Chapter XXII: Appendix: Note A.—p. 55

THE GERMAN ANNEXATION

The following passage taken from the Report of the Baptist Missionary Society, May, 1885, states the case succinctly:—

“For many years past the Committee of the Society have indulged
the hope that a favourable response would be returned by the
British Government to the repeated appeals from the chiefs and
headmen of the Cameroons district that their country might be
taken under the government and protection of the English Crown,
and when sending in memorials to successive Governments asking
the same favour for the Society’s settlement of Victoria and
the adjacent district belonging absolutely to the Mission,
the Committee have frequently pleaded on behalf of the Dualla
people also.

“With regard to the Cameroons, however, all such expectations
must be finally abandoned, as the district is now under German
authority, the whole country having been annexed to the German
Empire in August, 1884. The story of how this was brought
about is so plainly told in a recent Blue Book presented in
both Houses of Parliament, and entitled ‘Africa, No. 1, 1885.
Correspondence respecting affairs in the Cameroons,’ that
further reference to it here is unnecessary.

“The Committee, however, cannot refrain from placing on record
their sincere regret that the British Government so long
delayed taking action in response to the numerous appeals of
the Cameroon chiefs and peoples, as but for this delay recent
painful and disastrous events might altogether have been
avoided, and the often expressed desires of the Dualla peoples
complied with.

“Nor is the recent annexation of the settlement of Victoria
by the British Government likely to be attended with any real
advantage to the dwellers there, if reported concessions of
surrounding territory by the English Government to Germany be a
fact; as by such arrangement the small township and territory
belonging absolutely to the Mission will be completely
environed by German possessions, and trade with the interior
rendered practically valueless in consequence of restrictive
and almost prohibitive duties and exactions.

“The outlook at present is dark in the extreme, and it appears
more than probable that the work of the Society on the West
Coast, rendered so dear to the denomination by the sacrifice
of many noble lives and the outlay of large sums of money, may
have to be relinquished.

“Should this eventually prove needful, the Committee earnestly
hope that the work there may be carried on by some Evangelical
German Missionary organisation, whose agents may have the joy
of reaping a rich harvest from the toils, the tears, and the
seed-sowing of devoted workers, many of whom have fallen asleep.

“Under present circumstances, however, and while negotiations
are being carried on with Her Majesty’s Government by the
Committee, it would be premature to forecast the future, or
take any definite steps in the matter.

“The Committee are devoting to this painful business their
constant and careful attention, and they earnestly invite
friends of the Society to unite in special prayer on their
behalf, that they may be Divinely guided to such issues as
shall best promote the glory of God and the truest welfare of
the peoples of the West Coast.”

The apprehensions of the Committee were realised, and in 1887
the stations on the Cameroons River and at Victoria were handed
over to the Basle Mission.

NOTE B.—P. 110.

KONGO AND CONGO

The ancient kingdom, of which San Salvador was the capital, was the kingdom of _Kongo_. And the language of the Lower Congo region, of which Dr. Bentley wrote the grammar and dictionary, and into which he translated the New Testament, is the _Kongo_ language. The San Salvador district is spoken of by the natives as _Kongo_. Hence when Mr. and Mrs. Lewis were departing for Kibokolo, they were said to be leaving _Kongo_. The distinction between Congo and Kongo is not always observed, but the reader will understand, when he meets the “K” spelling, that it is not used in error.

NOTE C.—P. 134.

“CONCERNING THE COLLECTION”

It may perhaps not be quite superfluous to inform the reader that the pig was duly paid for, and its price placed in the treasury, before it was eaten at the Mission Christmas feast. Obviously all the other items of this strange collection must needs be in like fashion turned into money, for transmission to London. Otherwise Mr. Baynes and his staff would have been decidedly embarrassed by the receipt of a consignment of goods, including a very dead pig, a keg of gunpowder, and all the rest of it.

NOTE D.—P. 168.

THE OLD CATHEDRAL

The Portuguese discovered the Congo River in 1482, and in course of time San Salvador became the centre of a Christian civilisation of a kind. Several churches were built, and the Cathedral ruins referred to were the relics of the greatest of them. But the slave trade was of greater interest to the Portuguese than the business of evangelisation, and ecclesiastics engaged in it. When our missionaries reached San Salvador, only the faintest traces of earlier missions remained. For many generations barbarism had resumed its ancient sway.

NOTE E.—P. 194.

“THE FIRST WHITE MEN”

When Lieutenant Grandy reached San Salvador in 1873, the King was ill with small-pox. The traveller treated him, left directions for further treatment, and foretold the progress of the case. Upon his return from Tungwa, he found the King full of wonder at the traveller’s knowledge and gratitude for his own recovery. By way of proving his gratitude he was asked to treat kindly the next white men who came along. He promised; and our missionaries reckoned themselves, in part, indebted for their good reception to the King’s fidelity to his promise.

