Map of "Land Southward"
River Sidon
I n 1608, Captain John Smith explored the Chesapeake Bay and sailed up the Patuxent River. His claim that "Heaven and Earth never agreed better to frame a place for Man's habitation” lured many English colonist to America. (1) Another major geographical feature that must be reconciled in the land southward is the river Sidon. We propose the Patuxent River as the river Sidon. Near the Patuxent River are hills and valleys on both the east and west side of the river, consistent with the text in the Book of Mormon and large enough to hide armies (Alma 43). One common conclusion is that the river Sidon must flow south to north because the “head” is near Manti and we know that the river Sidon also flows past Zarahemla, which is north of Manti. This is assuming “head” means the beginning of the river. Another definition of “head” found in the 1828 Noah Webster’s Dictionary is “conflux.” In the same dictionary “conflux” is defined as “ a flowing together; a meeting of two or more c
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