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Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Translator’s Note xi Introduction 1 1. Extract of a Letter from H. G. Pfeiffer, 1849 41 2. Extract from the Diary of Bluefields, 1854 46 3. Establishing a Mission at Rama Key 50 4. Report on a Journey North in 1859 85 5. The Hurricane of October 1865 102 6. A Visit to the Tungla Indians of Walpasiksa River, 1869 110 7. Trade among the Miskito Indians, 1870s 116 8. Mythology of the Miskito Indians 121 9. Sorcery at Kukalaya, 1877 129 10. Trading with the Sumu Indians, 1878 132 11. Life in Tasbapauni (Bethany), 1870s 136 12. An Early Awakening at Karata, 1879 144 13. Bluefields Coup and Kukalaya Awakening, 1881–1882 149 14. The Awakening at Karata, 1883 155 15. Visit to Nicaraguan Territory, 1883 160 16. Kaisa! Travel to Nicaragua, 1886 172 17. Proposing Timber over Gold, 1889 227 18. Pictures Tell the Story, 1891 229 19. Christian Law, 1891 233 20. Visions of the Prophet Wima, 1891 239 21. The Sambo and Tawira Miskito, 1892 248 22. Political Disturbances at Sandy Bay, 1892 257 23. The Indians of Dakura and the Wangki River, 1893–1894 263 24. Nicaraguan Occupation of the Mosquito Reserve, 1894 278 25. Commencing Work along the Wangki River, 1896 294 26. A New Mission at Sandy Bay, 1897 298 27. Sandy Bay and Wasla, 1898 303 28. The Gospel in Miskito Territory, 1881–1882 312 29. Changes in Dakura, 1890s 322 30. The Sumu Indians of Prinzapolka River, 1899 334 31. Quamwatla 346 Notes 377 Selected Bibliography 419 Index 423 ...

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