Fancher's script focused more on environmental issues and less
on issues of humanity and faith, which weighed heavily in the novel.
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He entered the Fancher party's circle and asked them to lay down their guns,
convincing them that there would be no more bloodshed.
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The Mormons persisted, however,
attacking the camp several more times while the Fancher group remained under siege, unable to continue on to California.
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Fancher's script focused more on environmental issues and less on issues
of humanity and religion, which are prominent in the novel and Scott wanted changes.