[53]. Helaman 6:10.
[54]. This is upon the supposition that what is known among the Nephites especially as the land "Desolation," in contradistinction to the Nephite land "Bountiful," is identical with the region known to moderns as Central America; and the consideration of Alma 22:29-33. See also Dict. B. of M., p. 110.
[55]. Alma 8:7.
[56]. Omni 1:20-22.
[57]. Mosiah 28:7-14 and Mosiah 28.
[58]. Sec Dictionary of B. of M. (Reynolds), p. 165 et seq.
[59]. Lehi is plainly declared to be of the stock of Manasseh, (Alma 10:3); and it is supposed that Ishmael and his family, who joined Lehi and his family in the journey to the promised land, were of the tribe of Ephraim (See Dict. Book of Mormon, p. 155, Art. Ishmael). There are promises respecting Ephraim which cannot be realized except through the seed of Ephraim dwelling upon the land of America. See Orson Pratt's Prophetic Evidences of the Book of Mormon.
[60]. See Gen. 11.