Among the Mosquito Indians
By W. G. Kneeland
A MOSQUITO Indian heard the blessed story of Christ's soon return. He was at the time suffering of an incurable disease, but he longed to live and tell others the glorious message of a soon coming Saviour. In answer to prayer, his life was prolonged, and he lived to translate several hymns into his native dialect. When the familiar song,
"Thy holy Sabbath, Lord,
Thy people hail with joy,"
is sung by the believers in other lands, some of this tribe of Indians in Nicaragua are singing the same hymn in the following words:
"Dawan man Sabbat kam,
Uplikam lillia brin;
Ban bilam kaiki walaia,
Won Kupia mamyuni." We need a worker to take charge of the thirty or more baptized Mosquito Indians in Nicaragua, to learn their dialect, and devote his life to this needy field.
Cristobal, Canal Zone. MOSQUITO INDIAN GIRL AT WORK WITH WOODEN MORTAR
Mortars like this are used in preparing meal from the cassava root, and also from rice, which are the principal articles of their food. This group have been under civilizing influences, and are better clothed and appear better than the majority of the ten thousand of this tribe who are calling so loudly for our help.