321 20 77825 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: 02.10.1873 Proper date: 02.10.1873 Description An account of the resource Travelling from Akropong to Kibi they spent the first night in Panto, the second in Kukurantumi. In the latter a man had died and a priest declared that it was his fetish which was responsible - although the priest had been attending the man in his illness. Ampaw broke up an audience he gave to Eisenschmid when Eisenschmid started talking about Ampaw being converted, and a fetish priest intruded into the conversation. Kibi - the community is more or less the same size, and in the same condition as when he left 4 1/2 years before. 'We saw many old and loved faces again though certainly others are no longer in the Christian community (whom we remember). They have not found what they were looking for, or they were tempted out by the lust to sin. It is hard to get Christians and heathens out of the habit of thinking that a Christian is free in his body - we also have to help him towards a means of earning his living regularly.' Another problem is the Asafos - Eisenschmid has spoken to an Asafohene over this type of opposition, warning him that if it goes on he would report it to the English Government - remarking in parenthesis that he would rather not do this, since the regime would do nothing and thus the situation would be simply exacerbate. This could be the removal of the most serious obstacle to conversions, since the younger people are all more or less convinced of the worthlessness of fetish religion, and to a certain extent too of the truth of Christianity. This is even the case with the king, though one can hope for his conversion, his throne is founded on fetish observances. He is, on the whole, however, well intentioned and friendly toward the missionaries - they were invited to an evening meal with him at the time of Nat. Date's departure. His younger followers, too, if not friendly, are at least not hostile. It is the older leader who are the fanatical opponents of the Christian religion. He reports too that -the Okyenhene has gone to Akropong in response to an invitation from the English Government, to confer over the question of sending an expedition to Asante. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.25.IX..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-01.25 - Ghana 1873: D-01.25.IX. - Kjebi and Kukurantumi 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: 03.10.1873 Proper date: 03.10.1873 Description An account of the resource Includes the remark that the Okyenhene is favourable to boys' staying in the school and this, and the missionaries' own steadfastness, helps them to succeed in retaining some of the boys whom the families try to take away from the school. The trouble in the school seems to have been reduced through the arrival of William Obeng as housefather - he does his job with more love and consistency. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.25.IX..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-01.25 - Ghana 1873: D-01.25.IX. - Kjebi and Kukurantumi Title A name given to the resource Haas' Report on the School for the Third Quarter of 1873 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: 08.10.1873 Proper date: 08.10.1873 Description An account of the resource Went to Kibi to help during the time of the Haas' severe illness in mid-'73 - expected the Kibi chief to be unfriendly in view of the 'Begoro affair' but instead found him well-disposed to the mission, and especially friendly to the missionaries. If he acts hostilely to the mission, it is under the influence of his elders. Reports a three-week preaching journey north and north-east of Kukurantumi, which brought him to 13 villages. Mease - a few attentive hearers - he did not stay the night knowing that the rest of the people would not return from their hunting before the next day. Anyinasin - he had a fight with a young fetish priest who ran at him with a sword - before the people separated them he had given him several boxes on the ears and the people were amazed that he could do this unscathed. He explains that both in English and local law he was within his rights since the man had run at him with a drawn sword about priest and fetish - he was a young man newly chosen by the fetish, who had a fallen-down white painted house at the beginning of the village. Asante had already talked to him as he began to be in a state of possession, advising him, in view of the poor state of the fetish shrine to change his masters. Asiakwa - comparatively few listeners on account of the nearby gold-digging. People thee speak openly against the fetishes - this is not yet the case in Kukurantumi. Nsutam - along the worst track he has ever experienced - though there he had a large crowd of exceptionally attentive hearers. Nevertheless he could buy no food there. Saman - he had to call people out of their houses for his preaching, and they were still not at all attentive. Osino - again apathy, and people had gone to the gold-mining when he wanted to preach to them a second time. Abompe - he preached to the people before they went out gold-mining for the day, and made some impact with his account of the fall of Adam. Otsehenease – after his preaching on the bible story, the local chief said to him 'I am too old to begin any new life; if Jesus doesn't take me into his kingdom when I die than he will have to send me back here again'. Asante replied 'Listen, brother, (he explains they called each other 'brother' because they were both king's sons) if the king in Kibi has something against you he doesn’t call you and send you back, he puts you in irons’. Dome - where he just told the people a bible study – there were very few of them and they had never heard any Christian teaching before. Begoro - Finin is destooled and currently in Accra. He had in fact fled to Asante when he left Begoro and Asante advised him to go to the coast, which he did straight away, leaving between 10 and 11 p.m. on the night of 4th July. He is going to try to get legal redress from the British Government. The Begoro people pressed for someone to be stationed there and when he explained that the Basel Mission had little money or people left he was told that surely they would get their cut from the huge sums of money the German king had taken from the French? Asante offers some more information on the Begoro view of Europe - Germany is 'the Land of the Missionaries’ or the 'Land of the Pious’ - he was asked if all Germans were pious, and when he explained that this was not the case, was asked if the rest had their fetishes and fetish priests. Fankyeneko, Osiem and Tafo: No further details. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.25.IX..22 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-01.25 - Ghana 1873: D-01.25.IX. - Kjebi and Kukurantumi Title A name given to the resource Asante's Report for the Third Quarter 1873 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: 23.12.1873 Proper date: 23.12.1873 Description An account of the resource In this report on his Journey with Mrs Dieterle to Kibi to assist during Mrs Eisenschmid's childbed and the acute illness of Haas and Eisenschmid, Lodholz places the moments of particular difficulty on their journey to Kukurantumi by reference to Suhien and Amosaw. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.25.IX..17 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-01.25 - Ghana 1873: D-01.25.IX. - Kjebi and Kukurantumi Title A name given to the resource Lofholz' 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.26.I. 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-01.26 - Ghana 1874 Title A name given to the resource General Conference 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-01.26.II. 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-01.26 - Ghana 1874 Title A name given to the resource Christiansborg 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-01.26.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-01.26 - Ghana 1874 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-01.26.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-01.26 - Ghana 1874 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-01.26.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-01.26 - Ghana 1874 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.26.VII. 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-01.26 - Ghana 1874 Title A name given to the resource Odumase 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-01.26.VIII. 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-01.26 - Ghana 1874 Title A name given to the resource Ada 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: 11.01.1875 Proper date: 11.01.1875 Description An account of the resource The personnel of the Kibi station has changed in that there is no longer a European missionary present and David Asante is in charge. The catechists are as before, but there is a new teacher Simeon Bampo. The community has fallen from 32 to 31, with 18 communicants, 2 non-communicants, 11 children and 2 catechumens. There are 22 boys in the boarding school. Kukurantumi Personnel - Simeon Koranteng replaces Asante. The community has fallen from 14 to 12, with 7 communicants, 5 children and 4 catechumens. There are 5 children in Sam. Ohene’s school. Kibi - general account 2 Christians had built small houses on mission land. Before his departure Haas was severely ill, and Asante had severe illness in his family to cope with, as well as the work of the station exacerbated by the fact that it was used as a camp and depot during the war against Asante. For that reason he had travelled little once to Asiakwa, and once on a 10 day preaching journey which took him to Abobiri, Asaman, Asanease, Akanteng, Apiremang, Takyimang, Akem Akropong, and Adade-ntem. On the other hand the two catechista have both travelled 50 days in the year, between them covering 43 villages. The movement of people in and out of the community is mostly in terms of the movement of numbers of the mission and their families. 2 members of the community died, however. The two catechumens are from the family of the most notable Kibi elder one born a house slave reacted to opposition from the elder by threatening to run away to become a catechumen in Accra or Akwapim, citing the new law about slavery as protection. In the school there has been continuing trouble over discipline, though apprently on no very serious scale. Two of the boys are Asantes, brought from his Asante family by a man the missicnaries had earlier freed. Kukurantumi - general report Koranteng had travelled for 10 days since his arrival in Kukurantumi, visiting Ati, Tafo, Osiem, Mease, Anyinasin, Osino, Bunusu, Nsutam, and Asiakwa. Street preaching there is often attended by strangers, especially now the road is open to the tribes from the interior. The catechumens are 2 wives of Christians, and a married couple. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.26.VI..218 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-01.26 - Ghana 1874: D-01.26.VI. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Asante's Report of the Year 1874 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: 13.07.1874 Proper date: 13.07.1874 Description An account of the resource Very morose concerning the community - two members had to be excluded for adultery soon after his arrival, and shortly after it was discovered that the elder, William Dapa, was a habitual thief. He has still not met half the people on the list of members. Haas told him they were away trading, Asante regards them as probably making a calling out of being vagabonds. Besides the servants of the mission ataff and the School-boys there is hardly anyone in the chapel usually. Street preaching was usually carried on with a large and attentive crowd especially from among the relatively large numbers of Asantes currently in Kibi. These consist of princes and their followers from Juaben and other smaller states, who are in Kibi with relatives they are prepared to offer as hostages in peace negotiations with the British, and also in pursuit of British protection for themselves. They are in Kibi because they want the Okyenhene to act as a go-between for them. 