From Matabeleland, Africa: Medical Missionary Letter from Bulawayo
FROM MATABELELAND, AFRICA.
Dr. A. S. Carmichael, a Seventh-day Adventist medical missionary, writing from Bulawayo, to his mother in Iowa, under date of July 28, gives the following interesting intelligence:— “We arrived here on the mission farm all safe and well, Friday, July 26, in time to prepare for the Sabbath. We had a pleasant and safe journey, with no mishaps except the loss of a cow the last day before our arrival. We started from Mafeking June 2. It was a long, tedious journey. We traveled ten or fifteen miles per day usually. The natives are very glad to see us, and no doubt will help us put up our buildings. We will have to learn their language before we can do very much with them. Sunday was a busy day with us. In the morning when I got up and looked out, the first thing I saw was the black faces of four natives lying on the ground waiting for us to get up. They had their baskets of corn to trade for goods. Brethren Trip and Anderson were busy all day unpacking and selling goods. I was also busy unpacking medical supplies and treating patients. I had seven; one was a man with blood poison, caused by eating the flesh of animals dying of disease. This morning we found five or six persons waiting for us outside, and now, while I am writing, twenty are standing waiting for trade. Patients are coming, so I will have to stop.”