332 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: 29.10.1879 Proper date: 29.10.1879 Description An account of the resource Reports the purchase of land in Anyinam, and his plans for the building of a catechists' house. The latter are opposed by Buck, Eisenschmid, and Buhl partly on the grounds that no catechist is earmarked for Anyinam, and partly because Mohr has ambitious plans for a new type of house with an Odum board frame which seemed too costly and unnecessary. The land purchase (for 15 dollars) seems to have gone ahead easily, since the chief and elders made only two stipulations about it. Firstly they did not want a cactus-hedged plot belonging to Tano to be disturbed, and secondly they did not want the land to be too far from the town on the grounds that if there were no link between town and Christian settlement the town would be ruined. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XIV..157 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr 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: 31.12.1879 Proper date: 31.12.1879 Description An account of the resource The numbers of Christians' houses in Kibi and Kukurantumi are given as 12 and 14 respectively. There are 'several' houses in the process of being built on the mission land at Abomosu. There is a new outstation at Asunafo, again with 'several' houses in the process of being built. Another new outstation - Apapam - a place where the Christians have built a chapel and catechist's house in the town. The year was a difficult one, with the death of Lodholz shortly after he had been appointed to the Kibi station. All things considered Buck spent much of his own time travelling on mission business - only with the application of all his strength to the situation could he keep up outstation visits, and the care of the Kibi community was very much in the hands of the local agents. There was a certain amount of transfer of these in the course of the year - Date went to Abomosu, W. Mensa the Kibi catechist was transferred to Asunafo, and Cat. Tete was brought from Kukurantumi to Kibi to replace Mense. On the whole however the year - though sorrowful and difficult for the missionaries . was one of progress and increasing strength for the churches. There were 158 baptisms, composed of 135 heathens, including 16 wives of christians. There was thus an increase of 16 in the number of christian marriages in the district, and indeed the attitude of the women showed how firm were the roots of Christianity in Akim. In Abomosu two wives became Christian while their husbands remained heathen, and Abomosu girls prefer marrying Christians to heathens. Another sign of strength is that the Christian communities are doing some things for themselves - building chapels and catechist's houses (though Buck complains that the older catechists wait for support from the missionaries - it is the younger ones, specifically Mensa and Odee, who managed to lead their community to build them houses). It is difficult to say much about the situation vis-a-vis the Okyenhene. In the early part of the year the situation varied between hostility and friendliness, culminating in the Okyenhene's instructions being received in Kukurantumi Apapam and Asiakwa as to how the Christians should be treated. At this time a female slave of the late king's was made to swear an oath in Tete that she would not become a Christian at this stage. Buck himself travelled to Christiansbog to put the case against the Okyenhene personally, various petitions from Christians having failed to make any impact. He argued that it was not a question of the Governor getting mixed up in religious matters, but rather a question of freeing crop an livestock farming from the limiting regulations of the fetish cults. Buck then received written instrcutions from Governor Usher on this subject, which the Governor suggested should be handed over to the Okyenhene by Buck himself. Buck is very grateful, and hopes this point will be mentioned in the English Annual Report. Kibi - only 13 heathen adults were baptised, 6 men and youths amd 7 women. 47 Christian children were baptised, but against this were 8 deaths in the community, 6 exclusions (for adultery, including the wife of an elder, a carpenter who had been 'vagabonding' foryears, and 2 pupils of the boarding school), and the numbers of Christians moving away from Kibi (mostly catechists, teachers and school pupils)far outstripped the 6 Christians who moved into the community. Boakye is the heart of the community- and Buck reckons that ground has been won among the heathen in the course of the year. Wandering is somewhat less among the Kibi Christians now that many of them have laid out farms. Kukurantumi has increased less than any others. 