A band of Lamanites who stood at the waters of Sebus and scattered the flocks of King Lamoni’s herdsmen. It was their habitual practice to scatter the flocks gathered there to water, driving the animals away to their own land as plunder (Alma 18:7). When Ammon, a Nephite serving as one of Lamoni’s herdsmen, came with the king’s servants to water the flocks, these men scattered them so that the animals fled many ways (Alma 17:27). The servants wept, fearing the king would slay them as he had slain other servants whose flocks were scattered (Alma 17:28).
After Ammon and the servants gathered the flocks again, the same men returned to scatter them. Ammon went to contend with them while the servants encircled the flocks. They did not fear him, supposing one of them could kill him (Alma 17:33-35). Ammon slung stones at them and killed several, and when they came at him with clubs, he cut off the arms of every man who raised one against him (Alma 17:36-37); six fell by the sling, and he killed only their leader with his sword (Alma 17:38). Astonished and unable to strike him, they fled (Alma 17:37). Later, after Lamoni’s conversion, these same men remained angry at Ammon over the number he had slain at Sebus and rebuked others among the Lamanites (Alma 19:21).