Mupurua, Johannes
* ?, ? † .


Baptized on 10.11.1872 by Philipp Diehl (in the presence of Hahn and Eich) during first baptisme at Okahandja1.
Johannes Mupurua must have probably warned Diehl and Bergrat Duft in the first days of the war of the dangers.2
In the end of January 1904, Maria Cain [She was a farmer's wife, and was of Irish and Herero origin. Her father John Cain was a trader, who lived in Okahandja with his Herero wife and several children. He had a row with some Nama people in Windhoek in 1863. John Cain left Hereroland before November 1887. (Tabler 1972:18)] was forced by Herero troops to follow them to the main camp of Tjetjo in Oviombo, where most of the Herero forces had concentrated. Here she witnessed the church services held by Julius [Kauraisa] (from Okahandja), Christian [Mupurua] (from Otjiruse), Elifas [Karamo] (of Otjimbingwe), Elifas [Katuairua] (no place of origin mentioned) Josaphat [Kamatoto] (no place of origin mentioned), Romatoto [sic] (no place of origin mentioned) and Johannes [Mupurua] (Okahandja).3

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History with the RMS:
1 Baumann 1967:77.
2 Rust 1905:134.
3 Gewald 1999:170, Footnote: Quoting Rust 1905:135.
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