Stealing the flocks of others soon became a way of life for some Lamanites. This is evidence in the story of Ammon who was protecting the flocks of king Lamoni. In this instance, the Lamanite pillagers were stealing from their fellow brethren, Now it was the practice of these Lamanites to stand by the waters of Sebus to scatter the flocks of the people, that thereby they might drive away many that were scattered unto their own land, it being a practice of plunder among them (Alma 18:7).