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FROM CAPE HORN to PANAMA MAP SHOWINGSITION of the SOCIETY's HOUSE with REGARD TO· HOLBORN TOWN HALL and the TUBE STATION, CHANCERY LANE.• the RIGHT REV" /> FROM CAPE HORN TO PANAMA MAP SHOWING" THE P(i>SITION OF THE SOCIETY'S HOUSE WITH REGARD TO· HOLBORN TOWN HALL AND THE TUBE STATION, CHANCERY LANE.• THE RIGHT REV. BISHOP STIRLING, D.D. Bisltoj if tl~e Falkfa11d lsla11ds. FROM CAPE HORN TO PANAMA A NARRATIVE OF MISSIONARY ENTERPRISE AMONG THE NEGLECTED RACES OF SOUTH AMERICA, BY THE SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY BY THE LATE ROBERT YOUNG, F.R.S.G.S 7 AuTHOR oF "LraHT IN LANDS oF, DARKNEss" " SuccEss oF CHRISTIAN MrssroNs ' "TROPHIES FROM AFRICAN HEATHENISM" ETC WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONti SECOND EDITION REPISED AND ENLARGED SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY'" zo JOHN STREET, BEDFORD ROW, W.C SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT f.:f CO LTD STATIONERS' HALL COURT BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON. To THE FAMILY AND OTHER RELATIVES 0~' ALLEN GARDINER, THE FOUNDER OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONS,. WHOSE STRONG FAITH, MISSIONARY ENTHUSIASM, AND HEROIC ENDURANCE IN THE FACE OF MANIFOLD DISAPPOINT­ MENTS, TRIALS, AND SUFFERINGS, HAVE BEEN, AND STILL ARE, AN INSPIRING MOTIVE TO EXERTION TO ALL WHO SEEK TO ADVANCE THE KING- DOM OF CHRIST THE S.A.M.S. HOUSE. vi Prefatory Note to the First Edition In the year r8g5, the author wrote a series of articles in The Mission World under the general title of " The Land of Fire," giving the pathetic history of the Fuegian or Patagonian Mission, begun by Captain Alien F. Gardiner. These articles, which excited a good deal of interest at the time, form the substance of the following volume. At the request of the Committee of the South American Missionary Society, the whole has been carefully· revised, extended, brought up to date, and cast into the form of a book. Any value attaching to it is due mainly to the remarkable events it records. The author's work has been for the most part a reproduction of the story, so well told by the Revs. G. P. Despard, B.A., J. W. Marsh, M.A., W. H. Stirling, D.D., and others, along with gleanings from the Society's Reports and Magazine ; a story which, in some of its features, is without a parallel in the annals of Christian Missions. It is hoped that this narrative will conduce, by the Divine bless­ ing, to the awakening of a more general and lively interest in the long neglected races of the South American Continent, for whose temporal and eternal welfare the Society has laboured, and is labouring, with un­ flagging zeal and marked success. The words of Bishop Horne in his Commentary on the Psalms may with advantage be adapted: "If any one derive half the pleasure from the reading of this book that the narrator has experienced in collecting and arranging the materials, the labour has sufficient recompense." R. Y. 2, MERCHlSTON PLACE, EDINBURGH. February, rgoo vii Note to the Second Edition Few changes have been made in what came from the late author's pen, but many paragraphs, sentences, and illustrations