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An Englishwoman's twenty-five years in tropical Africa

Chapter 30: INDEX
By George Hawker
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The biography draws on letters and journals to present the life of a British missionary who spent twenty-five years in the Cameroons and the Congo. It follows her early years, betrothal, voyage, marriage, and successive postings, describing day-to-day mission work, church building, schooling, medical relief, pioneering efforts at remote stations, and the establishment of a training institution. Episodes of travel, hardship, local encounters, and administrative responsibilities culminate in a final furlough and voyage. The final chapter sketches her character and legacy as conveyed through personal correspondence and contemporary recollections.

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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