"Christaller's Quarterly Report"

From a discussion with Süss about the relationship between the Gyadam and Asante dialects, reports that Süss reckoned the Gyadam people had come out of Asante about- 25 years before. Christaller has also been going through the history and other information which David Dieterle (Asante) has had fromthe Larteh fetish and written down. It’s a long report including information the on the history and customs of Mamfe and arguments about the recent bombardment of the Eastern Ga towns. One point on the latter is, that people could not see why the English should want a head 'tax from them if they were to serve them - after all the Asante had been content with a number of men each year and a certain measure of salt. The dialectic goes on with Christaller arguing that the English deserve considerations on several grounds, e.g. having stopped the slave trade, and the people arguing the missionaries are connected with the English government.

30.09.1854

30.09.1854

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