Apostle David W. Patten is killed while leading Danites against the Missouri militia in the "Battle of Crooked River." Apostle Parley P. Pratt kills a militiaman, and wounds another who (while unconscious on the ground) is mutilated by enraged Danites.
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
[DMQ, MH:OP, Appendix 7, p.629]
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