14 baptisms. Buck ascribes this to the effert of building. The community lacks money except what can be earned from hammock carrying and load-carrying. He misses a zeal for the extension of the gospel there, but is perhaps this will be cured by the newly appointed evangelist Andr. Ewi. Asikawa had passed through a time of trial in the sense that Cat. Mullings had passed all problems, great and small, on to Buck in Kibi. In the end he had sent a party back to Asiakwa with the simple mesage 'I am not catechist in Asiakwa' - from when on Mullings had exerted real authority, been instrumental in getting 4 people excluded who needed to be excluded. From that moment (as Buck portrays it) the life of the community was much strengthened - the Christians began building a temporary chapel, and refused financial help from the mission for the building of a catechists' house. A number of catechumens announced themselves (16, 8 of them adults, were eventually baptised), the congregation came regularly to services. A fetish priest had been found guilty before the Asiakwa elders of causing the death of people who were ill by giving them damaging medecine. After much worry about his punishment he was sentenced to live with the catechist, and attend all services, sermons and catechism classes. There was a stormy year in Abomosu also. At one stage the whole community was excommunicated until they should exclude adulteress. This was eventually achieved, the Abomosu heathen interesting themselves in the whole matter and urging a proper settlement. Date was transferred there, the number of members increased by 23, and the Gemeinde now numbers 57. 4 Christian children were born in the year, and all died - Abomosu is the worst of the Akim towns for its uncleanliness and its death rate among children. Abunafo - now a separate community. At Easter there was an incident when a fetish priest Otobo from Asiamangma collected the fetish priests from Akim (Buck explains he was the chief fetish priest in Akim) to make some sort of demonstration against the Christians in Asunafo. The Christians at first retreated from the main street of the village to one side, but were followed and a fight broke out when a pipe was knocked out of a Christian mouth by Otobo, using a cutlass (or knife) - smoking being taboo to Otobo's fetish, though Otobo himself is a persistent smoker. When knives and cutlasses were brought out by Otobo's party the Christians scattered into the forest and had to stay the night in the pouring rain - meanwhile the chapel was destroyed. Buck advised the Asunafo Christians to take the matter like Christians, but they decided to go to court in Accra. They were awarded £20 damages on condition that the chapel was rebuilt in 2 months, but, Buck received an angry letter from the Governor - he was surprised such a letter could be written by a 'gentleman' (English word used). He himself felt that the case had done them no good - they were away for months on it, and several of them had not spoken the precise truth. And the last stage was that when the community elder, Mose Tinnyase went to Accra to receive the money he died, and Otobo gave out that the fetish had killed him. Nevertheless over the whole year the community increased by 9 to 37. Kwabeng - A slow developmant, 9 adult men baptised in the year, no women and few children. 'The chief enemy is Gold'. A quarter of the population are Juabens,- whose desire for revenge prevents them entertaining other thoughts. Buck feels there is an explanation for this. He writes that he will never forget how an old man told him how when their powder was all used up, they were surrounded by the Asantes ('that is to say, the Kumasis') and all the prisoners whom they took in the district were cudgeled to death, and how the Juabens, to avoid this kind of slaughter, were committing suicide by families. Buck moralises on this point, however, that earlier it had been the Juabens who had the worst reputation for cruelty in Akim and Akwapim. Asantes (including these Juabens, whom Buck describes as very cool to the mission) are eager to learn, but not well-disposed to Christianity. Apapam - community has increased to 38, 6 wives having been baptised in the course of the year. Andr. Odee, a young man, has travelled from Apapam the villages along the source-valley of the Berem and won considerable respect - of the 38 Christians there are one or two in most of these villages. The people of Apapam originally agreed to have Odee providing he did not bring goats or dogs or pigs with him. Now such animals run around the village, partly because of the Governor's letter, In general he calculates Akim is 50 square miles & if on average there are 500 inhabitants per square mile, then 0,5% of the population is baptised. Therefore preaching journeys are the soul of the work - if necessary to be carried on at the expense of school teaching - indeed the number of pupils in the local schools has decreased in the course of the year. He reverts at the end to a general discussion of the problem of women and conversion. He understands that for a marriage to be regarded as fully settled something like 18 dollars and several pieces of cloth must change hands. If this is the rule among Christians then their ceremony of blessing marriages can hardly be leading to their gaining respect. And what can be done for women who want to become Christian ahead of their husbands? If the latter want to exert pressure on the women they have simply to ask for the dowry to returned. Three cases where this could potentially occur are cited - 1. A woman called Pensian who for over six months had been asking her husband for permission to become a Christian - eventually she was assaulted by him with a knife, and the case was sent by the Okyenhene to Accra. 