He soon became frustrated as he felt he was denied the one essential skill for success which was the ability to communicate with the native tribe. “He came to believe that his own ‘martyrdom’ was a bloodless one in which he was asked daily to give his life in service with very little personal sense of reward or accomplishment” (“Our Patron Saint”, 1). Despite his loneliness and discouragement, he carried on as best as he could and served in any possible way that he could. He was always in the shadow of his brother missionaries. “But in the lasting inner turmoil of his years in the mission country, in the loathing and the revulsion of spirit, in the mental torment of life with the Indians, Chabanel underwent a martyrdom more protracted and more
