Jaredites

The Jaredites ( /ˈdʒɛrʌˌdaɪts/) are a people written of in the Book of Mormon, principally in the Book of Ether. In the Book of Ether, the Jaredites are described as the descendants of Jared and his brother, at the time of the Tower of Babel. According to the Book of Mormon, the people fled across the Ocean via unique barges and established an ancient civilization in the Americas. The existence of the Jaredites is doubted by many non-Mormon historians and archaeologists.