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The Livingstone of South America THE LIVINGSTONE OF SOUTH AMERICA AN UNKNOWN PEOPLE IN AN UNKNOWN LAND An account of the life and customs of the Lengua Indians of the Paraguayan Chaco, with adventures and experiences during twenty years' pioneering and exploration amongst them. By W. BARBROOKE GRUBB "Comisario General del Chaco y Pacificador de los Indios." Edited by H. T. MoaRBY-}ONES, M.A. (oxoN.) With 2.3 Ills. and 2. maps. Price 6s. nett. "Mr. Grubb stood many times in Imminent peril and escaped only by the display of indomitable couraae and the exercise of fine tact and diplomacy."-Nottr. Guartlia11. " No one can fail to be interested in so stirrin!l a record of enterprise and endurance. "-Daily Telegraph. " Tbe narrative is recounted with wonderful freshness and vfaour, and it exercises a powerful hold on the interest and attention of the reader. "--S,otrma11. BARBROOKE GRUBB PATHFINDER The record of an adventurous life of courage and endurance nobly spent amongst the savage peoples of the Gran Chaco of South America told for boys and· girls. By NORMAN]. DAVIDSON, B.A. (OXON.) With many Illustrations. Price 2.s. 6d. net. BARBROOKE GRUBB OF PARAGUAY By C. T. BEDFORD. Cover in colour. Illustrated. Ex. Crown Svo. Price xs. net. SEELEY SERVICE &f CO. LIMITED \ VJLFR!D BARBROOKE GRUBB. ln his 33 rd year. This photograph was taken at \X1aikthlatingmangyalwa early in 1898, shortly after Poet's attempt to murder him. ( j J. 170.) THE LIVINGSTONE OF SOUTH AMERICA '!'be Life & d d"/Jentures of W. 'Barbrooke grubb among the wild tribes of the Gran Chaco tn Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina, the Falkland Islands & Tierra del Fuego By The Rev. R. J. HUNT, F.R.A.I. with a foreword by Sir HERBERT GIBSON, Bart., K.B.E; (!;J An appreciation by The Venerable H. T, MORREY-JONES, M.A. (Oxon.) Archdcaa,n of Bmzil Many Illustrations & Maps LONDON Seeley Service & Co Limited The Rev. W. Bothamley, M.A., Hon. Canon of Durham Cathedral, once said to the writer of this volume that "Barbrooke Grubb of the Gran Chaco and Bishop Tucker of Uganda, were the two greatest missionaries of their generation." Askedfor his reasons, he replied: "Grubb's and Tucker's greatness were exhibited in the amazing success with which they brought a fierce people to Christ and made of them a real church, and in Grubb's case witho11t any political protection." "In modern evangelistic work in S011th America, the Church of England has led the way, and has been a glorious example of living power for fifty years. The heroic story of Captain Allen Gardiner, and the work of Wilfrid Barbrooke Grubb cannot be forgotten. There are no more romantic names than these in all Christian Missionary story." From the Bishop of Blackburn's sermon delivered at York Minster when the World Call to the Church was presented In 1928. P1UNTBD IN GREAT BRITAIN AN APPRECIATION By THE VENERABLE ARCHDEACON H. T. MORREY-JONES OME three months before the passing of " W.B.G." as the subject of this biography was familiarly known S to his colleagues, it was my privilege to spend a week-end with him in his home in Lasswade, near Edinburgh. Many years had elapsed since we had lived and worked together in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, where I knew him in his prime-the pioneer and hero of a missionary triumph he was so largely instrumental in building up in that then unknown land, and when he was capable of those great feats of physical strength and endurance so constantly demanded of one living under conditions so wild and primitive. Pathetic was the contrast I found on my last meeting, some twenty-two years later. The ravages of time, exposure and disease had done their worst, and had reduced him to a mere shadow of his former robust self. But what a spirit I There was evident the same determination and indomitable will, indicated by that same fire in those penetrating eyes, which had played no small part in dominating the stubborn and hostile wills of the savage peoples with whom he had had to deal in the early days of his lonely sojourn among the Lengua­ Mascoy Indians and kindred tribes. Long since given up by specialists whose theories he had often previously upset, and wasted and weakened as he was by many weeks in bed, and by the constantly recurring hremorrhages that attacked him, yet I found him dressed and seated in a chair (for he had made this special effort to greet me) smoking as of old his long-stemmed Indian pipe. Looking at him thus in his weakened