"Baum to Basel"

Reports that a boundary dispute between Gyadam and Kibi seemed likely to come to war, judging by the behaviour of the people in Gyadam at the end of September. Also a visit of two Mohammedans from “Dongko Land” – twenty days journey away, camels, horses, cattle, asses, no woods and sandy but fruitful. They speak a language akin to twi, and were quite puzzled as to why Baum did not give them gifts as all the other people they had visited had done. Baum also reports a case of a village chief chased away because he had bought a medicine which cured people from dealy serious diseases: he was allowed no refuge in Gyadam. 2 soldiers it is rumoured came to take Atta from Kibi to the coast in view of the execution reported by Baum earlier (see letter No. 7), but he refused to go

29.10.1857

29.10.1857

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