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5 Missionaries feared slaughtered by Auca Indians in Ecuador...
5 Missionaries feared slaughtered by Auca Indians in Ecuador...
Item # 708119
January 12, 1956
THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan 12, 1956
* 5 American missionaries kidnapped - dead ?
* Nate Saint & Jim Elliot captured with 3 others
* Operation Auca - Waorani people - Ecuador
* Evangelical Christian missionaries
Page 3 has a small and discrete heading: "5 U. S. Missionaries Are Believed Slain" (see image) The official date of death for these missionaries is Jan. 8th. This group of missionaries were trying to establish friendly contact with Auca tribe in Ecuador. This is the event which inspired the documentary "End of the Spear" and the book, "Through Gates of Splendor", by Elizabeth Elliot.
Complete with 56 pages, light toning and a minor wear at the margins, generally nice.
Category: The 20th Century
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