An American missionary that was trying to spread the word of god travelled to North
Sentinel Island to try to convert the isolated inhabitants to Christianity.
North Sentinel Island is the most isolated island on earth, and for good reason.
The tribe that lives on North Sentinel will kill anyone who tries to set foot on their
island.
And unfortunately, John Allen Chau found that out the hard way.
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that you wish you could travel to.
In the Bay of Bengal, there’s a remote island called North Sentinel.
Its illegal to go to north sentinel island because the tribe there is protected by Indian
law.
Its believed that this tribe has lived in isolation on this island for tens of thousands
of years, and they are one of the last groups of people that have not been disturbed by
modern civilization.
There’s apparently about 150 of them and they really, really want to be left alone.
The tribe isn’t only protected because they want to be left alone, its also because if
they come into contact with people from the outside world, they could get diseases that
they are not immune to.
And also because its widely known that anyone who goes to the island will be killed.
Back in 2006, two local fisherman were killed when they tried to illegally fish near the
island.
After the 2004 tsunami, the tribe shot arrows at a helicopter that was sent to check on
them to make sure they were ok.
Mind you, I doubt the tribe knew that the helicopter was sent for that purpose.
They probably thought it was some sort of threat.
In fact, the north sentinelese are probably terrified of any and all outsiders, and that’s
because of the British.
Back in the 1800’s the british came into contact with the tribe for the first time.
And they british, well lets just say that there used to be a lot more tribespeople on
north sentinel.
Only a fraction of the original population lives there now.
I would imagine that stories about the outsiders who murdered all their ancestors are told
among the people left, so they treat any all outsiders as a threat.
I will say that not all contact with this tribe has been hostile.
In the 1980s and 90’s, there were some friendly trips made by anthropoligists where they left
gifts for the tribe, but since 1998, any and all contact has stopped.
So, for the safety of the tribe, and the people on the island, No one is allowed to go within
5 nautical miles of north sentinel.
But John Allen Chau unfortunately ignored all of this.
Chau had heard about the tribe and wanted to convert them to Christianity, and was determined
to do so.
According the notes in his diary, he knew that it was illegal to go to the island.
27 year old John Allen Chau was a Christian evangelist who had travelled to north sentinel
before.
A few times actually.
He’s usually taken there by fisherman and he uses a canoe to get closer to the shore.
For the record, john genuinely wanted to get to know the north sentinelese.
He brought them gifts.
He risked his life in trying to help them.
at least, he thought he was trying to help them by sharing the gospel with them.
He even was willing to translate the bible for them.
John has been injured by arrows in the past, and the tribe broke his canoe.
But this was not enough to stop john.
He tried to go to the island no less than 17 times.
According to the diary he left with the fisherman, john hollered, MY name is john, I love you
and jesus loves you.
Right afterward, he was shot at by a member of the tribe, and the arrow missed and pierced
a bible that he was carrying.
John unfortunately took this as a sign.
He didn’t die, the arrow pierced his bible.
So he returned to north sentinel island recently.
The 17th, and last time on November 16th.
This time, he went by himself.
According to reports from fisherman, john is believed to have been killed by the tribe.
They tied a rope around his neck and dragged his body.
They were scared and fled, but the next day, they came back to find his body lifeless on
the shoreline.
There are very few groups of people left on earth that are untouched by modern civilization.
There are thought to be around 100 uncocted groups in the amazon rainforest, there are
some in Paraguay, in Brazil, peru, and Bolivia.
There are even some isolated tribes in central Africa, botaswana, the congo and Ethiopia.
As horrible as john’s story is, its so important that we preserve their way of life.
they are a window into how human life used to be on this planet.
Many of the last remaining indigenous people who want to be left alone have been abused
and enslaved by European settlers, and they don’t want anything to do with modern civilization.
And honestly, I don’t blame them.
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