NOTE F.—P. 310.

“BELLA”

“Bella” is 27 inches high, with fair hair and eyes that open and shut. She was sent out to Kibokolo by the children of Belle Isle Church Sunday School, for Christmas, 1903. In due course she migrated to Kimpese, and though her complexion had suffered in the Congo climate, as is usual with English children, her first appearance made a great sensation, and the fading of her beauty was overlooked by her admirers. It was originally intended that she should be the “child” of a certain black girl whom the Belle Isle scholars supported. But Mrs. Lewis determined that she should be the “child” of the Mission; and to this decision, with its consequent restrictions, “Bella” doubtless owes her soundness of limb and her comparatively long career.

INDEX

Adams, Mr., 169, 176

Allen, Dr., 50

American Mission, 300

Antwerp, Seamen’s Church, St. Paul’s, and Cathedral at, 163

Appendix, 343-7

Arthington, Robert, 20

Bain, Mr. and Mrs., 303

Balfern, Mr., 158

Baptist Missionary Society—
Annual Meeting of, 15
demands compensation for property destroyed by Germans, 66
valedictory meeting at Bristol, 88

_Baptist Times_, the, 267

Barosa, Padre, 121, 192

Baynes, Mr., 30, 37, 54, 61, 82, 87, 128

Bayneston, 31

Beedham, Mr. and Mrs., 185, 186

Belgian Colonial Minister, 319, 331

“Bella,” 347

Bentley, Dr. Holman, 21, 120, 254, 256, 266, 267

Bowskill, Mr. and Mrs., 225, 230, 250, 254

Bristol, 87

_British Weekly_, the, 321

Brock, Rev. William, 29, 37, 128

Brook Mount, 46

Brown, Rev. J. J., and Mrs., 3, 42, 91, 130

Buckenham, Mrs., 40, 53, 69

Burnley, Mr., 50

Burton, Capt., 19

Butcher, Mr., 31

Camberwell, Denmark Place, Baptist Church at, 9
“Camden Road, Congo Sale,” the, 17

Camden Road, London, church at, 4, 297

Cameron, Mr. and Mrs., 253, 283

Cameroons, German annexation of, unpopular, locally, 55

“Carmina Crucis,” 337

Catholic Mission, 319

Churchill, Mr. Winston, 320

Clarke, George Rix, 2

Clifford, Dr., 306

Comber Memorial Station, 183, 219

Comber, Miss, 36, 48, 50

Comber, Percy, 38, 131

Comber, Dr. Sidney, 15

Comber, Thos. J., 9-15, 18-23, 32, 113, 190

Congo Mission, 20-23

Crudgington, Mr. Harry, 21

Dibundu, 47

Doke, Mr., 28, 29

Dom Miguel, 222

Dykes, Rev. Oswald, 87

Dyson, Capt., 53

Elembe, 188, 193

Fletcher, Miss, 44, 49

Forfeitt, Mr. and Mrs. Lawson, 132, 154, 165, 193, 238, 266, 297

Forfeitt, Mr. and Mrs. William, 315

Fuller, Mr. and Mrs., 69

Gamble, Dr., 296, 300

Gardiner, Mr., 163

_Geographical Journal_, the, 263

German annexation, the, 343-5

Graham, Mr. and Mrs., 98, 101, 102, 103, 132, 191

Grand Canary, Sailors’ Institute at, 150

Greenwell, Dora, 337

“Grenfell, George, Life of,” 154, 321, 325

Grenfell, Mr. and Mrs., 14, 15, 19-23, 30, 31, 32, 92, 129, 153, 267

Habershon, Dr., 282

Hampstead, Heath Street, church at, 37

Harris, Rendel, 308

Hartland, John, 11, 16, 21, 29, 30-33

Hartland, Miss Alice, 17, 24, 38

Hartland, Mrs., 25-8, 30, 33, 34, 142-4
(_See under_ “Letters.”)

