Geography: With Gid secured and fortified, Moroni turned his attention to Morianton, a strategically important city. It lay at an important crossroads that could guard both the path into Mulek and Bountiful, but also into Lehi and up the river valley into the heart of Nephite territory. Moroni improves its defenses. The twenty-ninth year ends with some Nephite territory regained but no resolution to the long war.
Text: This is the end of a chapter in the 1830 edition. In the next chapter, Mormon picks up the story of Helaman and his young warriors who were briefly introduced in Chapter 53 of our current text.