Journeys and Encounters: Religion, Society and the Basel Mission
in North Karnataka 1837-1852 - Translations and summaries from
published materials in German,

by Jennifer and Paul Jenkins

Largitzenstrasse 19
CH 4056 Basel
Switzerland
jennifer.jenkins@unibas.ch
paul.jenkins@gmx.ch

Introduction

Document 1

Year Quarterly Issue Title Pages in MM Document / page
1838 3 23rd Basel Mission Annual Report [1837 – 38]
Foundation of the Mission Station in Dharwar
393-404 1.1
  3 First missionary journey by Rev. Layer in the
northern region of the Canara province [sic], Sept.
- Oct. 1837.
456-474 1.3
1839 3 24th Basel Mission Annual Report [1838 – 39]   1.10
  3 Appendix C
Herrmann Mögling’s diary of a brief visit to Hubli in 1838.
Visit to a Lingayat Monastery
486-507 1.10
  3 Appendix D
Diary kept by H. Frey of a visit to the villages
around Dharwad: 24.Sep.-17.Oct.1838
508-527 1.20
  4 Appendix E
J. Layer’s diary of a journey through the villages around Dharwad: 3rd May – 13th June 1838
678-729 1.28
1840   In 1840 no special reports on North Karnataka. All the material
on the Kalagnanas was published in 1841
   

Document 2

Year Quarterly Issue Title Pages in MM Document / page
1841 3 25th Basel Mission Annual Report [1840 – 41]
First encounter of the missionaries with the
Kalagnana people.
119-135
2.1

3 Appendix E
H. Frey’s journey of investigation to the
Kalagnana people
284-294 2.8
  3
Appendix F
Reports on the Kalagnana people by the
missionaries Lehner and Frey
295-304
2.13
  3 Appendix G
H. Frey’s Latest Report on the Kalagnana people
305-308 2.17
  3 Appendix H
Report by the missionaries J.C.Essig and J.C.Hiller from Betgeri
309-324 2.19
    The Kalagnana People
Der evangelische Heidenbote
No. 11, November 1840
83-88 2.26