I question the assertion that he lied to her.
In my mind her unwillingness to move West had more to do with her desire to seek refuge from the unrelenting turmoil and trials of her life as the wife of the Prophet and less to do with her dislike of Brigham Young or a lack of faith etc.
I always imagined that she might very well have thought; 'Joseph now has his peace, when will my peace come? Will death relieve me and my children of the burden of the restoration?' What's more had she gone West what would have been her role in the church ... As a woman she likely would have been relegated to a life irrelevancy and potentially even poverty. In my opinion she was in a no win situation and did what she felt was best for her and her children.
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