According to the geographical theory of John Sorenson, no doubt the Nephite commander Moroni and his men followed the same track as when he traveled from the land of Jershon and "marched over into the land of Manti" in order to head the armies of Zerahemnah (see the commentary on Alma 43:25). Moroni came up from his base at Jershon [San Miguel, Tabasco, Mexico] to the San Cristobal Las Casas [Chiapas]area. Then he would have gone straight along the open valleys to Comitan/Gideon, where Pahoran awaited the relief force (Alma 60:30; 62:3-4,6). [John L. Sorenson, An Ancient American Setting for the Book of Mormon, p. 256] [See Geographical Theory Maps] [For another incident which sheds more light on these routes of march, see the commentary on Alma 62:14-15]