Commentary: How LDS leader Brigham Young and a great Ute chief strived for peace in a time of war

Their followers, however, did not always follow their example as hostilities broke out in the Great Basin.

(The Salt Lake Tribune) Brigham Young, second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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