The sun., 1894-10-14

sentative before God, who in our stead has borne
merits, on account ~ which we can alone he
loved Ivy the Father. spoke also of tho necessity
| Of dcrviug self Gnd sin. OF the works OF the
flesh. and the blessed fruits of the Spirit"
These extracts accurately illustrate the char.
actcr of the preaching. The following, from tt?
| same pages ut the record, will, with almost equal
| accuracy, show what the results were:
! we vary us far rs we can in illustration by
anccdotc aud application, aud great effort is nco-
cssary to keep their attention.
I'VE long to see earnest love. to hear the peo-
! pie inQuiring for Christ. When asked whcthoy
| thcy love and wish to serve Jesus they answer
| aihrmativcly, but they never volunteer any ~.
mark or questions concerning spiritual thineA."
| Visited MecugM twice. spoke to him esrs
ncstly as to d dying man who as yet shows no real
faith or special interest in Jesus christ as his
| saviour and Lori The conduct OF Jenny Bu;-
| ton, Admiral litzrOy's proteSG, is ever being
! reacted here. He would not tell the people what
| he had seen. but made carital of their ignorance
and his knowledge by Keeping 1t to himself de
| only became the greater imp9stor, aud assumed
| not whit Ot good
| As said. these extracts most accurately o.
scribe the result Of the spiritual work. ne
| truth is that some lahgans did show enough in-
| terest in the preaching to be counted worthy ~
! baptism into the Church, but the exact propor-
| tiun of the 5000 souls who were 50 converted IS
| nowhere given in the records that own.
" such doing- as are here described the days
! and years passed. The schooner Allen TAR
| diner came and went with supplies until slo
| wore out and II smaller one took her place after
mission. In spite OF the fact that the bay pro-
! duccd no food supply worth mentioning for the
natives, IN spite or sterile soil Hnd wrCChcd loCit-
tiun for farming. in spite Of every drawback the
! settlement, backed by liberal supply OF money
| from England. grew In numbers until, after
| made that they had "a Christian village. with
| cottages instead of wigwams, and an cStcn-
| iagcs made of whip-snwed lumber by the hi-
| diaus. Cattle and gohts had been introduced,
| and the Indians had purchased some with labor.
More thnn ten acres ol ground were cultivated.
An orphanage had been erected. and twenty
five children are here clothed fed. and edu-
Gated at the expense of friends in England"
Every lahgan there aud many elsewhere
supplied by the missionaries in exchange for
labor or the fnrs of seals and offers. More i'm:
E"en" ,yromrht in thm INSTRUMENTATION ~ liz,
NahgRns. " The natives had formerly been set
against white men by the cruel treatment which
they lad met with from sealing vessels. When
vessels were seen the women and children were
sent to the woods for safety" The sealers
portunhy. In return the Nuhgans had slaugi-
tered every, wrecked crew of seamen that
each crew. however, whom they compelled to
witness the slaughter of the rest. and WHOM!
Magellan that he might 90 home and warn his
conntrymen to keep away from that region.
things was brought about" says the record. but
In eleven years it was done. Meantime the Yah
learned to prefer bread food" to any other but
had learned TO use soap instead Of whale blub-
The baptismal register then showed 1877 names,
of whom some were infants in arms incapable
Ol knowing WHAT was going on.
Meantime the growth OF the mission had at
tracted the attention Of the Argontines who,
Jealous of the tGhilian encroachments, deter
mined To establish II Government station On
their part of TERRA del Fucgo. and Ushuaia BAY
was selected for It's location. The missionaries
were all greatly pleased" with the sub reject
and his staff and troops and sailors. and espe-
cially with the fact that thereafter at least
the civilized world.
So well pleased were the missionaries will the
"marvellous changes" wrought, that when "a
French war ship came along there surveying
they had some significant contrast" photo;
printed in an English magazine. II was flood
tide with the mission.
But more marvellous change than anything
photographed had been developing even for
years without the knowledge Of those who had
wr"mS Win tRe FWsRian eSnSSTts w I'm =" tho So
orphanage we have one case OF fatal disease.
Excessive lnngnor, without suffering. IL ms
symptom. He Is rapidly wasting away" says
And again one reads:
1--WE had heard Of two families at some dis
tance from here who had been suffering very
much and asked to see me. | went across 1.-The
and M @ one % Ro
They told us three had died. and pointed out
several Others , whom & they sad would die among
and said: No, no, am not going to die. Mr.
What's 20 take mo with you IN the boat; anl
fellow will die.
At the next place we found three women. u
little boy, and man trying To get To the CHnuo
to come to ushuaia. The man told MS he had
buried four. but was 80 weak that he could not
found one dear little fellow on his back, not
quite dead. He asked me for water which [
gave him He died . few minutes after. In tho
same house we found man who had been dead
two days, and in his arms poor little boy not
dead. When took him away he cried TO 20
back to his father We took him to Ushuall,
I'VE have now lost forty-thrce persons IN
three weeks at Ushuaia. How far 1t has spread
~ has ben pleasure 10 % among Them fnr N
almost house hare NgnTH me fffrr ~
prdyssr, and praise in the midst of all their suG6r-
had been hardy and vigorous" They had
actually Increased in numbers while living
foot. Hut when put 10 work as farm laborers,
and washed and clothed like white . folks
and had 10 be nagged into worEing steadily.
They had slept naked in the freezing rain. but
While i at @ work, they % caught a cold that devci,
Opcd into fatal disease, Consumption and
psSdcen nd tbat Sad ben round
limbcd and bright-eyed when naked in a canoe
were wasting RAPIDLY away In excessive Ian, Ian.
guor," though dressed IN wOollens aud living
They continaed to waste until every ono of the
twenty-five children, "cluthed, fed, and edu-
Gated at the expense of friends in England"
died. and 50 did every other child In that
not one child in dozens born has sarVived its
first year"
lied world had been Of advantage to the mis-
siOnares, but measles, grpp, diphtheTia a-what
not came ON the steamers.
Worse yet, though the very fcrOcity OF tho
natives OF TERRA del Fuego protected them
against the deyilish evils lett In the wake Of
sailors who visit ahorigines in any part OF the
world. this ferocty had been fully, II only by
degrees" overcome by the missionaries who.
however. had made very little, II any, progress
in overcoming the Nahgan notion that women
might be bought and sold. Indeed as in the
case of HidugalahgOOn already mentioned.
where one man had carried oil anotheT's sluaw,
the offender was advised 10 settle the trouble by
paying tor the woman. llidugalahgOOn, on tho
advice OF Mr.. bridge, gave the shirt, received
as compensation for working two weeks, TO the
injured husband. The fnrecastle bTutes were
at last free TO go to any Hahgan gathering save
that at Ushuaia.
IL is useless to tell the pitiful stories Of wretch
edness uncumplaining suffering. and death that
followed. The traveller who Will learn can see
the results of this mission work for himself
To stem the tide Of disaster new station was
established at Tckenika bay, some fifty miles
south II was in charge Of the Rev. Mr.. Bur-
leigh and his wife until he was overturned in a
hnat In the baY and dTmMne when two of tho