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5 Missionaries feared slaughtered by Auca Indians in Ecuador...
5 Missionaries feared slaughtered by Auca Indians in Ecuador...
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January 15, 1956
SPRINGFIELD SUNDAY REPUBLICAN, Mass., Jan 15, 1956
* 5 American missionaries kidnapped & killed
* Nate Saint & Jim Elliot murdered with 3 others
* Operation Auca - Waorani people - Ecuador
* Evangelical Christian missionaries
Page 10 has a one column heading: "WIDOWS OF FIVE MISSIONARIES SEE GRAVES FROM AIR" with subhead. (see images) 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 80+ pages, light toning and a minor wear at the margins, generally very nice.
Category: The 20th Century
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