Identifier: noblearmyshortst00hubb (find matches)
Title: A noble army; a short study book for juniors
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Hubbard, Ethel Daniels
Subjects: Missions
Publisher: West Medford, Mass., The central committee on the united study of foreign missions
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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queer clothes, queer house, andqueer tools. What an odd sight each group musthave presented to the other, different color of skin,different clothes, different tools and utensils, differentlanguage; human beings all, but how enormously farremoved in manner of life and thought! Somewhatdubiously the Patons looked at their neighbors-to-beand a disconcerting group they surely found them!Naked savages, adorned with feathers stuck in theirtwisted hair, daubed with paint of many colors,armed with tomahawks, muskets, clubs, and spears!And worse than their hideous appearance were theugly stories told about the deeds they did: men andwomen killed and eaten; widows strangled to deaththat they might accompany their husbands to thespirit world and be their servants there even as theyhad been here! Could this be the nineteenth cen-tury and the world in which Christ once lived, theSaviour of all mankind? Nungsi nari enu? exclaimed one native man toanother as he held up a mysterious article belonging
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A HINDU WEDDING PARTYBride and Groom in Center The King of the Cannibals 49 to the missionaries. Here was the clue for whichPaton had been watching and, lifting a piece of wood,he repeated the phrase, Nungsi nari enu? Thetwo men looked at each other with a knowing smileas much as to say, He has got hold of our languagenow. His question brought the desired answer andthe new word was written down in phonetic spelling.By repeating that useful question, What is it? andwatching for other questions to ask, he speedilylearned the Tannese names for many common ob-jects. By guesses, cross-questions, and comparisonsof words as used under different circumstances, heaccumulated quite an extensive vocabulary, and incourse of time gave written form to the languagewhich hitherto had boasted not even an alphabet,much less a literature. But like most savage peopleswho have taught themselves by observation of Na-ture and by actions performed instinctively, theTannese had developed a crude religion whic

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