2. At Christmas one of the Okyenhene's wives came to be written down as a catechumen - she had already made approches during Lodholz' stay. Buck seems to think that it is very unlikely that anything can come of it - the Okyenhene may not put away any of his wives. 3. On New Year's Day the wife of a rich and important Kibi elder came to announce herself as a catechumen 'accompanied by the community elders, many Christians and many people from Kibi town.' She had been to services several times, but usually was beaten on her return. Imm. Boakye went to find out what the husband thought and the wife received white earth on this occasion. She was also asked for £10. Buck's advice in this case is to carry on quietly with baptismal instruction and refuse to go before a heathen court; he reckons that people will not bother to go to Accra. This, however, is a subject which must be quickly regulated, it is too explosive otherwise. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XIII..150 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XIII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Buck's Report for the Year 1879 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: 29.03.1880 Proper date: 29.03.1880 Description An account of the resource Reports inter al that one of their greatest battles is for cleanliness. He also takes a jaundiced look at the whole concept of mission schools in Akim. There are 4 Akim-born agents of the mission. Sakyi, Oware, Asumeng and Dako (Eisenschmid adds in the margin the dismissed Gyima and Adu, and there is of course also Ewi, dismissed from Kukurantumi). Of these four two were partly educated at the Kibi boarding school. Currently there are 2 Akims in the Akropong Middle School. The oldest class of the Kibi Boarding School recently handed over to the Akropong (Primary) Boarding School have simply run away, and the current oldest class of the Kibi Boarding School had not returned from the holidays in protest against Buck's telling them that they must go through the 5th and 6th classes before being accepted in the teacher's seminary. If the two Akims now in the middle school hold out to the end they will get 2 more Akim catechists in the course of the next ten year - for the current Kibi Class IV will take 10 years to graduate from the teacher's seminary. At this rate every Akim boy entering the middle school has cost £100 if the whole sums spent on schooling is divided among those who reach this level. The problem is severe, because a boy with 2 year's schooling can read and write, so that beyond that period the schooling is of little use unless he enters mission employment. Moreover the English school in Accra is proving very attractive. Some adjustment of the policy over boarding schools is needed. In another part of the report he writes that you cannot count the baptism of 8 boarding school pupils (as happened in 1879) as a victory . It is the fashion to become a catechumen after a year in the school, and you cannot refuse baptism to a boy who has been through the catechumens' class three times and who has not committed any serious irregularities. However there are many rogues in Akim who have been to the school and even been baptised. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XIII..151 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XIII. - Kjebi Title A name given to the resource Buck's Report on the Kibi Boarding School in the Year 1879 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: 23.02.1880 Proper date: 23.02.1880 Description An account of the resource Statistics for the year: Missionaries - the Ramseyers only. Catechist - Stephen Sakyi (married) Teacher - Emm. Dako (married) Reports a difficult year, at the beginning of which the station did not have a graveyard, while now there is a graveyard (one hundred paces on the path to the water, on the left side) with the graves of two missionaries - Werner and Lodholz. The Ramseyers themselves had serious illnesses in the last quarter of the year, with a touch of yellow fever. They decided they must have a change of air and went to Begoro. They had a year of mixed progress in the Christian community also. Three days after Werner’s death youths were baptised. But the reception of these was not without its anxieties, since while in several you could see the beginnings of conversion, and the beginning of the work of God -in their hearts in three there was a troublesome superficiality, although since they had zealously attended Baptismal instruction and showed a great desire for baptism. Ramseyer had not felt he could put them off. However it transpired that one of them had committed theft actually while being instructed for baptism, and a little later one of them had to be excluded for adultery, and there seems to be little hope of his being re-accepted since although he himself told the missionaries of his 'fall’ despite their warnings he has lived far away from the station since. The other had been a servant of Werner's, and had learned to read and write. Since his 'fall’ Ramseyer has taken him as his own servant and has been satisfied with his conduct. One of the newly baptized whom it gave Ramseyer great satisfaction to bring into the community was one James Boaman, He had announced himself among the first candidates for baptism, but since he served the chief as stool-bearer strong pressure was