"Glatzle's Quarterly Report"

Reports a murder in Begoro - a slave had been punished by his master for stealing somebody else’s hen (Glatzle explains that the master is held responsible) and in revenge killed his master's wife and a woman who came to help her. The .missionaries were called by the King to see the bodies. Building - the Larteh masons have not yet returned despite having promised to do so. In the carpentry the number of skilled men has just gone up from 2 to 4 with the return of 2 Begoro men, one of whom had been discharged for disobedience, the other had a bad foot. They are employing 12 strong girls mixing swish – there is a lot of water carrying to be done and thus extra help is needed. They cannot employ more men without increasing the wages offered, since there are about 100 boys who want work, and they have about 60 employed already. The food supply situation is worse rather than better. Hens are very scarce, and though there are plenty of sheep, out of fear of the fetish priests the people are not slaughtering them.

02.12.1876

02.12.1876

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