‘I’ used to be used as both a vowel and a consonant, similar to how we use C for both the ‘s’ sound and the ‘k’ sound. So probably it would have been Iesus with an I. Probably sounded out the same as the guy who did my drywall.

I think they meant where, as in are they visiting mountains, desert, rainforest, plains, or certain city or state. There’s a huge range of cultures across the very different regions in the country.