Observer and Telegraph reports early Church leaders saying Lehi landed in South America.

Date
Nov 18, 1830
Type
News (traditional)
Source
Observer and Telegraph
Non-LDS
Hearsay
Journalism
Reference

"The Golden Bible, or, Campbellism Improved," Observer and Telegraph (Hudson, Ohio) (18 November 1830)

Scribe/Publisher
Observer and Telegraph
People
Observer and Telegraph
Audience
Reading Public
PDF
PDF
Transcription

This new Revelation, they say is especially designed for the benefit, or rather for the christianizing of the Aborigines of America; who, as they affirm, are a part of the tribe of Manasseh, and whose ancestors landed on the coast of Chili 600 years before the coming of Christ, and from them descended all the Indians of America.

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