"Huppenbauer's Letter"

The letter is a pro tem report on relations with Ata. He writes that he has said frequently since Ata returned from Lagos that he had helped the mission so much he should be paid a deacon’s salary. Whole families and whole villages, their normal mode of existence almost impossible through the severe punishments meted out in Kibi, are moving towards Conversion. The missionaries are worried about their likely constancy as converts, but so far all those baptised have stood firm. 19 people from Akim, each fined 1200-1800 Marks for small offences, had taken their case to the Governor, and been ordered not to pay the king in anything. Huppenbauer links this directly with the king’s offer of peace to the mission. The history of Boakye at Asumm Is repeated – the priest of Apenim was one Anane. Boakye had been threatened with death by a young man called Twea.

03.11.1885

03.11.1885

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