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4 Missionaries Found Slain Item Info
- Title:
- 4 Missionaries Found Slain
- Date Created:
- 1956-01-13
- Description:
- Newspaper article from the Chicago Daily News, January 13, 1956. Titled "4 missionaries found slain" the article reports on the discovery of the bodies of four of the missionaries, with Nate Saint the only missionary positively identified. The article also misidentifies the Waorani as practicing "headhunting" or creating shrunken heads of enemies, which was actually a cultural practice of the Shuar peoples of southeastern Ecuador.
- Subjects:
- Missionaries--Ecuador Huao Indians Indians of South America--Missions--Ecuador
- Location:
- Chicago, Illinois
- Source:
- Collection 657: Kenneth Fleming Papers, Box 1, Folder 14, Wheaton Archives & Special Collections.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "4 Missionaries Found Slain", To Carry the Light Further, Wheaton Archives and Special Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://exhibits.archives.wheaton.edu/to-carry-the-light-further/items/obj_0093.html
Rights
- Rights:
- In Copyright. For more information, please contact Wheaton Archives & Special Collections at archives@wheaton.edu.
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/