military leader, developed his policy of understanding and negotiating with Indians instead of killing them

TODD D. COMPTON and BRENT JOHNS