It was in Nauvoo that Joseph Smith announced his most controversial revelation, plural marriage, or polygamy. When a newspaper exposed the Mormon practice of polygamy, Smith became outraged. He ordered the destruction of the newspaper’s press, which led to his arrest. An angry mob stormed the jail where Smith was being held, and he was killed. A Nauvoo charter asked the Mormon community to leave.
False , They were killed by members of the Cayuse tribe who accused Whitman of having poisoned 200 Cayuse in his medical care. The incident began the Cayuse War.
