Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-10

have been raising the Mace
DOMAIN cry to the Moravian
missionaries among their race
in Nicaraguan territory. Thanks prin-
cipally to the selfdenial offerings OF
the Bluefelds Moravian Sunday
schools, it became possible in the
spring of last year for two OF us to
visit every Miskito village OF impor-
lance in this neglected and dark part
of Honduras, writes Rev. Theodore
Reinke in the Christian Herald.
Bidding farewell to civilization at
the little town of Puerto Cabo Graclas
a Dios, at the northeast corner OF
Nicaragua, about thirty or thirty-f1ve
miles of beach were traversed the nrst
day. Two days were spent in an In
dian village at False Cape, where there
is a small, waited, leaf-thatched meet
ing house, and where there are num-
Der of Christians and candidates, all
under the care Of the missionary sta-
toned at Cabo Gracias a D1os. we
told these people our errand and called
for volunteers to accompany us. AIT
er several palavers, two men and
three women were found willing TO
go. On their advice we adopted the
plan of visiting the inland villages on
our way west and touching at the
coast villages on the return.
All this country is fiat and scarcely
above sea level A group OF villages
cluster about the mouth OF the karuta
river, which empties into the Carib-
bean at False cape. From here 1t Is
more than a days travel up river to
the next group of villages, called Laka.
We encamped the first night IN III
tie banana clearing, where the owner
of our immense dugout canoe had
matched shed. On landing, Few
little monkeys were spied, and great
was the delight among the natives
when one was shot, for their hesn is
priced. In short time the bare sned
was magically transformed. While the
women were busy baking and peeling
green bananas, and boiling Gomez
around the fire, the rest were bringing
in the great banana leaves for BEDS Oh
the ground Each member of the party
had his own square cloth mosquito par
which affords some privacy in ADDITION
to protection from bloodthirsty In
sects. These little shelters were
quickly hung in row, and NINA
ture white city was the result. The
effect was quite striking in the hgh'
of the pitch pine torches, which narec
fitfully as we read from the Miskitc
Testament stories from the life Of
Jesus.
Live on Little Islands.
The Laka villages are widely scat
tered. TIC reach the first village of but
five houses, we had to tramp for two
hours and at last wade almost knee
deep in mud and water. The people
elect to live on little islands In thu
midst of these fats on account of thel
cattle; but in the dry season the waite
is SO low that all their food supply
principally bananas, has to be carried
by ponies or women from the river
side.
Our hosts showed us a great deal o
kindness. We were given the freedom
Oh IQ6 ldIStol nOuoC dhN WIZ -
with bananas, casava, eggs, fowl, AM
cocoanuts. AS far as we could dis
cover, these people had never com
in contact with the Gospel; but the
were glad to listen, and not only re
ceived us Hospitality, but furnished u
with horses and guides, and did a
they could to help us on our way, wit
no thought of remuneration. The
were far removed from traders as we
as missionaries. The housewives wer
more industrious than their more civ
ilfzed sisters farther south. A crud
native loom stood against the wal
ana samples of heavy cloth, c
canvas, made from cotton which her
grows on plants the size OF tree
were in evidence. Hammocks mad
Of cord spun from the inner bar
of the mahoe tree we're plentiful
The art of tanning leather and ma
ing moccasins is also known.
A seaward village WAS made the ne,
stopping place. An honest old ma
who was our host begged US to appe
to the r-r's-' 'rg for redress again