15.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  the  armies  of  the  Nephites
did  return  again  to  their  place  of  security.  And  it  came
to  pass  that  this  nineteenth  year  did  pass  away,  and  the
robbers  did  not  come  again  to  cattle ;  neither  did  tiiey  come
again  in  the  twentieth  year ;

16.  And  in  the  twenty  and  first  year  they  did  not  come
up  to  battle,  but  thev  came  up  on  all  sides  to  lay  siege  round
about  the  people  of  Nephi ;  for  they  did  suppose  that  if  t^ey
should  cut  on  the  people  of  Nephi  from  tneir  lands,  and
should  hem  them  in  on  every  side,  and  if  they  should  cut
them  off  from  aU  their  outward  privileges,  that  they  could
cause  them  to  yield  themselves  up  according  to  their  wishes.
17.  Now  they  had  appointed  unto  themselves  another
leader,  whose  name  was  Zemnarihah;  therefore  it  was
Zemnarihah  that  did  cause  that  this  siege  should  take
place.
18.  But  behold,  this  was  an  advantage  to  the  Nephites ;
for  it  was  impossible  for  the  robbers  to  lay  siege  sufficiently
long  to  have  any  effect  upon  the  Nephites,  because  of  *their
much  provision  which  they  had  laid  up  in  store.
19.  Because  of  the  scantiness  of  provisions  among  the
robbers ;  for  behold,  they  had  nothing  save  it  were  meat
for  their  subsistence,  which  meat  they  did  obtain  in  the
wilderness.
20.  And  it  came  to  pass  that  the  wild  game  became  scarce
in  the  wilderness,  insomuch  that  the  robbers  were  about  to
perish  with  hunger.
21.  And  the  Nephites  were  continually  marching  out  by
day  and  by  night,  and  falling  upon  their  armies,  and  cutting
them  off  by  thousands  and  by  tens  of  thousands.
