Flanked by Saint and Youderian, Auca nicknamed George eats hamburger. Some 48 hours later both missionaries and their three co-workers were murdered by Aucas on this same lonely sand bar.
The National Geographic Society recently described the Auca Indians of Ecuador as the world’s most bloodthirsty killers. They live in the dense rain jungles and before January 8 of this year few people outside of Ecuador had ever heard of such a tribe. That was the day the first missionaries — five young men —: to reach the Aucas were murdered by them. When the news broke, an interviewer asked Clarence Jones of HCJB if these Stone Age people could be evangelized. Said Jones, “ They have a heart and God can reach their heart.” CONTINUED 13
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Produced by Milton R. Sue With Missionary Aviation Fellowship photos by Nate Saint
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