"Zimmermann to Basel"

Material to the relations with Akwamu and Asante: Chief Cloko Patu of Yilosi, and a number of Gas and Akwapims (among them, some so-called educated people, have accused the King's sons; and even him (Zimmermann), in the African Times, of being in league with the Akwamus and the Asante army which has been in Akwamu for several months. The root of this is the resentment of a warlike party in the state that, according to the orders of the Governor, they had not stopped trade being carried on mainly by Ga merchants and the Asantes through the state's territory. On account of this they had several times been threatened by Akropong, the paths closed to them on several occasions, and some Krobos plundered. This letter also contains a long and hostile report on Simpson's expedition to Akwamu.

06.04.1869

06.04.1869

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