let me see if i have this right:
Mormon trail = murder and gold
Civil war = Lincoln and mormons
Mountain Meadows Massacre = mormons and NW Arkansas/Baker-Fancher Party
NW Arkansas = Pea Ridge, federal control of Arkansas (and by proxy, Indian Territory)
Indian Territory = basically everything west of Fort Smith AR
Fort Smith = Isaac Parker, the hanging judge
Isaac Parker = great nephew of Wilson Shannon
Wilson Shannon = minister to Mexico under John Tyler, territorial governor of Kansas
i could keep going but the general idea is there, every bit of it was planned
is that correct?