"Kamerun/Cameroon: Correspondence for 1914, part II"

Letters and reports from the individual stations. 223 documents arranged in 19 sections, one for each Station; Bonaku: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaku, Documents 1-38; No. 10: Vöhringer on the resettlements in Duala. See also No; 20, and E-2.41,61 above; No. 25: sketch-map showing a piece of land in Bonamuti for the planned Basel Mission Workshop; Nos . 28-30: Vöhringer and his wife report on the arrest and imprisonment of Rudolf Bell and the arrest of Pastor Modi Pin; Nos. 35-36: both letters are written from Dahomey, where a number of the missionaries were taken as prisoners of the British army; No. 38: envelope containing postcards written by Nestele, Stahl and Hecklinger after the outbreak of war but before the British occupation; Bonaberi: letters and reports from the Station at Bonaberi, Documents 34- 50; Bombe: letters and reports from the Station at Bombe, Documents 51- 65; Besongabang: letters and reports from the Station at Besongabang, Documents 66-84; Nos. 74a and 74b: drawings of the mission compound; No. 84: Stolz on the War and its impact on the Station; Mangamba: letters and reports from the Station at Mangamba, Documents 85-87; No. 85: a letter from the church elders, written in the Duala language and asking for financial assistance in the building of a chapel; Yabassi: letters and reports from the Station at Yabassi, Documents 88-99; Most letters are concerned with the beginning of work in Yabassi and difficulties with the Catholic mission; No. 99: Köngeter describes the arrival and first days in Yabassi, and a journey to Batongtuland; Nyasoso: letters and reports from the Station at Nyasoso, Documents 100-102; Ndunge: letters and reports from the Station at Ndunge, Documents 103-109; Lobethal: letters and reports from the Station at Lobethal, Documents 110-113; Nos. 112-113: results of a survey of the villages of Jadibo and Ndokomongo: population, infant mortality and its causes; Edea: letters and reports from the Station at Edea, Documents 114-119; Ndogbea: letters and reports from the Station at Ndogbea, Documents 120-125; Sakbayeme: letters and reports from the Station at Sakbayeme, Documents 126-139; No. 128: Stutz on starting a seminary in the Basa area. See also No. 137; No. 129: on the idea of a new Station in Northern Babimbi (Longkwo). See also No. 139, a drawing of a temporary building in Longkwo; Victoria: letters and reports from the Station at Victoria, Documents 140-145; Nos. 143-145: the outbreak of war makes life difficult, though there are as yet no reports of fighting in Cameroon; Buea: letters and reports from the Station at Buea, Documents 146-151; No. 150: Schmidt on the treatment of Africans by Europeans; including soldiers; Bali: letters and reports from the Station at Bali, Documents 152-181; No. 153: Widmaier's detailed report on the schools in Bali; No. 154: sketch-map of Bali town and the surrounding villages; No. 163: Keller is convinced that a missionary should be stationed at Babunge; Nos. 178-181: the Professors Kähler, Grile, Westermann and Meinhof give their opinions on how to translate the word God into the Bali language; Bandzun: letters and reports from the Station at Bandzun, Documents 182-188; No. 183: Bana is to be the new Station. See also No. 188; Bana: letters and reports from the Station at Bana, Documents 189-197; No. 189: Billmann and Keller on the beginning of mission work in Bana; No. 193: 2 drawings of simple buildings to be put up in Bana; Bagam: letters and reports from the Station at Bagam. Documents 198-202; Fumban: letters and reports from the Station at Fumban, Documents 203-223; No. 209: Kühnle on King Njoya; No. 212: copy of a letter from King Njoya to the PC at Kuti accusing Manga Bell of inciting people to riot against the Germans; No. 213: Geprägs describes how Njoya came with this accusation to the missionaries, and how they sent the letter on by messenger; No. 214: Vielhauer on p.9 mentions plans to extend Basel Mission work to the Adamawa region. See also No. 217

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