Dayuma, the indigenous Auca woman who helped Jim Elliot and Nate Saint begin their short-lived but legendary missionary work in Ecuador and later traveled the United States speaking on evangelism ...

Two women and one man waved to us from the opposite riverbank . . . and thus occurred the contact for which we had prayed to God.” The three Aucas went over to the camp, and the man even took a ...

In November, 1957, Mrs. Elliot hurried to a neighboring settlement upon hearing that two more Auca women had left their tribe. She spent the next 10 months with them, seeking to learn the Auca tongue.

She was one of the most influential Christian women of the 20th century. In the late ‘50s her husband Jim was killed by Auca Indians in eastern Ecuador. ... the Aucas, a tribe having no ...

2004-09-03 04:00:00 PDT Tiguino, Ecuador-- In the years since development began in Ecuador's Amazon region, the Huaorani and Tagaeri Indians have taken very different paths. In the first recorded ...

On Jan. 8, 1956, a group of Auca Indians in the jungles of Ecuador speared and hacked to death five American missionaries. The stories made headlines worldwide. The Auca tribe, which consisted of ...

'We landed, with Aucas appearing out of the single palm frond hut - a couple of men, several women, a number of small children. Only a few came down to see us. 'I have never smiled so much in my life.

On Jan. 8, 1956, a group of Auca Indians in the jungles of Ecuador speared and hacked to death five American missionaries. The stories made headlines worldwide. The Auca tribe, which consisted of ...