zeal-no-waw

Updated: February 15, 2026

I was born on the point of land lying between and above the mouth of the Okaw or Kaskaskia River and the Mississippi River, in what is known as the Great American Bottom the particular point I refer to was then called Zeal-no-waw, the Island of Nuts.

John Doyle Lee - The Mormon Menace: The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite