Wood County Teachers College (Wis.): Records, 1903-1965

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Walter B. Cockerill, Milton Junction, Wisconsin, letter to George Shepperson, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1957 December
Quantity: Copy, incomplete : 2 pages 
Scope and Content Note: Writer relates details of the abortive attack on Mandala, Nyasaland, in January, 1915; on the same day the rebels also attacked a Catholic mission but were beaten off by a powerful priest; John Chilembwe and his followers were more successful in raiding the Bruce Estates; after cutting off the head of Livingstone, they carried it to the church altar and mockingly worshipped it; Chilembwe was later captured and killed.
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