put on him to give up this plan. He was made to swear the king's oath that he would not give up his duties, so he gave up his Christian instructions, since he said his oath had made it impossible for him to become holy (the last phrase Ramseyer implies was a quote). When it became known that there was a second group of baptismal candidates this same man came and asked Ramseyer to intercede with the king on his behalf in order to get the king to 'give' him his oath so that he could become a Christian. The chief's answer was very shortly 'No’ - although Ramseyer said to him that he was making a quarrel not with him but with God. And a few days later the man came and said he had been released from his oath and at the same time the chief had said that he would have no member of this family serving him in future. (NB the chief's original reason for refusing to allow Boaman to be baptised was that he feared the angry spirits if this happened). The Christian community goes forward on the whole in the usual way - a few months before four of its members had be to build their houses on station land, and they attend the Sunday services and the bible study and Thursday prayer meeting regularly. However the missionaries need to care for the new members very carefully the more since they often leave Abetifi for several weeks on journeys. Ramseyer is very satisfied with the progress of the school - 10 of the boys have been baptised on 1st Feb 1880 – Ramseyer never had a baptismal instruction class which gave him so much joy. 4 of the boys are 16-17 years old, the rest younger. Two young men from the town have joined them (one is an Asante) and one the first of three woman of Abetifi to come forward for baptism - she is aged about 50. Because of the death of Werner and his own sickness Ramseyer has travelled little in Kwahu, although Sakyi has preached widely. One of the most visited towns has been Mpraeso, and Ramseyer looks forward to the day when there will be an outstation here so that southern Kwahu can be visited more regularly. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XV..167-168 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Annual Report for 1879 Written by Ramseyer 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: 17.05.1879 Proper date: 17.05.1879 Description An account of the resource Brief report of his return to Anum. They recovered the money (237 dollars) and their rings. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XV..164 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Ramseyer 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: 05.05.1879 Proper date: 05.05.1879 Description An account of the resource Reports additional expense incurred on building of a teachers' house, and finishing of store house, chapel, and mission house. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XV..165 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Station 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: 25.11.1879 Proper date: 25.11.1879 Description An account of the resource He has written a letter in French to the Neuchatel friends concerning his journey to Anum. There is a rumour abroad that the Asantes are bestirring themselves to gain control of Kwahu again. Many of the chiefs wish this, although the young men are against it. Recently it appears the chief fetish has been advising in favour of restoring the connection. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XV..166 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XV. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Ramseyer 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: 22.01.1880 Proper date: 22.01.1880 Description An account of the resource Teacher Adu had to be expelled for adultery, and while catechist Ntow has worked well he has hadmany difficulties over getting married. His first intended was strongly suspected of having committed adultery with a catechist in Aburi, his second was also suspected of adultery. One problem is that Akwapim people do not like coming to Akim. In Begoro itself the community lost 18 Members. 3 died, 7 moved away, and 8 were excluded. 3 were excluded because of drunkenness, 4 for adultery, and one after getting into debt has disappeared to Salaga. In addition two Christians were excluded from Communion for having taken part in a fetish ceremony. On the other hand 14 people have joined the community (this presumlably includes babies, since the total loss to the community in the course of the year was 4). Outside Begoro there has been progress. Together the two catechists travelled for 110 days. In Anyinam there was a demand for a catechist which could not be satisfied. 