"Kromer's Annex to the Kibi Year's Report, concerning Kukurantumi"

The Christians had only at the end of 1865 decided to settle themselves on Mission Land. Teacher Ewyi is a Kukurantumi man, and though he has many good qualities is too timid about getting into conflict with Kukurantumi families to exercise proper discipline in the school. Kromer depicts his task on first settling in Kukurantumi as reuniting the members of the community and also says that this aspect of his work displeased the heathens. There were instances of outright persecution, and the chief showed an inclination to get the mission out of the town. There was on one occasion soon after Kromer's arrival a fight which people were regarding as being between Christian and heathen, though the occasion for it was an elder's decision to fight rather than have the Kukurantumi chief seize a slave from his house who had run there for refuge. One of the sons of the elder was a Christian, and he had responded to the call as soon as it was made.

15.01.1866

15.01.1866

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