Waodäni Language Notebook XV
Waodäni Language Notebook XV
MS.000910
Manuscript
1961
United States
Waorani and English
Ink on Paper
8.2 x 5 x 0.2 in (20.8 x 12.8 x 0.5 cm)
On View at the Biblical History Center, LaGrange, Georgia
This notebook belonged to Christian author and speaker Elisabeth (Howard) Elliot (1926–2015), who was a missionary to the Waodäni people of Ecuador in the 1950s with her husband, Jim Elliot. Elisabeth chose to stay and live with the tribe after a Waodäni hunting party killed Jim and four other missionaries in 1956. She returned to the United States in 1963. While in Ecuador, Elisabeth worked with the Waodäni to create a writing system for their language. This notebook, one of many, contains two versions of the “Palm Beach” story that chronicles the day of Jim’s death as told by Minkayi, one of the killers of the 5 men.
Created by 1961 in the United States. Used in 1961 by Elisabeth Elliot (1926–2015);[1] Via death in 2015 to Lars Gren, Little Rock, Arkansas; Donated in 2020 to Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.
Notes: [1] A header on the first page reads, “Minkayi’s Account of the Killing of 5 Men. Taped April 29, 1961, Tiwknụ. Transcribed May 1961 with Dạwạ-Gakamụ.”
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