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CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds/Livingstone, Box 2, 2C
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Livingstone reports on his recovery following a lion attack earlier in the same year, which broke his arm; Bakhatla [baKgatla] removing from their former location to the spot in which the missionaries now reside [Mabotsa - see letter 26]; propose to build a house to serve as a school and meeting-house; advantages of evangelising in a less densely populated region through frequent addresses and appeals to individuals; difficulties of conversion amongst the Bechuanas and Livingstone's view of the people and their traditional beliefs; comparison of Bakhatla and inhabitants around Lattakoo; influence of the Gospel in the Kuruman district; gives account of Mebaloe [Mebalwe Molehane], who was also wounded in the lion attack, and visits to surrounding villages with Edwards [Rogers Edwards] and Livingstone to introduce him to his work; expresses his desire to employ more such agents but the practical difficulties in achieving this.
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4pp
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| Admin history: |
Mebalwe Molehane [baptised as David Molehane, also known as Mebaloe] became David Livingstone's chief assistant, and after the latters departure from Bechuanaland continued to give service to the London Missionary Society in Matabeleland and elsewhere. |
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Open
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For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
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Transcription available in Livingstone's Missionary Correspondence, 1841-1856, Ed. I. Schapera (Chatto & Windus, London, 1961), p.52; Some Letters from Livingstone, 1840-1872, Ed. David Chamberlin (Oxford University Press, 1940), p.68
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Archive
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