Zeniff's people lived near a wilderness that was probably located away from the northern approach of the Lamanite army (Mosiah 10:8), for women and children were hidden there even while their men were mustering to go meet the Lamanite threat (Mosiah 10:9). In other words, the Lamanites were presumably coming from a direction opposite to the wilderness where the women and children were hiding. [Adapted from John Sorenson, Source Book, p. 223]