'They all believe that our business of preaching and the school would be the best means against the constant war between us and Asante' - they want missionaries to go to them. The whole of the Asante area that was not Asante proper, and part of Asante proper too, has fallen away from allegiance to the Asante empire, and wants to be accepted into the British protectorate - when everything has been set in order a great mission field will be open north and east of Kumasi – Nkoranza, Gamang, Ntwumuru, Brong, Krakye, Worawora, Juaben, Kwahu. The Kwahuhene has already told Asante to write to Europe and tell them he is ready to receive missionaries, and the Juaben ambassadors assure him that when their king has heard what they have seen of the mission in Kibi he will ask for a missionary presence too. In the boarding school there are two main problems - the chief and elders do not want to send pupils, and the food is so little that pupils run away because of it. Asante complains that the Kibi people do not even grow enough plantains to feed themselves, but have to go to other Akim villages to get food. He is having to bring in food from elsewhere, too, including yams from Akwapim. Compared with the Kibi people, the Kukurantumi people with their farms are much less inclined to travel. In subscripts both Mader and Buhl contest this view, the former reckons the food point is only an excuse for the losses in the school, he himself feels that Haas has been too inconsistent in his discipline. The latter feels that Asante has not taken enough time to understand the situation and has adopted a rather different standpoint from that from which he viewed the Larte community Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.26.VI..213 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-01.26 - Ghana 1874: D-01.26.VI. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Asante's Report for the Second Quarter of 1874 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: 05.10.1874 Proper date: 05.10.1874 Description An account of the resource He has met the community and asked them firstly to move onto the station and secondly to make farms. They agreed to the former request, but only the two married members agreed to the latter. The rest refused, since they have no wives and children they do not need farms. Asante said that the mission would gladly buy their produce this did not impress them nor did the news that the Basel Committee had sanctioned marriage with heathen women in the event of no Christian wives being available. The young men complained that it was impossible to get wives in Akim without paying enough money to compete with the elders nor have the members been impressed with the idea of starting a prayer and bible study meeting, and their attendance at services is irregular. Attendance at street-preaching in Kibi is large especially among the Asante traders, and the Juaben hostages and their followers. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.26.VI..214 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-01.26 - Ghana 1874: D-01.26.VI. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Asante's Report for the Third Quarter 1874 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: 28.12.1874 Proper date: 28.12.1874 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.26.VI..217b 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-01.26 - Ghana 1874: D-01.26.VI. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Autobiography of Simeon Koranteng 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: 01.07.1875 Proper date: 01.07.1875 Description An account of the resource Last paragraph: The slave emancipation is causing a lot of dust to rise. In Kibi it is said the young king is mishandling the slaves who no longer want to remain in his service, and the government must intervene there if the emancipation is to be anything more than a paper law. In Akwapim too it is happening that slaves who have run away from their masters are being caught and sent back. The missionaries in Kibi have written a letter (it arrived in Christiansborg the same day as this letter was written) asking the Commandant be informed of the situation, and appealing for a reliable group of police to go there to protect the slaves. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.27.I..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-01.27 - Ghana 1875: D-01.27.I. - General Conference 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: 15.05.1875 Proper date: 15.05.1875 Description An account of the resource Informs the Basel Committee of Asante’s requests for a ruling on the number of boarding pupils he may take in the school at Kibi. He has given a temporary ruling of 30, but would like Basel's approval for 50, on the grounds - that the boys will come to the school with no resources, being ex-slaves and ex-pawns - that Akim needs as much of a school population as Akwapim - that a large school will help to balance the striking reduction in the population of Kibi town. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.27.I..13 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-01.27 - Ghana 1875: D-01.27.I. - General Conference 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.27.IX. 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-01.27 - Ghana 1875 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: 22.03.1875 Proper date: 22.03.1875 Description An account of the resource The bulk of this letter is printed in a Basel Mission pamphlet under the title “Begoro und Okwau. Bericht über zwei Untersuchungsreisen als Vorbereitung für die Asante-Mission" (1875). Travelling Akropong-Kibi-Begoro Mohr mentions the following: At Kukurantumi the Christians village consisted of 7 huts 5 minutes away from the main village. He locates the greatest concentration of gold diggings as being on the route from Pano and Tete eastwards – there are stretches there where are holes dug every two or three steps. Graves are outside the villages marked by pots, sometimes there is food to be seen on them, and sometimes on a stick framework a piece of cloth or a feather hangs over them. There is always a 2’ high palisade before you enter a village to keep the spirits out. The big villages he finds characteristic and this contrasts with Akwapim where people spend nights out in the plantation villages. Here and there on the