In the year 380, the Lamanites came down against the Nephites and "so great were their numbers that they did tread the people of the Nephites under their feet" (Mormon 5:6). The Nephites were forced to flee for their lives. Mormon records that "those whose flight was swifter than the Lamanites' did escape, and those whose flight did not exceed the Lamanites' were swept down and destroyed" (Mormon 5:7). Mormon's comments on these scenes of carnage (Mormon 5) may have been his final recorded comments before the last battle at Cumorah. Starting in Mormon 6:1, in words apparently recorded after the battle of Cumorah but describing the events before the battle, Mormon says, "And now I finish my record concerning the destruction of my people, the Nephites." [Alan C. Miner, The Chronology and Compilation of the Writings of Mormon and Moroni," p. 4]