Jaredites

The Jaredites (/ˈdʒærədaɪt/)[1] are one of four peoples (along with the Nephites, Lamanites, and Mulekites) that the Latter-day Saints believe settled in ancient America.

According to the Book of Mormon, they fled across the ocean on unique barges and established an ancient civilization in America.

The times of peace were interrupted by intrigue over the throne, civil war, and the accession of wicked kings.

[10] The Book of Mormon claims that the Jaredites grew to become a civilization that exceeded two million people just before its destruction.

The Nephite prophet King Mosiah I was able to translate a large stone with engravings that gave an account of Coriantumr.

For example, one scholar asserted that the writings of an ancient Native American historian, Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl, wrote about a group of people who came from the great tower to Mesoamerica.

Ixtlilxochitl wrote that the people lived in an area in the northern parts of the land, along the Gulf Coast of Mexico.

[21] Phyllis Carol Olive compares Jaredite civilization to ancient cultures of the Great Lakes region.