houses you see well-built doors with locks. From Tete the route went Sagyimase-Nsutam-Fankyeneko-Dome-Akurum-Atopasin-Begoro. Mohr notes that at one place Mader preached in twi, and was followed by one of the carriers who explained in simple language what Mader had meant: throw away your fetishes and pray to Jesus. In another place a crowd was gathered for street preaching by shouting “Mommera-o”. A catechist made a start with John 3.16, Mohr himself (in English) preached about the disease of sin being inspired to do so by the many sick who were brought to them in the village. When Mader was preaching once an old man got up and explained he was going to get his pipe, but Mader ordered him to sit down and hear the word of God. In one village some fetish procession or other approached them but several members of the party called out “Look out the great fetish-priest-breaker (Obroakomfo) is here” and the people ran away leaving behind two small bells which the three members of the seminary who were accompanying seized with great glee. Their reception in these villages was on the whole welcoming, except that in Nsutam they found it difficult to buy a hen for super. On at least two occasions the hen was bought and in the possession of the missionaries it was taken back because it had to be offered to the fetish. One factior which Mohr identifies as contributing to the quality of their reception was the curiosity which people showed about new things- Mader’s glasses caused a sensation in Nsutam. A further point about routes: from Begoro, as far as Mohr could find out, it was 4 days journey to Kwahu and there are no villages for most of the way. From Kibi it would have been three days journey via Asiakwa, Samang, Osino, Gyadam, Moseaso and Anyinam. In Begoro they had very good reception which may be partly accounted for by the fact that they sent a catechist one week ahead of them. But he had the impression especially among the younger generation (of whom he noticed a great preponderance at a political gathering which he saw). He saw more than once men say to each other with childlike joy “Onyankopon asam aba”. Of Begoro in general he says little except that the street is 25' wide, and set with 42 shade trees. They were interested at the near panic which occurred the first evening after their arrival when drums were heard in the north. It turned out to the one of the sub-chiefs of Kwahu coming unannounced to ask for the Begorohene’s intervention in a dispute. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.27.XI..254 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-01.27 - Ghana 1875: D-01.27.XI. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr to Basel - Report concerning an Exploratory Journey to Begoro 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: 26.12.1875 Proper date: 26.12.1875 Description An account of the resource Discussing the problem of finding a labour force for building the Begoro mission buildings he points out that there is an advantage in teaching Akem people to do the jobs, since if you bring in strangers you have to pay their debts before bringing them so far into the interior. He is nevertheless hoping to bring some masons and sawyers come to Begoro from Akwapim in the next year. He is having struggles getting agreement at prices which he feels are appropriate for the various jobs for which he was to pay. The situation has been exacerbated by the fact that 2 weeks before his arrival (in the first week of December) the Begoro men and their king had to go Kibi on account of the war, and seem to have used their time getting information of the prices which the mission payed for things in Kibi, which they now have an inflate idea. Eventually rent was agreed 2 dollars for Mohr’s house, and 1 ½ for the Catechists. People were wanting 1 shilling and sometimes even as much as ½ dollar for a days’ work (the mission wants to pay 6d). Mohr mentions that in Kukurantumi the carriers had refused to go to the coast for less than 2 dollars per load. One important development is that within a week of arriving there are 15 male baptismal candidates, some of them with wives and children. Their seriousness was tested by their being asked to work on the mission buildings for 6d a day, and they agreed. The catechist’s name is Oben. The final passage concerns the situation in Akim. Part is based on information circulating. He had been based on Kibi before setting out for Begoro, though also had travelled to Aburi. The sending of Bonnat and Prince Ansah to Salaga should have ended the conflict, but they were prevented from doing this by the Juabens. In the period when neither the Asantes nor the Juabens were gaining a decisive advantage in the fighting the Juabens sent the jawbones of executed prisoners of war to Kibi, Akropong and Accra meaning to ask whether they should fight against the Asantes. Dr Gouldberry’s visit was surrounded by rumours - at one stage he seemed to have disappeared. Mohr says he knows little about the course of the war except that the Juabens have come to Akem as refugees, and are now scattered in many of the Akim villages. Dome, near Fankyeneko which since the slave emancipation had been deserted, is now peopled by Asantees. The king of Juaben arrived in Kibi on the evening of 9th December with only 15 of his 200 wives. A letter arrived from the governor on December 13th asking whether he proposed to remain in the Protectorate, and if so forbidding him, to engage in military operations against Asante. On the same day he sent a reply that he had decided to remain in the protectorate – he has already pointed out a site for settlement between Ahabante and Kukurantumi. This means the English have gone some way to fulfilling their policy of getting Akem settled. From Kwahu there is news that there are two parties, one wanting to maintain the Asante connection, the other not. Kumasi ambassadors sent to Kwahu have been imprisoned and brought to Kibi, and exactly how things will shape in the future is not clear. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.27.XI..255 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-01.27 - Ghana 1875: D-01.27.XI. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr to Basel