The followers of Mormonism, especially in its early history, were typically the victims of violence. These people were persecute violently and pushed from Ohio to Missouri to Illinois and then west to the Utah territory. There were incidents of massacre, home burning, pillaging, and the murder of their founder, Joseph Smith. However, there were also Latter-day Saints who perpetrated violence as in the case of the Mountain Meadows massacre. The effect of this violence has been a major driving force in the History of the Latter Day Saint movement and its doctrines.