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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Nov 2, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 44.

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Among the Indians

By F. A. STAHL

F. A. STAHL
We expect to move to Chucuito about July 3. We shall not take much furniture with us, for as yet we have no house in which to live. For the present, we shall live in an extra room that Brother Camacho has. Some land has been purchased, and we hope to have the buildings up soon,—a small house for the mission family, a small dispensary, and a tambo, or place where the Indian traveler may stop overnight. A school building will come later. Until then, we shall use the school building on Brother Camacho’s place.
AN INDIAN CARRIER
AN INDIAN CARRIER
We do not want to put much means into one place, as there are other localities where a work of the same kind must soon be begun. While we were with the Indians this last time, a man came to us and offered a place for the same kind of work on his farm, some thirty miles nearer La Paz. There are over five hundred thousand of these Aymara Indians, and millions of the Quichuas, and we must lay our plans to reach them all with the gospel of good tidings.
If we ever decide to have a really large institution,—industrial school and sanitarium,—then the Yungas, the great garden of Bolivia, would be the place, as the land is very rich, and the climate fine.
The Indians in the Yungas differ in appearance from the high-altitude Indians, being of slender build, with sharp features; while the high-altitude Indians are thick-set, with broad face; but the language is the same. However, for the present it seems to us better to keep right out among the people, and do without large institutions, which involve much means, and tie up workers who could be out in the field.
I intend to leave my address with some of the most prominent people of Bolivia. In this way I may get a case of nursing here and there, which will serve to maintain the influence that has already been gained. Our trust is in the great God. He will prosper the work if we are only obedient.
La Paz, Bolivia.