Posted by:
Elder Berry
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Date: December 02, 2021 12:04PM
Color me surprised. There exists evidence of Nephites in the New World!
"The Chetkos say that, many seasons ago, their ancestors came in canoes from the far north, and landed at the river’s mouth. They found two tribes in possession, one a warlike race, resembling themselves; these they soon conquered and exterminated. The other was a diminutive people, of an exceedingly mild disposition, and white. These called themselves, or were called by the new-comers, “Wogies.” They were skillful in the manufacture of baskets, robes, and canoes, and had many methods of taking game and fish which were unknown to the invaders. Refusing to fight, the Wogies were made slaves of, and kept at work to provide food and shelter and articles of use for the more warlike race, who waxed very fat and lazy. One night, however, after a grand feast, the Wogies packed up and fled, and were never more seen. When the first white men appeared, the Chetkos supposed that they were the Wogies returned. They soon found out their mistake however, but retained among themselves the appellation for the white men, who are known as Wogies by all the coast tribes in the vicinity.
(cited in Powers 1877, 69)"
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10040342/1/Wengrow_Graeber_American%20Anthropologist_Rough.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Amazonian_Indians