CHILDREN OF SOUTH AMERICA _Oliphant’s Other Lands Series_ CHILDREN OF CHINA By C. CAMPBELL BROWN CHILDREN OF INDIA By JANET HARVEY KELMAN CHILDREN OF AFRICA By JAMES B. BAIRD CHILDREN OF ARABIA By JOHN CAMERON YOUNG CHILDREN OF JAMAICA By ISABEL C. MACLEAN CHILDREN OF JAPAN By JANET HARVEY KELMAN CHILDREN OF EGYPT By L. CROWTHER CHILDREN OF CEYLON By THOMAS MOSCROP CHILDREN OF PERSIA By MRS NAPIER MALCOLM CHILDREN OF BORNEO By EDWIN H. GOMES CHILDREN OF LABRADOR By MARY LANE DWIGHT CHILDREN OF SOUTH AMERICA By KATHARINE A. HODGE [Illustration: A MAPUCHE INDIAN MOTHER AND HER BABY] CHILDREN OF SOUTH AMERICA BY KATHARINE A. HODGE [Illustration] WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR OLIPHANTS LD. 100 PRINCES STREET, EDINBURGH 21 PATERNOSTER SQUARE, LONDON, E.C. [Illustration] Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh Bound by Anderson & Ferrier, St Marys, Edinburgh INTRODUCTION BY THE REV. ALAN EWBANK _Secretary of the South American Missionary Society_ I have read through with great interest the manuscript of this little book, and can say of those parts of South America which it has been my privilege to visit that Mrs Hodge writes as one who has personal knowledge of the various mission stations. I trust that her words will not only reach the children, but also all who love children, that what little is being done to make their lot brighter may be strengthened, and much more undertaken, so that where now there are superstition and darkness there may be knowledge and light. For the natural world, God said: “Let there be light, and there _was_ light.” For the spiritual world, Jesus said: “I am the Light”; and because He meant to work through us, He also said: “YE are the light of the world.... Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” _November 1915_ FOREWORD MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS, This little book has been written expressly for you, to whom South America is an entirely new field. On this account I feel it is necessary to devote Chapter I. to the continent itself before proceeding to acquaint you with its youthful inhabitants. I tender my grateful thanks to the South American Missionary Society, the Evangelical Union of South America, the Inland-South America Missionary Union, and the Bolivian Indian Mission for the help their publications have afforded me in trying to place before you something of the sorrows and intense need of South American childhood. Yours, for South America, (MRS) KATHARINE A. HODGE _November 1915_ CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 5 FOREWARD 7 CHAP.