Mormon 1:5

And I, Mormon, being a descendant of Nephi,

(and my father's name was Mormon)

I remembered the things which Ammaron commanded me.

Mormon 1:6

And it came to pass that I, being eleven years old,

was carried by my father into the land southward,

even to the land of Zarahemla.

Mormon 1:7

The whole face of the land had become covered with buildings,

and the people were as numerous almost, as it were the sand of the sea.

Mormon 1:8

And it came to pass in this year there began to be a war between the Nephites,

who consisted of the Nephites and the Jacobites and the Josephites and the Zoramites;

and this war was between the Nephites, and the Lamanites

and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites.

Mormon 1:9

Now the Lamanites and the Lemuelites and the Ishmaelites were called Lamanites,

and the two parties were Nephites and Lamanites.

Mormon 1:10

And it came to pass that the war began to be among them

in the borders of Zarahemla, by the waters of Sidon.

Mormon 1:11

And it came to pass that the Nephites had gathered together a great number of men,

even to exceed the number of thirty thousand.

And it came to pass that they did have in this same year a number of battles,

in which the Nephites did beat the Lamanites and did slay many of them.

Mormon 1:12

And it came to pass that the Lamanites withdrew their design,

and there was peace settled in the land;

and peace did remain for the space of about four years,

that there was no bloodshed.