have been added, to bring the work up to date. The first edition met with a very favourable reception, and has done much to diffuse a knowledge of the spiritual needs of South America, and of the work of the. South American Mis­ sionary Society. May this second edition be of like avail, and do yet much more to stir missionary interest in regard to that great Continent. The Society's Diamond Jubilee Year, r904, was marked by the acquisi­ tion of a freehold site and Home of its own, amply sufficient for its present needs, and available for a much larger Mission House, when the work shall have outgrown its present accommodation. E. P.C. S.A.M.S. HousE, M arch, rgo5. viii Contents PAGE CHAPTER I CAPTAIN. ALLEN F. GARDINER, R.N. CHAPTER II HoPE DEFERRED, NoT LosT I I CHAPTER Ill A CHAPTER OF DISASTERS JS CHAPTER IV FURTHER DISASTERS 31 CHAPTER V THE TURNING OF THE T~DE 43 CHAPTER VI OPENING OF MISSION STATIONS ON THE ISLANDS CHAPTER VII THE DARKNESS PASSING AWAY 59 CHAPTER VIII AMONG THE PATAGONIANS CHAPTER IX EvANGELisTic WoRK-CHAPLAINCIEs-SEAMEN's MISSIONS 92 CHAPTER X EvANGELISTIC WoRK-CHAPLAINCIEs-SEAMEN's MISSIONS (contimted) rr4 CHAPTER XI AMONG THE INDIANS OF THE p ARAGUA Y AN CHACO I 37 ix X CONTENTS CHAPTER XII PAGE AMONG THE MAPUCHE INDIANS OF ARAUCANIA CHAPTER XIII AMONG THE TRIBES AND ROMANISTS OF BRAZIL CHAPTER XIV THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA rg6 CONCLUDING REMARKS 200 APPENDIX 207 INDEX 209 ILLUSTRATIONS BISHOP STIRLING Frontispiec(! MAP oF SouTH AMERICA Face page I AGGIE, DAUGHTER OF ASILAGYATAINGUY ss ALACALUF WOMEN 8 ALBERDI : BOYS' BREAKFAST !08 BoYs' GRouP I07 CHILDREN's HoMEs !09 GIRLS' BREAKFAST IOI GROUP OF BOYS AND GIRLS IOI IN THE GIRLS' PATIO I03 NATIVE HUTS ON THE RIVER BANK I04 SOME OF THE STAFF I06 THE ALLEN GARDINER MEMORIAL HALL IOO THE BARRANCA, OR RIVER BANK I05 AN OLD Sunm r62 APPROACH TO QUEPE FERRY • I73 BISHOP EVERY IN CHACO I 52 BoTTLE-TRuNK TREEs, SuHIN I64 BOYS WITH Bows AND ARROWS I5I BUENOS AYRES, PLAZA DE MAYO I II BRITISH HosPITAL I II BUTTON COVE 37 ILLUSTRATIONS xi PAGE CAPTAIN ALLEN F. GARDINER 3 CHACO CoNVERTS AND COMMUNIC4-NTS I 59' CHACO MISSION STAFF I 53 CHACO TRAVEL 137 CHUBUT, PoRT TRELEW 124 COLON, CHRIST CHURCH I98 CoLoN, SEA FRoNT 197 CROSSING RIVER PARAGUAY I42 EARNEST CovE, SPANIARD HARBOUR 26 EVERY, BISHOP I35 FIRST FIVE BAPTISED LENGUAS I 59 FRAY BENTOS CHURCH AND PARSONAGE 126, 127 GIRLS' SCHOOL, QUEPE r36 GROUP OF YAHGANS• 79 HARBERTON 64 INDIAN ToLDOS I46 IN THE PALM FOREST, CHACO 208 KEPPEL IsLAND MISSION STATION 39 LENGUA VILLAGE 143 " Mf'..CIU " TREE 170 MACHIS, OR MEDICINE WOMEN I69 MACHIS TREATING A pATIENT 171 MAP OF CHACO 139 'MAP OF HISTORIC ·SITES 7 MAP OF S.A.M.S. HousE ii MAPUCHE RucA, INTERIOR I75 MAPUCHE ScHoOLGIRL I37 MAPUCHE WoMEN, CHOLCHOL. I74 MISSION STATION, CHACO 155 MousEHOLE VILLAGE 21 MR. AND MRS. L. H. BURLEIGH 67 MR. CLASS AND HIS BOYS I78 MR. GRUBB. AND FOUR CHIEFS r6o MR. GRuBB's HousE 157 MR. ROBERT DENMARK AND PEDRO IGNACIO PAINEVILU r38 MR. WILLIAM READE GARDINER I68 NATIVE VILLAGE, TEKENIKA 75 NATIVES IN FoREST I49 0NA FAMILY, HARBERTON 9 PAILLALEF AND FAMILY. r82 P ALERMO BOYS' AND GtRLS' SCHOOL I 19 PANAMA CANAL 197 PASS CHURCH, CHACO rs8 PATAGONIANS