316 20 77903 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: 01.05.1868 Proper date: 01.05.1868 Description An account of the resource With subscripts from Müller (senior) and Schrenk discusses what action should be taken over Obuobisa, the catechist who had been absent from Anum since the middle of the previous year. The information relevant to the political situation south of Anum is: 1. That in March and early April he had tried to get to Anum and failed. 2. That when Schönhuth had returned to Anum by the Volta route after Krauss' death, he took with him the long standing Akwapim trading assistant from, and a new catechist, Chr. Asiedu, and a number of Gas also attached themselves to the party. Obuobisa however claimed to have had fever (he was in fact helping Christaller and not in bed) hence Asiedu's being sent - and hence the question of disciplinary action against Obuobisa. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20a.I..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-01.20a - Ghana 1868: D-01.20a.I. - Africa 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: 12.01.1869 Proper date: 12.01.1869 Description An account of the resource Statistics for the year: The mission land at Kibi is given as 20 acres. The numbers in the Kibi community had increased from 35 to 42, there were now 20 communicants and 2 catechumens. 20 pupils in the boarding school, plus 2 day-boys. 9 girls are educated by Mrs Eisenschmid. The size of the missions land in Kukurantumi is given as 18 acres. The numbers in the community had increased from 16 to 20, with 8 communicants and 3 catechumens. 4 boys and 2 girls attend the school. In the description of the mission property it appears that apart from the coffee plantation there is hardly any extensive farming on the mission land. Personnel - Eisenschmid married Johanna, the widow of the Bremen missionary Ruckaber on March 17th, and the Kromers arrived back in Kibi at the beginning of November. Both Lodholz and Eisenschmid suffered severe fevers, the latter had such a bad attack that he has applied for leave to return to Europe. Lodholz gave his first Twi sermon in October. Preaching etc. is recorded as having taken place in Kukurantumi (visited 6 times in the year by missionaries), Tette, Apapam, Akoko, Apedua, Asiakwa, Osiem, Fankyeneko, Osine. One journey was projected to Begoro by Kromer, but he was hindered by a fever. Both Kwabi and Asante get good reports for their work - Asante especially. They are both described in this reports as Akropong people. The two teachers are both from Lateh. The communities - in Kukurantumi an older man has been baptised, and 6 girls in Kibi - the first Akim women to be baptised. Despite disappointments over individuals at particular times the relations between members of the community and the missionaries is good, banishing unsatisfactory events from the memory. Eisenschmid cites especially the Christians' reaction to a theft on the station - a united response, in which Wilhelm Dazu played a leading and creditable role, leading the missionaries to the village of the thief, although he was the head of Dazu's family - as evidence of these satisfactory relations. The only 'fall' in Kibi during the year was an occasion when one member of the community attended a heathen festival. The bulk of the Kibi community are in some way economically dependent on the mission. One younger man has in the course of the year become somewhat independent of the mission by beginning to act independently as a carpenter, after tuition from Eisenschmid. The elder members at Kukurantumi are more economically independent, but most of them are either excluded from Communion, or excluded entirely from the community through irregular sexual relations or adotping aspects of the heathen way of life. The Basel Committee had directed them after reading the 1867 Annual Report to hold a catechising session on a Sunday for the community they tried as a result to have their normal street preaching on a Tuesday. The change of time was unpopular with the heathen, however, and now both the catechising and the street preaching is held on a Sunday. An attempt was made to run a Sunday School - the project was found to have no appeal to the people in Kibi town, but it is a good idea to have the older members of the community literate. Another list of towns visited by preaching during the year is given at the end of the report, in which details is given of the activities in this respect of the catechists and teachers. These did not travel extraordinarily Kwabi did 35 days, but did visit some places which are not listed in the account of the missionaries' travelling at the head of the report: Adadentem, Begoro and the towns on the route to Begoro, Mase, Enyinasing. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.VI..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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VI. - Kibi Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid's Report for the Year 1868 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: 31.03.1868 Proper date: 31.03.1868 Description An account of the resource The new Christian Abraham Boamma had been on a journey to a friend of his with whom he discussed his new religion - the friend said the ‘word’ was 'sweet' and sent the missionaries a gift of yams and a hen, though Lodholz explains that it is difficult for such a man to do anything more, since, he is head of the family, and must hold a family meeting before he can take serious steps towards entering the church. Also one of the schoolboys had been treated with local medicine during a serious attack of fever by a woman who after his recovery seems to have wanted to prevent the boy from returning to the mission compound until the cure had been paid for. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.VI..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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VI. - Kibi Title A name given to the resource Lodholz' Report for the First Quarter of 1868 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: 17.04.1868 Proper date: 17.04.1868 Description An account of the resource The substantial parts are printed as an annex to the 1868 Annual Report pp111-112. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.VI..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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VI. - Kibi Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid's Report for the First Quarter of 1868 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: 22.04.1868 Proper date: 22.04.1868 Description An account of the resource Raises the question of policies in relation to the organisation of the mission in Akim- whether there should be two stations, and if so whether Asiakwa or Kukurantumi should be the second. There is a long clear setting out of the factors by Schrenk which includes an estimate for the Asiakwa population of 1500-2000, and a very pessimistic analysis of the Kukurantumi community. Eisenschmid also applies for the promotion of Chr. Asante to Catechist Grade I., and this receives universal support. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.VI..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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VI. - Kibi 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: 30.06.1868 Proper date: 30.06.1868 Description An account of the resource Reports two preaching journeys he had made in Akim. He writes: - That in Asafo the people were not willing to listen quietly to his preaching; - That in Asafo there was a small fetish shrine in the form of a house big enough to allow the chief to enter it; - That a farming village half an hour before Asiakwa the people were again not prepared to listen quietly to preaching. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.VI..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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VI. - Kibi Title A name given to the resource Lodholz' Report for the Second Quarter of 1868 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: 14.07.1868 Proper date: 14.07.1868 Description An account of the resource The report is almost exclusively concerned with the Akim gold industry. Washing from the rivers is carried on by women and children who are happy if they earn 3d-4d per day. A particular type of earth is known as ore-bearing, and if a gold-digging comes across this type of earth it is hollowed out as far as possible. Eisenschmid gives the maximum depth of the gold diggings as 100'. The normal rate of earning may be-as much as 1 dollar a day from gold-diggings (i.e. this is the earning of a whole group, miners and women and children doing the washing). Small nuggets and gold-dust belong to the miner, but nuggets over 9 dollars value have to be divided – 1/3 to the Kibi chief and elders, 1/3 to the landowner, and 1/3 to the miner. Although people try to conceal the discovery of such nuggets this rarely happens partly because so many people are involved (including women); and partly because the Akim people lack the carefulness which marks the successful European deceiver - for the same reason it is usually possible to uncover cases of theft on the mission station. The impact of the gold-diggings is seen in the lack of industry (only smiths and carpenters, the latter making doors, windows and boxes from split wood) and in the comparatively slight amount of farming going on. Only in Kukurantumi, where there is no gold, are large farms made - in a dear year the Kukurantumi people send their provisions to Accra. In the gold-bearing areas of Akim the people only farm enough for their own needs. One problem following from the area’s gold-mining is that by a law of the Okyenhene no silver coins may be used in merchandise. This results in much loss of gold through the weighing out of small quantities, and also much strife, since there are no standard weights. The mission's policy has been to have their own weights at approximately the average of the local variations and then stick to them. This has sometimes meant not getting the indispensible article they were trying to purchase, but there is almost a proverb now in Kibi 'The white man only has min weight' - Eisenschmid explains this means only one weight for dispensing and receiving gold-dust. The king, of course, has a set of heavier weights for receiving fines. Eisenschmid links gold-digging with the worships of the Berem, not organically however - only in pointing out that the Berem is a gold-bearing river. However, he repeats the information about the processions of women to the Berem during Ata’s penultimate illness, with the point that they were led by his elder sister. Eisenschmid actually saw Ata after his death, and describes how he had a nugget of gold in his mouth, and others bound on his arms and legs, and head. He remarks on the terrible awakening he will suffer when he finds that no gold will save him. The apparatus of gold-weighing has religious significance judging by the way that Eisenschmid was unable to buy a 'fotu' and the scales, though he would have paid well for them. It was explained that a man's soul is in his fotu - and indeed at the yearly cleansing festival the fotu is also sprinkled with blood. He has, however, managed to collect a fotu etc. as if for his own use, and send it to the mission. There are scales, scoops, and vessels used to see if the gold is pure. The things of greatest interest, however, are the weights, Up to 4 ½ d. they are seeds from various plants, the finest brass weights come from Asante. Usually they are made by cutting and engraving a piece of wood into the required shape, making a clay mould around it, and then putting this into the fire, after which the burnt wood can be extracted. Into this mould the liquid brass is then poured. There do not seem to have been any geometrical weights. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.VI..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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VI. - Kibi Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid's Report for the Second Quarter 1868 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: 30.09.1868 Proper date: 30.09.1868 Description An account of the resource Includes the report that And. Ewyi has been received back into the community having given Lodholz the impression at an interview that he was a broken man - such as Lodholz had seen very rarely in Africa. Lodholz was also pleased to see the evidence of a heart full of joy on his face after he had received communion again. Two wives, Ewyi's and Rose Yaw Badu's, are attending services regularly and especially the latter is only deterred by the problem of overcoming family opposition – she is the only daughter of her mother, and her brother having been involved in the community, is now an open enemy. Loholz tried to encourage them by telling them about the trials faced by new converts in India, far worse in his opinion than those suffered on the Gold Coast. The Kukurantumi chief is pressing to have a European back in his town. His moves to this end include driving the Christians to build their houses on the mission station, and telling Lodholz that he wants his whole town to become Christian. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.VI..9 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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VI. - Kibi Title A name given to the resource Lodholz' Report for the Third Quarter of 1868 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: 03.10.1868 Proper date: 03.10.1868 Description An account of the resource The report is mostly concerned with the Akim judicial system. In an introduction Eisenschmid justifies his saying that the Akim 'civilisation' is at a low level by citing two points - firstly that small misdeeds are visited by heavy and often cruel punishment, while the judges bend the law to suit their own needs. Eisenschmid instances these points by citing two cases. The first case arose from a blow struck - believed accidentally - against the Okyenhene. A fight had broken out between the king's people and those of the elder Kwasi Ammoako. The event was at night, and when the Okyenhene went to make peace he was hit by a follower of Ammoako’s called Doko. The latter then fled to the missionaries (he had already had substantial contact with them and Eisenschmid considered him not far from becoming a catechumen). The Okyenhene believed that Ammoako had abetted his flight. The case was heard the next day in the context of the Okyenhene’s drummers, drumming out the message that he had been as deeply insulted. Eisenschmid felt the elders should have hastened to arbitrate and keep the case to its real small dimension, but instead they had sent messengers in the night to Tette, Apapam and Apedwa to call the members of the court together to hear the case. The king appeared with a smeared face, and Kwasi Ammoako was called. The Okyenhene accused him of having hated him for a long time, and had only been waiting for an opportunity to get revenge. As a result he had not protected the king as was his duty, but had allowed Doko to strike him, and then let him get away instead of being put in the block. Ammoako pleaded that he was a loyal subject, that he had not known that Donko had struck the Okyenhene, and that Donko had fled without him knowing. The elders pronounced Ammoako guilty - at which the Okyenhene sprang up and danced while all the drums were beaten, guns fired etc. The fine was set after much bargaining at 22 dollars, after 64 dollars had been originally asked. Some time after Eisenschmid intervened, for he heard that Ammoako had been put in the block and the Okyenhene had sworn he would have Doko killed. .He found the elders grouped around Ammoako, and put it to them: 1. that they had not heard Doko 2. that they did not know whether the blow was accidental or intentional 3. that accuser, witness, and executor of punishment had all been the Okyenhene. Eisenschmid then told them they had given judgement as a child would, and that they ought to be ashamed of themselves. They took this with humour, and Ammoako was taken out of the block. Eisenschmid added that if any harm should come to Doko, he would have no alternative but to write to Accra (the Governor had just sent a stern warning following the human sacrifices after Ata's death). Eisenschmid then interviewed the king, who claimed Doko as his witness, and warned him that had Doko hit him intentionally, he (Eisenschmid) would have urged a proper punishment, since Doko's duty was honouring the king (Eisenschmid had in fact heard that the blow was simply a result of an upward movement of the head or arm when Doko was not aware anyone was in the way at all). Over the next two days the matter was brought to a settlement - grey-headed elders had to argue for hours with the king against depriving Ammoako of his stool and robes of office in the end the king agreed to dash him the whole affair, and this involved a return gift of 90 dollars before things were fully settled. The second case concerned the theft of £8o gold dust en route from Christiansborg to Kibi. 2 messengers had been sent to carry loads, and the one carrying the gold dust had disappeared. Eisenschmid was told that he was last seen at Apedua where he had rested because of a wound on his foot. When he was two days overdue Eisenschmid set in motion the various means open to him to get the money recovered. The Okyenhene in contrast to his apathetic elders swore an oath that he would find the money, and set out immediately the complaint was made to him about it to Apedua, and Eisenschmid outlines the commotion this caused, with people being called in from the other towns to provide him with an approptiate escort. No trace of man or money was found in Apedua however and Eisenschmid began to hear hints that the carrier involved had indeed reached Kibi without delaying in Apedua at all. Eisenschmid felt that this meant that his master was involved - the carrier was a slave of Apiedu, the head elder of Kibi about 100 years old, the head of the Okyenhene’s family. Apiedu was quite uncooperative, however. Eisenschmid then receilved two hints that the slave' might be found at night sleeping in Apiedu's farming hamlet 1/2 hour's march from Kibi (Eisenschmid names as sources of the hints 2 schoolboys, and Wilhelm Dazu who was in fact a nephew of Apiedu). A party including Eisenschmid and Chr. Asante went to the place, gained admission (Eisenschmid writes that 'Agoo' was particularly.used of a friendly visit at night) found the man, and Eisenschmid had to check his followers from giving him a hard time. (They said to the carrier that he had been taking the bread out of their mouths). The journey back to the Okyenhene's house became a triumphal procession - all the Christians from the station joined it and they marched into Kibi singing hymns. The carrier was given over to the Okyenhene, along with a sermon from Asante about the evidence which the event offered for the power of God. Judgement was put off for 48 hours, and in the end Apiedu was found guilty the box was produced with only 1/2 dollar lacking from the money. (NB this case is also referred to in outline in the Annual Report for 1868). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.VI..10 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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VI. - Kibi Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid's Report for the Third Quarter of 1868 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-01.21a.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-01.21a - Ghana 1869 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-01.21a.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-01.21a - Ghana 1869 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.21b.V. 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-01.21b - Ghana 1869 Title A name given to the resource 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: 29.01.1869 Proper date: 29.01.1869 Description An account of the resource According to Eisenschmid the earlier proceedings had left Ampaw of Kukurantumi in undisputed possession of the land, though with a heavy fine to pay on account of his representatives misuse of the Okyenhene’s oath. However, following the death of King Atta, the Maase and Asafo people became restive about the judgement, and the Maase chief went to Akwapim, and sold large stretches of the land to the Akwapims for low prices. On the 11th January this situation was considered formally in Kibi - fetish being drunk by both parties and the judges that the former would abide by the decision and the latter would judge fairly and impartially. On January 12th Ampaw put his case - and the other party simply left the court, Eisenschmid presumes because they could see they were hopelessly in the wrong. The missionaries tried to act as mediators, without success. One result of the situation is that the Kukurantumi school is at collapsing point. The children which Ampaw had put into it at the end of the previous year no longer attend - when Eisenschmid taxed him with this he replied with the proverb “No-one speaks someone else's word until he has spoken his own”. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.21b.VI..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-01.21b - Ghana 1869: D-01.21b.VI. - Kibi Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid's Report about further Developments in the Kukurantumi / Asafo Land Case 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: 04.02.1869 Proper date: 04.02.1869 Description An account of the resource The protocoll discusses Gibson’s application to be transferred from Kukurantumi - at that stage no further developments had occurred in the land case, though many people felt it might lead to open warfare. A subscript dated 2 March 1869 to the Stations Conference Minutes is written by Schrenk as Mission Cashier. He remarks that he is now having to collect English money for the Akim missionaries, because the Akims are wanting English money for purchases in Cape Coast where the Spanish silver dollar is worth only 4/2d. He suggests that they should set up a mission shop in Kukurantumi so that instead of having to take the trouble to send silver, they could send merchandise. Another subscript from Mader (dated 26 February 1869) advises inter al that the teacher makes the school (an argument for not concluding that external factors make it necessary to move Gibson). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.21b.VI..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-01.21b - Ghana 1869: D-01.21b.VI. - Kibi Title A name given to the resource Staton Conference Protocoll 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: 03.04.1869 Proper date: 03.04.1869 Description An account of the resource To the minutes there are subscripts concerning trouble over the boundaries of the Mission Land in Kibi. People in the town were disputing the mission's ownership of a strip of land on the town side of the mission land, and another strip along the Berem, and at the same time offering to let the mission expand to the extent of the area of the two disputed strips in the remaining directions. The missionaries' first reaction was to stick to the letter of the purchase letter and take the case to the Governor. However the Kibi missionaries decided in the end to try to make concessions and settle the dispute peaceably, while Missionary Schrenk in a subscript doubts if they would get much help from the Government, which tends to extend its influence over Akim only when it is in its own interest to do so. Leading people in the dispute on the Kibi side are the two female relatives of the Okyenhene, Ampofoa, the Okyenhene's mother, whose house was next to the boundary of the mission land on the town side, and Sekyera, his aunt. The difficulties on the town border had arisen because the town was being extended by the building of new houses (the impression given is that of a normal, slow increase in houses). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.21b.VI..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-01.21b - Ghana 1869: D-01.21b.VI. - Kibi 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: 08.01.1869 Proper date: 08.01.1869 Description An account of the resource During 1868 the station staff changed in that - Brother Krauss died - Brother Schönhuth arrived, and was joined by his wife - The Ramseyer's arrived. A new catechist was also appointed to Anum after Obuobisa had failed to find a way of returning and they had been without from 1st July 1867 to 30th April 1868 — the new catechist was Chr. Asiedu. Little has changed in the outward appearance of the station and its land. In the work of the station, Schönhuth took over the trading side, and was able to restore it to regular operations in spite of the blockades. Chr. Asiedu gets a good report, especially in his performance when the missionaries get into palavers. He has little zeal for preaching to the heathen, however, and has to be supervised in his three hours per day school work. His translation work is good (Müller is still having to be translated when he preaches even into Twi: & Chr. Asiedu had only begun to learn Kyerepong when he arrived in Anum). Müller has been teaching him Greek and Hebrew. The Christian community increased through 6 people who moved to Anum from other congregations, and two new baptisms. One is Johane Ahima, a 22 year-old Anum man - he works on the station, living in the mission community. The other is Lydia Mamle, born in Ada, niece of an assistant on the trading side who lives with him as his cock. He thinks it had a real meaning for their hearts when they were baptised. One previous member of the Christian community had returned to his home near Late. Of the total Christian community of 14, 9 live in Anum, 5 in Awudome. The 9 communicants among them are mostly in the 15-30 age group, and need careful pastoral care. The non-communicants are a promising 12 year old boy, a young woman, a 6-year old girl, and 2 children of Christian parents. Most of the Christians resident in Anum live on the station. They have 8 youths on the station who act as their servants and at the same time attend school - only one is baptised. Although Müller has sometimes held his school in the streets of the town and tried to persuade more parents to send their children, he has not been-successful, though he thinks it is only a matter of time, and a fuller understanding of the advantages of education before people do begin to respond. When they are able to conduct street preaching, there is usually a group of 20-30 listeners in Anum itself, not so much patience elsewhere. Müller mentions villages 4-5 hours to the north where the people are of Kyerepong origins, but where he thinks they are changing over to the use of Ewe, and only the older people speak Kyerepong. There is one catechumen from Anum - he is really affected by the worry about eternal punishment. The Bremen missionaries have once more played a most important part in the survival of the station, giving a great deal of help to travelling missionaries, and ensuring a regular supply of foodstuffs, and regular postal arrangements. In a Subscript Schrenk reports the arrival of Müller in Osu. He has become a little eccentric in his isolation. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.VIII..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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller's Report for the Year 1868 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: 17.02.1868 Proper date: 17.02.1868 Description An account of the resource Reports that with Krauss' illness he needs a catechist or teacher urgently. Someone who went to Battor would have frequent opportunities to travel to Anum. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller to the Mission's Executive Committee on the Gold Coast 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: 14.04.1868 Proper date: 14.04.1868 Description An account of the resource Anum and its associated towns are all under arms. A month ago the fighting men moved out to a camp about 5 hours away. They have been joined by the Akem leader Dompre, with his 140 men. You already knew that earlier Dompre had been based on Asutsuare, plundering in that district. Peki has not yet joined this alliance, and so long as this is the case, not much will happen. The Anums feel themselves too weak to attack Akwamu unassisted. The army currently in camp amounts to 600-800 men. So far as one can know what is happening on the Akwamu side, they are ready to make peace. So at the moment they have nothing to fear besides extortion of money. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller 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: 14.04.1868 Proper date: 14.04.1868 Description An account of the resource Reports Krauss' death. Describing the conditions under which Krauss was able to make a journey by river to Odumase in mid-April are printed in Heidenbote, 1868, p94. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.VII..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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.