If Coriantumr's throne was in "the [local?] land of Moron" (Ether 14:6), then can we infer that after almost 1500 years the Jaredites are still living in or near the land of Moron. If the land of Moron "was near the land which is called Desolation by the Nephites" (Ether 7:6), and if the land Desolation was "by the narrow pass which led into the land southward" (Mormon 3:5), and if the land Desolation was immediately "northward" of the land "Bountiful" in the land southward (Alma 22:31); then one might have trouble in finding textual justification for the proposition that the hill Ramah (Cumorah) might be located in New York. One might ask, if Mesoamerica is where we find remnants of ancient civilizations comparable to that of the Jaredites (and the Nephites), why would the Jaredite nation move in mass so far to the north to fight the final battles of annihilation? [Alan C. Miner, Personal Notes]