World. About fifty Jaredites made the journey in the eight boats in 344 days. Also on board these boats were a divine source of light, a food supply, flocks, herds, fowl, fish (and, we would assume, a food supply for the beasts), bees, seeds, tools, and personal possessions.35 Then they established themselves and anointed a king who reigned righteously, but soon wars and contentions broke out among the people. As in the Bible, the people went through cycles of righteousness and peace, then apostasy