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: 26.06.1868 Proper date: 26.06.1868 Description An account of the resource A detailed account of the troubles of the previous quarter. The call to arms had occurred at the height of Krauss' illness, when he needed two people by his bed day and night. Officially there was a fine of 110 heads of cowries (Müller gives as the equivalent 2 franks, 25 cents) on people who did not respond. The Anum 'King', however, allowed the Missionaries to retain as many men as they liked, when this was requested. Müller writes what a comfort it was to himself and to Krauss that the Christians helped look after the latter so carefully and so reliably. The plan to send Krauss by river to Odumase came from the chief and elders of Anum, when they heard that the plan was to take him via Ho to the coast. The missionaries' objected that the Akwamu people working the canoe might be taken captive by the Anums, but the Anums reassured them on this point. The downstream journey did, in fact, go on unmolested; the deceitful exploitation of the scheme on the Anum side only came to light later, and they didn’t not know if it was intended from the beginning. During the period of Schönhuth's absence (16th-30th April) a number of skirmishes took place between the Anums and the Akwamus. Müller remarks that when the men of Anum were called to arms, the white men were regarded as having duties too. The ‘King’ sent an embassy demanding 50 heads of cowries as war-tax; and this was not the first time this had happened, they have had such requests at least 10 times since the war began. They very rarely go away empty handed. Usually the request is for 100 heads (equivalent given: 105 fl.), and if nothing is given, violence is threatened. Since they looked very determined on this occasion, Müller gave them an ordinary present. 'I think it is well known that the fighting has been much increased by the involvement in it of an Akem chief who has sent his leader Dompre with 140 men.‘ Dompre was at Asutsuare for almost a year. The Akwamus took the field, but waited for reinforcement. The Anums, who also wanted reinforcements in order to attack Akwamu sent embassies to Dompre to get him to join them. When Dompre saw that his existing allies had left him in the lurch, he left Asutsuare, arriving in Anum in early March. Scarcely had he arrived when he sent embassies to the missionaries asking for help with his war-costs. ‘We told him that we did not know him. We also had requests from the groups who were watching Anum's Akwamu frontier. But we felt we had done enough when we paid taxes to the chief of Anum. Once Krauss and Schönhuth had set out, we also faced threats from the river-watchers, who wanted money.’ At that point Dompre and the greater part of the Anum army moved out against Akwamu. The Akwamus had camped at Ananse three hours east of Akwamu, and a number of battles were fought. The Anums gained the advantage, and destroyed the villages of that district. After that, both sides retired to their headquarters, but only to re-equip with munitions, so as to be able to finish what is, in fact, a war to the death. On Schönhut’s return the boat which took him from Pese to the Anum shore was destroyed by hostile Anums, and an Asante paddler was only freed from the threat of death when Schönhut paid a ransom of 80 heads of cowries (equivalent given - 200 franks). At Müller’s warning the Anum elders that God would punish them for not keeping their promises, they only laughed, saying the Asantes and Akwamus were their enemies and asking for more money. After a few days Dompre sent to have the Asante brought to his camp. The missionaries refused, and that very night organised his escape. One of the Christians from the station took the Asante man to an Asante village by a little used way. On his return the Christian reporter that he had been received with great hospitality, and that the chief of the village suggested that the missionaries should move to his town since they were being so badly treated in Anum. One of the Christians, called Henry, had been having difficulties. It all stemmed from the fact that the Gas (or a group of Gas) in the town were bent on revenge, since he had helped to uncover thefts committed by one of them when he worked as a clerk for Br. Krauss. The first occasion on which this enmity came to light occurred after the escape of the Asante man. Henry was called before the 'King', charged with having not stood to arms as he should, and fined 110 heads of cowries. Henry defended himself on the grounds of having been one of the four people who stayed on the station to help with Krauss, but he was judged guilty – Müller reckons the Gas had bribed the Anum 'King' to judge the case in this way. Henry, however, appealed to Dompre, who reckoned that he was innocent, and thus he did not have to pay the fine. (Müller says: ‘But since at that time, and still now, Dompre was the leader’). Next, Henry's wife was seized and bound by the Gas, but on this occasion Müller appealed to the senior elder of the town, who convened his fellow elders, and handed down the judgement that the Gas had no right to bind the woman, and she was set free. A few weeks before the letter was written there was another incident when money was extorted from the missionaries - they were straightforwardly threatened with violence if they did not pay willingly. Dompre asked for 300 heads, the Anum_'King' 50 heads, the river-watchers 100 heads, another group 60; after them some chiefs of lowlier rank with smaller demands. Anum badly needs an experienced man to run the station. A few days before the letter was written, the Anums had gone off again to a war-camp 5-6 hours away, their plans this time to attack the Akwamu capital. They are hoping for help from Akwapim and Akim, and Peki has now joined the alliance. Müller stresses that on the Anum side the plan is to drive the Akwanus away completely. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.20b.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-01.20b - Ghana 1868: D-01.20b.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Müller to Basel