5 people were baptised there in the course of the year. One of the convert's children died a month after the baptism but had been ailing long before. They travel to Begoro for communion In Fankyeneko the Christian community has increased from 16 to 24, a result of the baptism of 3 adults and 5 newly born children of the Christians. One person was excluded from Communion on the grounds of having taken part in the ‘custom' of a deceased relative, and being in general unpeaceable in his conduct. All the adult Christians but two are married - in Fankyeneko the mission faces comparatively little the marriage difficulty which troubles them so much in Begoro. They have made themselves a service and have started on a swish house for the catechist. In Dwenease there are now 3 Christians. This is a tough bigotted village – compared with Fankyeneko where there are no fetish priests in this town are ten, all zealous in their calling. One of the Christians had been a pawn. His master did not want him to become a Christian, and so Mohr approached the uncle who had pawned him and asked him to pay half the debt (£3). Mohr would advance the other half, and the man would then have to work for him to pay off this advance. In Osino there is no room for the gospel in the excitement of the people at quarrels with Fankyeneko, and the intrigues of a crafty fetish priest. (Obeng from Bankyeneko has been preaching there weekly during the year). Over the whole area of the station there has been an absolute increase in the Christian community from 66 to 77, including a total loss of 20. You can only tell how deeply these people have become Christian by questioning them individually, a good reason for hoping that their numbers do not increase too fast. On the whole like children they have to be led forward - Mohr clearly feels that he has some power in the situation, since he speaks of marriage quarrels of major dimensions which he has been able to settle, also exclusions are not greeted passive by the rest of the community. The heathen too are alive to exclusions - excluded people are subject to taunts and jibes every day. The school in Begoro has only 6 pupils in it, the exclusion of teacher Adu creating great difficulties, and people are still being inspired by the fetish priestess not to allow their children to attend school. They equate going to school and being a Christian. There is in the report a discussion of the mission geography of Akim connected with the question whether certain places should be served from Begoro or Kibi. Listing the Begoro outstations he names Fankyeneko with its two nearby hamlets of Dome and Gyampomani; Dwenase and Abompe, ten minutes apart, both the size of Fankyeneko; Osino; Anyinam and nearby Adasawase. There are no other towns in the current area of the Begoro station. (NB: A map has been sent to Basel to which this is a commentary). Mohr asked the General Conference to allow Begoro to work also in the towns of Nsutam and Samang, but this was turned down on the grounds that politically speaking these were Asiakwa towns. This Mohr feels is unsatisfactory since already Anyinam and Adasawase are Kibi towns worked from Begoro, and Anyinasing and Mmaase are Asiakwa towns worked by the mission from Kukurantumi. In any case while before the question of political dependence was important (although even then it was most significant in war-time), now in the colony it is possible form, for example, a Begoro man to go to court in Kukurantumi or Kibi, only if he is a Gymaseni or has some office in the chief's court or in the town is he dependent on the chief. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XIV..162 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Annual Report for 1879 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: 15.03.1880 Proper date: 15.03.1880 Description An account of the resource This comments on the geographical analysis of Mohr (see No. 162) - his idea about Nsutam is inpracticable in that it is seperated from the rest of the Begoro area by the Birim. Buck would be happy to see Samang under Osino if there were a catechist in Osino. He feels that it is a pity that the catechist for the area below the Begoro hills was not stationed in Dwenease, a much more central town than Fankyeneko. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XIV..163 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Appendix to Mohr's Annual Report by Buck 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: 14.03.1879 Proper date: 14.03.1879 Description An account of the resource Mostly concerned with meditating on the complete lack of accidents during the building process at Begoro, especially during the period of the tree felling, when the trunks lay on the ground accross each other there were so many. These thoughts are inspired by the death of an 8 year old daughter of Mose Nkroma, one of the elders of the church. She was killed by a falling tree on the way from the water to her house during a sudden violent storm. There is inter alia a description of the funeral service - Catechist Ntow preached on Rom 8 15-18, and Glatzle himself preached on Ps. 90vv1-6, and the need to be converted now in view of the insecurity of life. The schoolchildren sang a hymn about the changeableness of life, too. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XIV..160 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Glatzle's First Quarter's Report for 1879 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: 28.10.1879 Proper date: 28.10.1879 Description An account of the resource Concerning the out-station at Anyinam and the first baptisms there. A fairly big town, made bigger recently by the settlement of Juaben people around it. Judging by the head tax which Atta decided to raise last year, the number of inhabitants must be 1500. Hundreds of Kwahu people pass through Anyinam en route for the coast. The inhabitants partly earn their living by selling provisions to these people, although they also dig gold, and that is their chief business. Their gold fields are not as rich as those of Osino and Samang, but they are sufficient to provide for the needs of the town. (He also describes the Berem crossing - Mrs Lodholz was held up there for 4 days in July en route for Abetifi - also, hemmed in as the town is by hills, it is rather hot). Before the Kotoku people were driven away from Gyadam, the Anyinam people lived on a pretty hill the other side of the Berem. After the war they were commanded to come to this side by the distrustful Kibi king, and forced to pay heavily because like Kwabeng, in that war, although they did not fight on the sidd of Agyeman, neither did they join the Kibi king. Since then Anyinam has enjoyed a special - if not pleasant - care from the king in Kibi. During the Asante war the Anyinam people had a secret collaboration with the Kwahu people, for they were selling them salt. Thereon the Kibi king called the whole town to Kibi - the elders however demurred on the grounds that too few of them would be allowed to return, and paid instead a large sum of money. The King in Kibi in the last three years has received no less than 2000 dollars from this one town, and since they seldom or never have ready cash, they have had to pawn large numbers of for 4-8 £ sterling each. Even now the town is full of lackeys from Kibi whose duty it is to get the money for the king's oath, and the poor people are bitter about the bloodsucker of Kibi. Mohr draws a contrast between the religions position in Begoro and Anyinam. In Begoro there are 30 fetishes – in Anyinam only one, Tano. Many foods are forbidden to the Begoro people including the flesh of certain antelopes and certain monkeys, and they are forbidden from keeping either pigs, goats, or dogs. In Anyinam there are no agricultural or eating prohibitions. The Begoro people even bring in fetish priests from other places to prophesy. The heathen often say the Begoro people love the words of the fetishes too much. The Juabens in Anyinam have certain prohibitions, but make an exception when they are hungry. There is no prohibition on fishing in the Berem in Anyinam as there is in neighbouring Osino. Despite this comparative freedom (from the institutions of fetishism), the first Christians have had a hard battle. Their constant travelling to and from Fankyeneko displeased the people of Anyinam and they tried to dissuade them from becoming Christians by threatening to fine them on this account although catechist Obeng was able to persuade the chief against this, and Mohr himself arriving two days later warned him that if the king mishandled peaceful townsmen in this way he would seek for them protection from the government in Accra. The grounds of the heathen worry was the thought that these conversions were an unnecessary and unseemly break with the traditions handed down, and that it would necessarily follow that in its anger the fetish would visit the town with deaths. Was not this town as populous as others; why then was it necessarily to go elsewhere? Thus the Christians were still subject to taunts when they learned to read, or when on Sunday they started to wear European style clothes. Neverthelss many people wanted to become Christians to escape from the clutches of the avaricious heathen. Indeed many people believe that from the moment of being accepted, into the Christian community one is protected against the king’s paths, against expenditure in spirit-drinking, and adultery fines. The baptisms were celebrated in the open street in Anyinam, and to each one Mohr said the Pauline formula about baptism leading to the development of a new person. The single marriage was blessed in the chapel at Begoro. Baptismal candidate biographies: Jacob Pong, Maria Pong; He is about 35, they have been married one year. He was penitent about his previous lewd life, which had led him into many debts. He was the only surviving of the eleven children born to his mother - an aged but still vigorous lady. Two of her children had been executed in Gyadam, the rest taken from her by illness. She complained of the debts which her foolish son had incurred and which she had paid off out of the results of her own work. Little is said about the wife except that she was the more intelligent of the two, and seemed to be the leader. Joseph Tenkorang; had previously worked as a collector of money for the Kibi king. His business was to handle cases where money was owing, if necessary calling on force to gain his ends. He gives the impression of being a kindly and honourable man, and it was on account of this that he gave up his duties, which involved bringing so many people into poverty. He was now in trouble with the King in Kibi for resisting his inducements to return there, and for that reason dare not go to Kibi. He has given up one of his wives, and is happy, (in baptism) to have escaped the vengeance of the lion of Kibi. Johannes Kani; a big stocky man, previously the bomma drummer. He said that previously he had with his drum forced many people into debts, or else out of the town, and during the festivals he drummed in praise of the town's gods. He decided to become a Christian because he got too drunk at the festivals. His child Frida was also baptised; she had been despaired of by the fetish priests, but Mohr hopes she may in time mend. Jonathan Aperaku; in his youth was pawned away to someone living in Gyadam. At the outbreak of the war between Gyadam and Kibi he like the other non-Gyadam pawns was put in the block’s a hostages (there were 15 of them). 