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Winged Feet: The Story of Archie and Maggie Watters, Missionaries in India, Africa and America
Margaret Watters and Maria Malla Arevalo and Ronald Clements and Fiona Lindop
AutobiographyThis is the story of Archie and Maggie Watters, who left Scotland in 1914, just after World War 1 began. Never having left the United Kingdom before, they sailed to India. Their story begins in Scotland in 1887 and gives a fascinating insight into the social history of Scottish mining communities at that time. Following their marriage in August 1914, and both having trained in basic medicine, Archie and Maggie sailed to India to serve as missionaries.Archie served as the local church minister, and Maggie offered her nursing skills in Daltonganj until 1922. During that time they encountered outbreaks of cholera, tuberculosis and influenza, delivered babies and buried the dead They built an orphanage as a result of many children being brought to them for care, as well as produce...