Section of Letter from Hattie
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Title
Section of Letter from Hattie
Subject
Drowning--Resuscitation; Death and burial; Grief
Description
This letter begins with an account of the drowning of Miss Campbell. Dr. Cheek tried to resuscitate for that entire night but could not. He buried her on the riverside and continued to Bangkok. Hattie writes that Mrs. Hartwell said Dr. Cheek was deeply troubled at not being able to save Miss Campbell. Hattie worries that Dr. Cheek is traveling to Cheng Mai alone and saddened.
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Noyes, Harriet Newell
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Loose, The College of Wooster, Special Collections, Noyes Collection
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Unpublished
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Unknown
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eng (English)
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Text
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Her scholar as soon
as she saw her danger
dashed in to help her
although she could not
swim . Dr Cheek did not
let go until he was
breathless and speechless
and almost unconscious
He then struggled to
the surface and could
not get the boatmen to do
anything until he
threatened to shoot them
if they did not go to help
the [?Laos?] woman who
was still struggling in
the water . He recovered
Miss Campbell's body
about eleven at night and
all that long night strove
to resuscitate her and
did not give up his efforts
until the next morning
Then he buried her by the
river side and turned
back to Bangkok with
the sad tidings .They
procured a steam
launch and taking
a coffin went up +
brought back the remains
and reburied her in
the cemetery there .
Miss Hartwell said
she never saw any
one suffer as Dr Cheek
seemed to in thinking
that she had called
to him for help + he
had been unable
to save her. He is
one of the kindest of
men - and would
feel it so deeply .
We feel so anxious
to hear from him
he is not at all strong
and such a trying
experience + then the
long journey back to
Chieng Mai with such
a burden of sorrow will
be hard to bear all
alone . She was
drowned on the 8th of
Feb + I suppose he has
not yet reached
Chieng Mai He
always made me
think of Edward.
Miss Campbell was so
young only twenty two -
but a good missionary
+ it is such a loss to
the work and to that
mission . I must
close or these will be
too late for the steamer
Ever yours lovingly
Hattie
as she saw her danger
dashed in to help her
although she could not
swim . Dr Cheek did not
let go until he was
breathless and speechless
and almost unconscious
He then struggled to
the surface and could
not get the boatmen to do
anything until he
threatened to shoot them
if they did not go to help
the [?Laos?] woman who
was still struggling in
the water . He recovered
Miss Campbell's body
about eleven at night and
all that long night strove
to resuscitate her and
did not give up his efforts
until the next morning
Then he buried her by the
river side and turned
back to Bangkok with
the sad tidings .They
procured a steam
launch and taking
a coffin went up +
brought back the remains
and reburied her in
the cemetery there .
Miss Hartwell said
she never saw any
one suffer as Dr Cheek
seemed to in thinking
that she had called
to him for help + he
had been unable
to save her. He is
one of the kindest of
men - and would
feel it so deeply .
We feel so anxious
to hear from him
he is not at all strong
and such a trying
experience + then the
long journey back to
Chieng Mai with such
a burden of sorrow will
be hard to bear all
alone . She was
drowned on the 8th of
Feb + I suppose he has
not yet reached
Chieng Mai He
always made me
think of Edward.
Miss Campbell was so
young only twenty two -
but a good missionary
+ it is such a loss to
the work and to that
mission . I must
close or these will be
too late for the steamer
Ever yours lovingly
Hattie
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Noyes, Harriet Newell, “Section of Letter from Hattie,” Letters from Harriet Noyes: Missionaries and Women's Education in Nineteenth Century China, accessed April 25, 2024, https://noyesletters.org/items/show/732.