condition as we chatted about the days gone by, when old associations and experiences crowded vividly back to our minds, pathetic indeed was the climax he reached when, after a pause in the conversation, as if divining my thoughts of his broken con­ dition, he suddenly rose from his chair, and, gripping my V Vl An Appreciation hand as in a vice, he followed up the gesture by standing in front of the fire-place and by actually placing one foot on the mantel-piece, remarking, " Not bad for an old 'un, eh ? No, I'm not dead yet." A supreme effort it undoubtedly was, for he sank back exhausted into his chair. Nevertheless, it was graphically indicative of the unimpaired spirit of the man, that same spirit by which, with God's grace, he had won through and over­ come many a danger, difficulty and trial. Not the least of these was the occasion on which, after a murderous attack, he had well-nigh bled to death, when night after night at sunset, he summoned up sufficient strength to stand up and even attempted to dance by the camp fire in his endeavour to prove to the wild Indians that he was not likely to die during the night. Thus he warded off the danger of burial alive, a fate that awaited all, friend or foe alike, if they fainted or became unconscious, as might well have happened to him at the time. If greatness consists, as has been said, in the influence exercised over others rather than in the possession of wealth, or intellect or power, then truly Grubb was a great man. By look, by word and deed, he won his way into the hearts of a savage people which has brought about the establishment of a successful mission with the conversion of Indian tribes from barbarism to Christianity. That his influence was still wider many can testify, for he possessed other qualities which go to make a man great. Outstanding amongst these was his humility and aversion to publicity of any kind. He might have traded on such titles as " Pacificator of the Indians " or " The Livingstone of South America," but though a great speaker of no mean order and one who always drew large audiences, he avoided crowds. He was far happier when on trek in the wilds of the Chaco, and was seen at his best when negotiating a swamp or difficult river crossing in flood time with bullock carts. Intellectually as well as physically Grubb was a gifted man. His brain was ever active in formulating some scheme for the betterment of the people he loved and for whom he had given his life. Yes, for the development and saving of a people so low in the human scale, and in a land so inhospitable An Appreciation Vll and unalluring, this man of so great faith gave of his best, and lived to see the manifold fruit of his labours. No hardship ever deterred him, the heaviest weight and the toughest job was always his to tackle. Self was ever eliminated. Even when, as a convalescent in Buenos Aires recovering from his well-nigh fatal wound in the lung from a poisoned arrow, he was ordered home by his doctor armed with a letter to Sir Frederick Treves saying, " Put your surgical ear to this man's chest and you will find something interesting," Grubb disobeyed all orders and took the first available river boat back to his post and people in the Chaco. And that letter was never presented. Such was the courage and nature that had won the respect of primitive man, who readily recognised a superior will and determination, which would brook no trifling, yet tempered withal by a saving sense of humour and a lovable personality which engendered and disclosed a devotion in return such as might not be expected in a savage. Yiphenabanyetik (thick nape of the neck), as he was dubbed by the Lengua-Mascoy with that facility they have for nick­ naming in accordance with some physical feature, is a name that will long live in the Chaco of South America, a name that will conjure up old memories of one who did and dared in the service of his Master, and who preached the" Good News " by a life of loving self-sacrifice for the uplifting of a primitive race, so low, yet so well worth the while. Words no more appropriate than the following could be quoted of him than which those of us who knew and loved him could express their admiration and homage, and the faith we all hold : " Life goes not out, but on : Thy day has come, not gone: Thy sun has risen, not set : Thy life is now beyond the reach of death or change, Not ended, but begun. 0 noble soul I O gentle heart I Hail-and farewell." H. T. MORREY-JONES.
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