Hartley, Mr., 44

Hay, Mr., 52, 53, 67

Henderson, Mr., 43

Hewitt’s, Miss Amy, impressions of Mrs. Lewis as schoolgirl, 6-8

Hewitt, Misses, their school, 5

_Hilldrop Magazine_, the, 6

Hilldrop Old Girls’ Club, the, 6

Hooper, Mr. and Mrs., 230

Hughes, Mr. W., 31

Ipswich, history of, 2

Islington, Providence Hall, Baptist Church at, 3

Ja-Ja, King, 44

“Jeremiah,” 99

Johnston, Sir H., 308

Johnstone, Mr., 47

Kimpese Institute, 284, 312

Kirkland, Mr., 279

Kivitidi, 107, 108, 114, 119, 133

Kongo and Congo, 345

Ladies’ Missionary Working Party, the, 37

Lamartinière, Monsieur de, 7

Lau, 194

Lembwa, 98, 99

Leopold, King, 248

Letters from Mrs. Lewis to—
Mrs. Hartland, 25-6, 27-8, 29-30, 34-5, 36, 40, 49, 55, 63, 66-7,
71-7, 77-81, 110-11
Miss Hartland, 35, 86-8, 109, 120, 146-8, 152-6, 166-8
Nieces, 70, 135
Mrs. J. Jenkyn Brown, 111-12, 158-61, 238-41, 247-50, 266, 268-70
“A correspondent,” 156-8
Miss Ethel Percival, 163, 168-9, 170-3, 257-8, 301, 302-4, 309-10,
311, 321
“Lily and Alice,” 325-6
Mrs. Howell, 328-9
Mr. Baynes, 179-82, 219-23
Mrs. Pinnock, of Kibokolo, 289
Mrs. Hooper, of Kibokolo, 289-90, 291
Mrs. Kirkland, of Mabaya, 290-1
Mrs. Moon, 293-5
Miss Taylor, 299-301, 305-7, 310-11
Miss Beatrice Percival, 301-2, 304-5, 307-9
Mrs. Gamble, 320-1
“Fanny,” 327
“Bee,” 327-8

Letters from Mr. Lewis to—
Mrs. Hartland, 68-9
Mr. Wilson, 281-2

Letters to Mr. Lewis from—
Mrs. Edward Robinson, 332
Rev. Wm. Brock, 332
Mrs. Jenkyn Brown, 332
Mrs. Hooper, 332

Lewis, Mr., first meeting of, with Miss Thomas, 48;
acts as doctor and nurse, 50;
brief account of, 52-3;
compelled by Germans to go to Bell Town, 59;
friendship with Miss Thomas, 64;
goes to Old Calabar to meet Miss Phillips, 71-2;
marriage with Miss Phillips, 74;
death of his wife, 77;
engagement to Miss Thomas, 85;
attends valedictory meeting at Bristol, 88-90;
marriage, 90;
sails for Congo, 92;
baptizes five candidates at San Salvador, 102;
builds home, 107;
health fails, goes to England, 127;
deputation journeys, 129;
ill with influenza, 130;
sails for Africa, 130;
report for 1892, 145-6;
seriously ill, 148;
voyage to Grand Canary, 149;
return to Mission, 153;
undertakes planning and directing work of building new chapel, 173;
opening of new chapel, 184-97;
invited to settle in Kibokolo, 198;
story of work in Zombo, 198-215;
review of work in connection with the Congo Mission, 215-19;
new home in Kibokolo, 224;
account of reception and prospects, 224-6;
accompanied by Mr. Cameron on journey of itineration, 254;
reads paper before Royal Geographical Society, 262;
visits England for sake of health, 281;
sent to Edinburgh, 283;
deputation work, 284;
offered and accepts appointment of B.M.S. tutor at United Training
Institute, Lower Congo, 284;
article by, on Kimpese Institute in _Missionary Herald_, 285-9;
account of opening of United Training Institute by, 312-4;
death and burial of wife, 331

Lewis, Mrs., birthplace and parentage, 1-3;
her affection for Wales, 1;
comes under influence of Rev. Francis Tucker, 5;
conversion, baptism, admission to Church fellowship, becomes
Sunday-school teacher, 5;
influence of T. J. Comber upon, 9;
death of her mother, 16;
death of brother-in-law, 18;
becomes governess, 26;
dispatches letter to Mr. John Hartland accepting proposal of
marriage, 27;
studies Portuguese, 27;
death of her father, 28;
receives news of John Hartland’s death, 30;
accepted by Baptist Missionary Society, 36;
receives farewell gifts from Camden Road Church, 37;
embarks on the _Corisco_ for the Cameroons, 38;
suffers from sea-sickness, 39;
arrives at Madeira, 40;
story of Benin expedition, 42-3;
reaches Victoria, meets Mr. Lewis, 48;
attacked with fever, 49;
called to nurse Miss Comber, 50-52;
a good sailor, 54;
misadventures on board the _Congo_, 54;
writes account of German attack, 55-60;
strong friendship with Mr. Lewis, 64-5;
left with Mr. Lewis in charge of Mission at Bethel station, 66;
in poor health, 67;
meets Miss Phillips, 72;
in a tornado, 73;
at marriage of Mr. Lewis and Miss Phillips, 74-5;
account of illness, death, and burial of Mr. Lewis’s first wife,
77-81;
returns to England, 82;
receives, and declines, proposal of marriage, 84;
engagement to Mr. Lewis, 85;
in residence at Zenana Medical Home, 85;
experiences at Bristol, 86-8;
attends valedictory meeting at Bristol, 88-90;
married to Mr. Lewis, 90;
sails for Congo, 92;
diary of journey to San Salvador, 92-101;
work at San Salvador described, 104-6;
journey to Madimba, 115-19;
mastery of language, 120;
circular letter, 122-5;
sent to England, 126;
returns to San Salvador, 127;
accompanies husband to England, 127;
Congo Sale at Camden Road, 128;
ill with influenza, 130;
sails for Africa, 130;
extracts from circular letter, 139-41;
accompanies husband to Grand Canary, 149;
return to Mission, 153;
deputation work in England, 162-3;
resting in Switzerland, 163;
return to duty, 165;
contracts mumps, 168;
circular letter, 173-8;
writes account of opening of new chapel at San Salvador, 184-97;
visits Kibokolo, to found Comber Memorial Station, 219-23;
her affection for dumb animals, 228-9;
extracts from correspondence giving impressions of life at
Kibokolo, 231-62;
account of visit to Mabaya, 265-6;
journey to San Salvador, to nurse Mr. Mayo, 273-5;
takes Mrs. Mayo to Matadi, 276-7;
extracts from diary, 278-9;
visits England, 281;
death of niece, 283;
holidays at Stockholm, Peebles, Pwllheli, Deal, Millington, 292-3;
serious attack influenza, 295;
returns to Africa, welcomed there, 299-301;
circular letter by, 316-20;
report of her work, 322-4;
stricken with fever—collapse, 325;
her last correspondence, 326-9;
death and burial, 331;
characteristics, 333-42