Sz xii ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE PAUL CHURCH, PENZANCE 28 QUINO CHURCH I79 REV. R. J. SIMPSON 20I REV. A:LLEN \V. GARDINER I66 REV. SADLEIR AND A. PAILLALEF PREACHING TO ARAUCANIANS I77 REV. G. P. DESPARD 3I REv. W. H. STIRLING AND FOUR Fu:EGIANS 52" H.IcHARD vVILLIAMs 22 ~>.A.M.S. HousE vi . SANDY POINT, OR PUNTA ARENAS, STRAITS OF MAGELLAN 91 · SAILORS' HoME, BuENOS A YRES II2 SANGKO I48 SANTOS, BRAZIL I29 SAO PAULO CHURCH AND PARSONAGE I28 SKETCH MAP OF CENTRAL CHACO I63 SKETCH MAP OF STATIONS 203 ST. PAUL'S CHURyH HALL, PALERMO I I7 ST: PAUL'S CHURCH HALL, BISHOP STIRLING LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF . I I 5 ST. PAUL'S CHURCH HALL {INTERIOR) .II8 SCHOOL CHILDREN, MALDONADO I2I SuHIN STATION I6I TAB LET TO THREE FISHERMEN 29 TEKENIKA STATION FROM THE jETTY 73 TEKENIKA CHURCH AND BOYS' HoME 8 I THE ARAUCANIAN MISSION FIELD I67 THE WHARVES, SANTOS I29 ToMHANG I 50 TRANSLATING THE "HUNDRED TEXTS " I83 TRAVELLING BY BULLOCK CART I47 TYPICAL pALM PLAIN I40 UsHUAIA; THE ARGENTINE SETTLEMENT. 56 UsHUAIA; EvENING CALM 57 WIGWAM BUILDING 76 WoLLASTON 69 WOMEN GATHERING MUSSELS AT Low TIDE, TEKENIKA 7I WOMEN IN pALM PLAIN I45 YAHGAN, FACE PAINTING 34 YAHGANS, TEKENIKA IO '{AHGAN FACE ORNAMENTATION 42 Chapter I INTRODUCTORY CAPTAIN ALLEN F. GARDINER '' He staggered not at the p·romise of God through ~enbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God."-RoM. iv. zo. S the Missions here to be passed under review will ever be A honourably associated with the name of Captain Alien Francis Gardiner, R.N., the Christian hero and martyr, a few of the more out­ standing .incidents in his eventful life may at the outset be furnished. It was on the 28th day of the leafy month of June, r794, at Basil­ don, Berks, where his parents were temporarily residing during the . erection of the family mansion of Coombe Lodge, in the county of Oxford, that Captain Gardiner was born. The anxious parents had then no idea of the hardships, and trials, and honours that were in store for this infant of theirs. Still less did it enter into their minds that· the destinies of an entire Continent were to be blessedly affected by his life and death. Yet such was the case. And in the successive steps by .which these results were to be brought about, the history of the Church of Christ affords no more striking illustration of how God in His wonder-working providence leads the blind by a way that they know not. While ·yet a mere child, it is said, young Gardiner exercised his ingenuity in drawing plans tor cutting the French fleet out of Rochelle harbour. Some time afterwards he copied a small vocabulary out of Mungo Park's Travels with the idea that it might one day be service­ able to him. And " on one occasion he was found asleep on the floor when he ought to have been in bed, giving as his reason, when aroused, that it was his intention to travel all over the world, and that he wished to accustom himself to hardships." Such being the bent of the boy's- B 2 FROM CAPE HORN TO PANAMA mind, it was only what might have been expected that he should have chosen the Navy as his profession.
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