6 were executed after the first battle, and the rest when it was decided to remove from Gyadam, except that his master pleaded for his life, and so he was spared. He then went on the trek to Nsuayeem. It was only 5 years later that he was able to return to Anyinam. He is now about 45. In conclusion Mohr notes that some of the early opposition to the conversions may have come from the fact that two of the converts had an important place in the rituals of the Anyinan fetish. Not only was Johannes Kani an important drummer, Jacob Pong was the 'carrier' of the fetish Tano when it went with the chiefly stools of Anyinam on their journey to the river to be washed, and was itself washed by the priest. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XIV..161 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr 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: 03.11.1879 Proper date: 03.11.1879 Description An account of the resource Writes as Praeses of the Mission in Akwapim/Akim. Reporting the 'fall' of Teacher Adu in Begoro. For several months he had apparently been involved in sexual relations with two Christian girls, neither of whom knew the other was involved - nor did his wife become aware of what was afoot. All four were living on the station. Adu and the two girls were expelled from the Christian community. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XIV..158 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr to Eisenschmid 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: 19.12.1879 Proper date: 19.12.1879 Description An account of the resource A further discussion of the Adu case. One girl was the sister of Catechist Ntow, the other was a Begoro girl only one month baptised. Adu is now in his home town. Kukurantumi, and sadly not penitent - in fact Mohr is having to keep a special watch on the Begoro girl whom he is attempting to induce to be his concubine. Adu had had a good reputation as an energetic man: marital palavers which Mohr had assisted him to settle had as Mohr thought been banished by the pregnancy of his wife, her childlessness having been the root cause of the trouble as he thought. The Begoro have taken a deep interest in the affair and while they have taunted the Christians ahout it, it has also made a considerable impression that the Christian community has acted so firmly. Recently the first man excluded from the Christian community in Begoro - Petro Sau - has been re-accepted. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.31.XIV..159 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-01.31 - Ghana 1879: D-01.31.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr 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: 12.02.1880 Proper date: 12.02.1880 Description An account of the resource Reports Governor Usher's request, dated 10 February 1880 that Buck should come to Accra to serve as witness in the case against Ata. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.32.I..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-01.32 - Ghana 1880: D-01.32.I. - General Chairmann (Präses) Title A name given to the resource Dieterle 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: 05.04.1880 Proper date: 05.04.1880 Description An account of the resource Reports Buck is still in Accra. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.32.I..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-01.32 - Ghana 1880: D-01.32.I. - General Chairmann (Präses) 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: 28.05.1880 Proper date: 28.05.1880 Description An account of the resource The process ended on May 10th. The jury was almost completely made up of local people, Ata having 'forbidden' Europeans from serving. All the other points except complicity in the ritual murder were found against the prosecution by the jury - there is a belief about that they had been bribed by Ata's family. The king and the 3 others punished were put on a warship bound for Lagos on 4th may. His mother and a brother have not been able to leave Accra on account of the unpaid debts which they have incurred. Buck began the journey to Kibi on 10th May. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.32.I..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-01.32 - Ghana 1880: D-01.32.I. - General Chairmann (Präses) 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.32.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-01.32 - Ghana 1880 Title A name given to the resource General School Inspector 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-01.32.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-01.32 - Ghana 1880 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-01.32.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-01.32 - Ghana 1880 Title A name given to the resource District Comitee Ga-Adangme 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-01.32.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-01.32 - Ghana 1880 Title A name given to the resource Christiansborg