The Indian Tribes of Guiana (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 Excerpt: ...of the teacher were great. It was, however, most consoling to see so many people waiting with great reverence during the Sabbath service, which being in English was unintelligible to most, until some instruction had been conveyed to them by those who could comprehend a little. The difficulty was, of course, unavoidable; but though painful and trying, it was most gratifying to see people of such various kindreds and tongues assembled, even under great disadvantages, to worship the same Lord and Saviour. "All nations shall do Him service." itatritt nf Nature of the District--Missionary Expedition to the Manawarin and Wakapoa; its results--Maquarri dance of the Arawaks--Difficulties among these people--Better prospects--Caribs in Manawarin erect a rude place of worship--Attendance at Caledonia. On the banks of the Pomeroon, a few miles from its mouth, there are seven plantations of various sizes, on which plantains and coffee are cultivated by a population of about 300 persons, chiefly negroes, by whom about half of the property in the district has been purchased. One of these small estates, called Hackney, was purchased by the late Rev. J. H. Duke, for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, A chapel school, with a residence for the teacher, had been erected there, but it was in a decaying state, and soon after fell to pieces, having been destroyed by the wood-ants, which, in Guiana, speedily take possession of every building that may be left for a short time without the watchful care of In the beginning of 1842, Mr. W. T. Smithett was sent out by the Society to take charge of this negro district, and to co-operate, as far as possible, in the Indian field of labor. The building at Hackney being untenable, he took up his abode...