Locations of living Book of Mormon survivors are determined by tribe with concomitant DNA implications. Read the natives' account of the hill Cumorah battle. The extensive Zarahemla silk industry and Chinese connection are also identified in the Maya glyphs.
Some operate under the misconception that the “discontinuity” in the Nephite occupation of the Book of Mormon lands led to a “loss of continuity” in place names and peoples’ names. A more careful reading of the Book of Mormon tells a very different story. The only thing that was “discontinuous” was the righteousness of the peoples. All apostates, dissenters, and deserters over the many centuries were automatically numbered among the Lamanites – DNA and all.
The recent evidence indicates that there were enough survivors to provide continuity in the habitation of all the important cities mentioned in the Book of Mormon. The four Nephite tribes have been found as the Quiché branch of the Maya. The Zoramites, Mulekites, and Ishmaelites form the Kakchiquel branch of the Maya today. A Jaredite residual forms the Mam branch of the Maya. The Gadianton and Kishkumen tribes (the “eagles” and the “weasels”) form the Tz’utujil branch of the Maya.
At the time of the Spanish Conquest they still occupied their same lands with the exception that the Nephites (as the common enemy) were completely driven out of Zarahemla, but they continued to occupy everything from Bountiful to Cumorah.
Thanks to the native “chroniclers”, we have their version of Mormon’s story. Read on to see their accounts of the hanging of Zemnarihah and the battle at Cumorah.
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