{"product_id":"sketches-from-the-karen-hills-von-alonzo-bunker","title":"Sketches from the Karen Hills","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the beginning of the year 1866 the writer, with his wife, landed in Burma \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor missionary work. He was designated to the Red Karens, or Karenni tribe, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethen a practically unknown people. Having acquired his missionary \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eknowledge largely from Wayland's \"Life of Dr. Judson,\" he settled down to a \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife work among the frontier tribes of Burma. Though ultimately changed to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Karens of Toungoo, our first love for the Red Karens was not forgotten. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough long years of labour for the Karen tribes about Toungoo, we never \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eceased to pray and plan for the good of our first love. So, late in the year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1868, an opportunity arising, Dr. Vinton, of the Rangoon Karen Mission, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand myself planned a survey of the Red Karen country. This was the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeginning of the work which finally took shape in the Loikaw Mission. The \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejourney was, at the time, regarded as specially hazardous, since it was \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eundertaken among unknown, wild, and savage tribes. The country was also \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereported to be in the throes of feudal warfare. It was, therefore, with some \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emisgivings that we set out from Shwaygeen, with three elephants and a large \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecompany of followers (native pastors and servants), for this unknown land. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur course for the first few days was directly eastward, toward the Salwen \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiver, through dense forests and jungle, inhabited by wild tribes of Karens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour days brought us to the town of Papoon, on the Yoonzalen River. Here \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewere the headquarters of the district magistrate, under the English \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egovernment. We found here, also, a few Karen Christians.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041984749\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041984749","offer_id":47655584891205,"sku":"9791041984749","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/41249841-2c65-4313-bea3-50f1bbf03a9e.jpg?v=1763106588","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/sketches-from-the-karen-hills-von-alonzo-bunker","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}