314 20 77964 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 27.09.1866 Proper date: 27.09.1866 Description An account of the resource An orthodox extended statement of the difficulties of working in Anum in the sense that no reactions are being obtained from the Anum people themselves. Following points: 1. Three times stated that clothes are a major concern of the Anum people – no details whether this is European clothes or local, but the statements are all about the population as a whole. 2. Simultaneously it is said that the Anum people go about painted, and wearing many charms, to protect themselves from bad spirits. 3, One Anum catechumen turned out to be wanting to have a debt paid: on discovering the missionaries would not pay, lost interest. 4. Early in 1866 Müller had met 12-15 elders grouped in the shade of a tree who had just been discussing a case. He enquired if they were interested in anything he could tell them - after some hesitation one pointed out to him that the season for planting maize was almost over and they had had no rain: 'I ought to give them something to eat'. 5. Cites as an example of the local slackness that they plant far less cotton than they could. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.18b.VIII..1 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.18b - Ghana 1866: D-01.18b.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller's Report for the Third Quarter of 1866 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 07.11.1866 Proper date: 07.11.1866 Description An account of the resource Requests that they be paid £24 to cover losses which occurred when a canoe was stranded near Odumase - and possibly its contents robbed. Fetzer and Klaus lost £6 worth of groceries each, Müller £5, and the station household lost £7. Also they must send news that the way to the coast is once more blocked: the Akwamus are allies of the Anlos, and what will happen to the Anums, Pekyis, etc, is not known. A subscript from the senior J. Müller at Osu records that it is remarkable the Anum station has lost so little in transit, and the £24 should certainly be paid. The station is now very exposed - a warehouse with goods, surrounded by unfriendly tribes. God will have to protect them - little can be hoped for from men. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.18b.VIII..2 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.18b - Ghana 1866: D-01.18b.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Anum Stations Conference Protocool Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 04.09.1867 Proper date: 04.09.1867 Description An account of the resource Reports that the peace initiatives have come to nothing. The letter also alludes to Anum cotton having to be exported via the Bremen stations and Keta. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19a.I..19 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19a - Ghana 1867: D-01.19a.I. - General Conference Committee (including Slave Emancipation Commission) Title A name given to the resource Mader to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 04.12.1867 Proper date: 04.12.1867 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19a.I..23 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19a - Ghana 1867: D-01.19a.I. - General Conference Committee (including Slave Emancipation Commission) Title A name given to the resource Treaty concluded with Akwamu by T.B. Freeman (see No 24, German Translation) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19a.III. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19a - Ghana 1867 Title A name given to the resource Abokobi Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19a.IV. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19a - Ghana 1867 Title A name given to the resource Akropong (No 38b-66) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.VI. Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19b - Ghana 1867 Title A name given to the resource Aburi Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 22.02.1867 Proper date: 22.02.1867 Description An account of the resource Christaller and Eisenschmid apply to the Basel Committee for resources to support 25 boarding pupils in the school. One of the factors adduced to justify the additional expenditure is the fact that a fetish priest has recently appealed to the Okyenhene and his elders to dismantle the Kibi school - the pupils according to the missionaries are in fact ‘spreading the seed' in their vacations. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.VIII..1 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.VIII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Station Conference Minutes Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 27.03.1867 Proper date: 27.03.1867 Description An account of the resource Includes an introductory comment about the significance of the shortage of European workers which is distinctly other than classical calvinism. He writes that if there were a great hunger and thirst for righteousness in Akim, blessings would no doubt stream down - as it is he needs another missionary in the district to enable them to get nearer to the people. His report of the community mainly concerns the Dazu (Dagu?) case and about the patience and anxiety the case involved for the missionaries. He also briefly mentions one David Kese who has never caused them anxiety as an example of the possibility of this type of person being in the Christian community. One of their scholars had almost been forced to leave them recently by being put into pawn after his newly widowed mother had refused to marry his father's heir (his nephew), following which her family had had to pay back the 18 dollars they had received at her marriage and wanted to put the son into pawn to help cover the payment. An uncle on a farming village had helped to avoid this however, after the boy’ earnest pleas to be allowed to remain at the school. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.VIII..2 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.VIII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid's Report for the First Quarter of 1867 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 13.05.1867 Proper date: 13.05.1867 Description An account of the resource The report is printed in Heidenbote 1867 pp116ff. It is concerned with the almost simultaneous death and funeral of Eisenschmid's wife and King Ata. The report is a document arising from the distinctive situation of Basel missionaries in Ghana - she was a ‘Missionsbraut' and had never seen her husband-to-be until she had landed in Christiansborg. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.VIII..3 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.VIII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid's Report Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 12.06.1867 Proper date: 12.06.1867 Description An account of the resource Suggests that the girls who had been living under his wife's care and attention should be moved to Akropong, asking Basel’s permission and financial support for this move. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.VIII..4 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.VIII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 19.03.1867 Proper date: 19.03.1867 Description An account of the resource Exclusion of Jonathan Palmer for adultery - many charges of adultery were made against him in Akim after his return with Christaller to Akropong. Palmer admitted to 2 charges only. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.V..11 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.V. - Akropong (No 1-38a) Title A name given to the resource Minutes of a Meeting of the Akropong Presbytery Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 30.03.1867 Proper date: 30.03.1867 Description An account of the resource Describing his January visit to Kibi. Flowers had been planted on Mrs Christaller’s grave, a low wall placed around it, a wooden cross erected, and an oil-palm planted. Christaller had found Culmann’s book on Christian ethics very interesting. Mader had brought it to read on the journey, and they discussed its implications for their work together. Thirdly there was a castor-oil plant at the station in Kibi. Christaller remarks that its leaves, when placed on the head during fever are good for the headache. This seems to be a part of European lore - he says he learned it from his natural history. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.V..14 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.V. - Akropong (No 1-38a) Title A name given to the resource Christaller to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: March 1867 Proper date: March 1867 Description An account of the resource His report on the visit in Kibi contains the information that in Kibi there are 7 marriages between Christian men and heathen women, and in Kukurantumi 2. The elders of the Kibi community are Jacob Koagyeman (who is described as almost too old to support himself) and Mose Teko. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.V..16 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.V. - Akropong (No 1-38a) Title A name given to the resource Widmann to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 16.09.1867 Proper date: 16.09.1867 Description An account of the resource This wide-ranging report covers the whole lower Volta situation, and also urges approaches to the Prussian government to step into the vacuum left by weakened English control in the area. Only specific details concerning Anum, Akwamu, and Asante are noted here: Sees Anum as linked to the Akyem stations in being an advanced post of the Mission in relation to Asante. Dschome, the most southerly Asante controlled area on the Volta, is only 2 days journey on the river north of Anum, and has a famous market. Awuruhai is also visited by large numbers of Asante traders. There is some discussion of diplomatic contacts between Krobo leaders and Akwamu, and the need to equip them with suitable presents. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.VII..12 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.VII. - Odumase Title A name given to the resource Zimmermann to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 15.12.1867 Proper date: 15.12.1867 Description An account of the resource Includes a description of a journey to Anum in May of 1867. As a matter of course the journey involved it using the Keta-Ho route. Between Ho and Anum he spent the night in the village of Atwaome (?). Here he was the guest of a Christian from Accra who had his residence there. The village was at the foot of the first Peki mountain – Adidom (?) He took quinine against an attack of fever which overcame him at this place. Was almost unconscious on his arrival in Pekyi, and left under a shade-tree in the hammock, while his carriers went to buy food. Found himself surrounded by a semicircle of weeping people, who every time he moved set up a great shout. On the way from the Anum station into the town one passes quickly growing orange and mango trees, and a fine vegetable garden, and a maize farm belonging to the indigenous people on the station. At the first crossing of paths in the town you can see that it is a heathen settlement. By the path there is a calabash with water and yams and often too a young goat or a cat is tied up as offering to the fetish. A subscript from Schrenk reports that Binder went to Anum partly as a mission trader to see what conditions were like. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19a.II..50 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19a - Ghana 1867: D-01.19a.II. - Christiansborg Title A name given to the resource Binder to Basel (from Akropong) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 04.12.1867 Proper date: 04.12.1867 Description An account of the resource For the German translation see No 23 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19a.I..24 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19a - Ghana 1867: D-01.19a.I. - General Conference Committee (including Slave Emancipation Commission) Title A name given to the resource Treaty concluded with Akwamu by T.B. Freeman Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 07.01.1868 Proper date: 07.01.1868 Description An account of the resource The mission staff includes now Brother Lodholz, and teacher Jonas Ako. The community in Kibi has incrased from 23 to 35, but the number of communicants only from 13 to 15. There are no catechumens. In the school are 19 boarders, 4 day boys and 4 girls. The community in Kukurantumi now has teacher Sam. Gibson on its staff in addition to Kwabi. The number of members of the community has dropped from 15 to 12, with 4 communicants, but 11 catechumens. There are 7 boys in the school. In Kibi they took a harvest of 180-190 pounds from the coffee plantation, which should show a profit of some pounds sterling when the costs of employing labour at about the time of harvest are offset against earnings. The work of the station was crippled by illness during the course of the year - Eisenschmid's wife died in May, after which he spent some weeks in Akwapim. Some weeks later again Eisenschmid was dangerously ill - Asante sent for a European brother to come to Kibi because at times he was speaking only German. This involved another long stay in Akwapim before he was better, and though Lodholz arrived in the latter part of the year his main activity was learning to speak Twi. Nevertheless Asante had made many preaching journeys in Akim, and Kwabi worked in Tafo and Osiem as well as Kukurantumi. Asante gets another glowing report from Eisenschmid, and Kwabi is praised as someone who works hard to bring people into the Mission, and who is tireless at revealing situations which need to be brought out to be punished by the light. Teacher Ako is described as someone who does little to extend his meagre knowledge – he is a Larte man, and during the year married Adelheid Dako from Abiriu, an ex-pupil of the Girls Boarding School Aburi. Sam. Gibson is also marrying an ex-pupil of the Aburi school Lydia Gyamebi of Late. The baptisms in the Kibi community were of an old man, now Abraham Boamma, and 6 schoolboys, Selomo Ata, Joseph Samson Koi, Mose Foa, Josua Adai, Jonas Aware, Thomas Anokwa, and one child of Wilhelm Daku. Stephano Soa and David Kese went to the Akropong Middle School. In Kukurantumi there were no baptisms, one exclusion for theft, Kramer's ex-cook left for employment in Akropong, and a baptised six-fingered child was taken by Mrs. Zimmermann. Although Eisenschmid writes that the Kibi community are like children who cannot yet be fed on strong meat, he is clearly very pleased with them, citing as evidence of the reality of their stand their reactions to Eisenschmid's trials - including their own midnight prayer meetings. They have also stood firm during the absence of their missionary, and welcomed him back after his absences. The most serious problem in Kukurantumi was Kwabi's finding that all the christians had been guilty of petty pilfering at the time of Kromer’s leaving. Overall there is only one Christian marriage apart from those of the teachers and catechists. This is Wilhelm Dagu’s marriage to a maidservant of Mrs Eisenschmid - a marriage which it seems the missionaries insisted on when she was found with child by him. The ethical situation in the congregation in Kibi is satisfactory however - Eisenschmid writes that the great difference between Christian and heathen is that the former try to gain their daily bread by honourable means. The school increased by 7 boarding-boys at the end of the year under the influence of the new Okyenhene and the elders (Ata died in the middle of the year). The new king once attended the Kibi school, and has some knowledge of biblical history - the story of Joseph has especially impressed him. One Christian is learning carpentry, another is learning to split shingles. The preaching concerns mainly the crucified Christ, though there is also much stress on the nothingness of the fetishes, especially on the part of the catechists. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.VIII..8 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.VIII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid's Report for the Year 1867 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 09.07.1867 Proper date: 09.07.1867 Description An account of the resource He was absent from Kibi from 16th May to 24th June. In this context he offers some information on the custom for the dead Okyenhene. Human sacrifice took place at night, so that comparatively few cases came to their knowledge. The old law that it was permitted to rob and plunder the property of strangers outside their houses was observed and the farms around Kibi now stand empty and a time of hunger is to be expected. At the time of Eisenschmid's arrival the bulk of the Akims had returned to their homes after the custom, but the chiefs remained since a successor to Ata had not yet been decided. They had united in selecting Asekira, Ata's elder sister, because while she had no sons her younger sister had only young sons – the eldest being only 14. Asekira had, however, asked for time to consider the offer, partly because she feared the curse which she believed had brought about her brother's death, and partly because of her concern about the envy of her sister. The decision would probably be made in the next few days – meantime the fetish priests were being brought in to inform the chiefs of the wishes of the gods. Eisenschmid tells the biography of Asase - on the king's death he and Ado fled to the mission station in fear of their lives. They remained for a time, though they had to be warned that if they did not live peacefully together (they had had one bloody fight between themselves in this time) they would be sent away from the station. He was fetched back by the elders but his fear was like an illness, and on 22nd June he committed suicide having that very morning run to Chr. Asante's house at dawn claiming the Kibi people were after him, though in fact all was silent. Eisenschmid comments that he was not without knowledge of the gospel, having resided in Accra and Cape Coast at a time when his mind was clear enough. But he simply refused to listen - as he had refused to listen to Widmann when he had visited Kibi the previous January and gone to him to urge him to conversion. Eisenschmid also reports the baptism of the 50-60 year old Boamma. His life history Eisenschmid has established only with difficulty. Born in Dukoman towards Akwamu and Egbe, Twi is his mother-tongue. In that country he was a free man, and had a wife and child. Then he fell ill, and went to a farming village to be healed; this was in the vicinity of Asante, or perhaps an Asante vassal state. While he was there war broke out in his home country, and the anti-Dukoman tribe called in Asante, and the outcome was that an Asante chief called Boateng came and defeated his people. At this he decided to give himself over to the Asantes, the more so as his doctor was a slave of Boateng's, and advised him to do this. He met Boateng travelling with two army units, and while he was made to march with the second, which was going slower, and was more suited to him since he was still ill, his wife was made to go with the first. He thus lost his wife for ever, then lived for several years in Asante in Boateng's district, until war broke out between Boateng and the Asantehene, and though Boateng was initially victorious he was later forced out of Asante and into Akim by the size of the Asante army. For several years Boateng lived in Kibi actually on the site where the station now is (they had found many traces of this earlier occupation, and Eisenschmid believed Riis had met Boateng in Kibi). Then they moved to Asamang, where soon after Boateng died, and Boamma had fled for his life to Kibi because of the killing of Boateng's slaves at the funeral custom. He came to Kibi and gave himself to the brother of Apiedu, currently an elder in Kibi. Since Boamma was known, Boateng's heir claimed and received damages for his flight - 24 dollars. After his new master's death Apiedwa inherited him. Under Apiedwa he worked and by industry or miserliness managed to earn enough to become a slave-owner himself. At the time of their first arrival in Kibi he had no interest in the missionaries, and first came into contact with them when in 1863 he was badly wounded in a street fight in Kibi. He was pronounced incurable by the native doctors, but Kromer and Eisenschmid managed to staunch the bleeding and dressed his wound several times each day, taking the opportunity to hold religious conversation with him at the same time. From then on he became more and more regular an attender at services, etc. and asked for baptism, though losing his two slaves was serious matter for him, especially as his wife threatened to live with him no longer after he had become a Christian. The situation was partly resolved by his master's taking his healthy slave away (Eisenschmid connects this with the master's anger at Boamma becoming a Christian against his wishes), while the other died. Eisenschmid had meantime let matters take their quiet course, not pressing the man personally, but preaching pointedly about the danger of not having decided, of loving slaves better than God etc. There is a postscript on Ata’s heir dd. 14 Jul - Kwasi Panying, the 14 year old son of Ata’s second sister is to be enstooled, and advised by his aunt and the elder Piedu. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.VIII..5 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.VIII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid's Report for the Second Quarter of 1867 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 01.10.1867 Proper date: 01.10.1867 Description An account of the resource He describes his first impressions of Kibi. He comments that so far as he could judge the Christians in Kibi have a more childlike attitude to the missionaries than those on the other stations he visited en route for Kibi. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.19b.VIII..7 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.19b - Ghana 1867: D-01.19b.VIII. - Akim Title A name given to the resource Lodholz to Basel