Liley, Mr., 44

Lloyd George, 309

Lowrie, Mr., 303

Lualaba River, 20

Lyall, Mrs., 73, 74

Mabie, Dr. Catherine, 267

Maclaren, Dr., 89

Maentwrog, 1, 162

Mansonso, 197

Masson, M. Gustave, 37

Mata, 192, 202, 203, 204, 221

May, Mr. and Mrs., 26

Mayo, Mr. and Mrs., 271-9

_Missionary Herald_, the, 45, 122, 127, 142, 199, 233, 284, 312

Moolinaar, Mr., 122

Moon, Mr., 302-3, 310

Myers, Rev. J. B., 30

Ndonzwau, 193

Ndosimao, 222

Newport, Mon., 129

Nlekai, 108, 109, 135, 190

Nodes, Miss Rosa, 10, 24

Oram, Mr., 158

Parkinson, Mr. C. W., 151, 161, 163

Parkinson, Mantu, 189

Parkinson, Miss May, 151

Penmaenmawr, 162

Percival, Beatrice, 18

Percival, Ethel, 18

Percival, Eva, 18, 282-3

Percival, Dr. Richard, 18

Pewtress, Miss Emily, 10

Pewtress, Mr. S. Leslie, letter from, 12-13

Pewtress, Stephen, 10

Phillips, Mr., 92, 93, 94, 97, 98, 101, 104, 132, 174, 175, 176, 185,
196, 306, 307, 308

Phillips, Mrs., death of, 179

Phillips, Miss, 53, 65

“Pilgrim’s Progress,” the, 270, 281

Pinnock, Mr. John, 52, 71, 149, 197

Pople, Mr., 155

Robinson, Mr. and Mrs., 87

Ross, Mr., 87

Royal Geographical Society, 262

Saker, Alfred, 19

Saker, Miss, 44, 46, 47, 49, 53

San Salvador—
King of, 117, 132
Catholic Mission at, 121, 135

Scrivener, Mr., 93

Seymour, Mrs., 24-5, 61, 86

Silvey, Mr., 47, 50, 58

Sims, Dr., 303

Smith, Annie, 8, 131

Smith, Emily, 8, 17

Smith, Mrs. Frank, 87

Smith, Mrs. Jonas, 17

Smith, Jonas, 8, 14

Soden, Baron Von, 75

Spencer, Miss, 296, 300

Stapleton, Mr. Walter, 126

Swedish Missionary Society, 285

Sygrave, Miss, 271

Thomas, Eliza Jane, 18

Thomas, George, 1

Thomas, Griffith, 1-3

Thomas, Herbert, 4

Thomas, Jane, 2

Thomson, Mrs. Quintin, 45

Tucker, Rev. Francis, 4

Tyndale Chapel, 87

Union Chapel, Manchester, 4

United Conference of Congo Missionaries, 266

United Training Institute, 284, 312

Vita, 166, 188, 195

Wavatidi, 192

Weeks, Mr., 101, 102

Weeks, Mrs., 93

Welford, Mr. and Mrs., 71

Wherrett, Mr., 163

Wilson, Rev. C. E., 281-2, 296, 338

Wooding, Mr. and Mrs., 225, 272

Zombo—
Scheme, 178
Story of work in, 198-215

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