14 And it came to pass that I beheld many multitudes of the Gentiles upon the land of promise; and I beheld the wrath of God, that it was upon the seed of my brethren; and they were scattered before the Gentiles and were smitten.
Of course this prophecy was literally fulfilled as the founding fathers of the United States fought with and drove the American Indians before them in their westward expansion. This was war, the Indians trying to hold on to their traditional lands; the white settlers wanting to expand into them. Neither side was particularly nice about it, but in the end, the prophecies were fulfilled. The remnant of the Lamanites were driven and scattered, but not destroyed by the Gentiles. According to the history books, those who were destroyed had the merciful way out of the conflict. So harsh and terrible were the conditions placed upon the Lamanites at the arrival of the Europeans that their population dropped dramatically in a short time due to disease, depression, murder, suicide, slavery, and the like.
- Mormon 5:19
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