In the Book of Mormon, Laman and his brother Lemuel opposed their righteous brother Nephi. While Mormons frequently referred to American Indians as Lamanites, as early as 1840 Brigham Young used the term “cousin Lemuel” to refer to them. (Book of Mormon, 1830 ed., 69, 72 [2 Nephi 4:13; 5:14]; Brigham Young, Lugwardine, England, to JS, Nauvoo, IL, 7 May 1840, in JS Letterbook 2, p. 152.)