A central tenet of Christianity is that no one achieves salvation unless he knows Christ. However misguided we may think him, this man risked his earthly life in an effort to save the eternal lives of the savages who lived on that island.
The only savage was Chau...if someone intruded in your home and you killed them, i am sure you would be upset if somebody called you a savage.
But they will have complete understanding after they take their last breath.
This man did not "risk" his earthly life, he threw it away. There are many martyrs in the history of Christianity who have ventured unto places where there was a possibility that they may be killed. And they were. However, this young man ill-advisably went to a place there was a virtual guarantee that he would be killed. Their policy was crystal clear: "Do not come here!" they said. "If you come here WE WILL KILL YOU."
He went there and, true to their word, they killed him.
There is such a thing as the Christian virtue of Prudence. This poor young man was not practicing it. May he rest in peace.
“Well he did what he thought was best in his heart.”
In this case what turned out to be there was an arrow...