LYMAN, Henry

[s. 436] : Born 1810, in Ma achusetts; graduated at Amherst College 1829, And over Seminary 1832; studied medicine and sailed with Rev. Samuel Munson, 1833, under the ABCFM, with instructions to explore the Indian ArchiL and ing at Batavia, April, 1834, they pela go. visited Padang in Sumatra and the Butu group of islands, spending there a month, and collecting much valuable information. Thence they went back to Sumatra, intending if practicable to visit the Battas of the interior. They were advised, on account of dangers, not to attempt it. 41» But as others had visited the interior with safety they ventured to proceed, and June 23 set out on foot with a few native a istants, among them, an interpreter. After five days’ journey they came to Sacca, a region where war was raging between the villagers, and they were soon surrounded by two hundred armed men, and Mr. Lyman was shot and Mr. Munson pierced with a spear. A terrible punishment was inflicted on the murderers. The people of the neighboring villages having learned that the strangers were good men, who had come to benefit the Batta people, leagued together, burnt the village of Sacca, killing many of the inhabitants, and destroyed their gardens and fields. The death of these men produced a deep sensation throughout the Christian world. Mr. Lyman was the author of Condition of Females in Pagan Countries. Lyman (Mi ), The Martyr of Sumatra, New York, 1856; Thompson (W.), Samuel Munson and Henry Lyman, New York, 1839. M MABUMBU: A village on the highlands E. of the Zambesi valley, Africa, situated 13 miles E. by N. of Lialuyi. Station of the Paris Evangelical Mi ion Society (1899), with (1903) 1 mi ionary, 1 native worker, and 1 day school. ch077.xhtml m 436