343 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.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-01.43 - Ghana 1885 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: March 1885 Proper date: March 1885 Description An account of the resource The backgrcund to this journey was the fact that while the extent of the Afra, plains to the Northeast was known, its extent, and its population (if any) to the north was unknown. The Kwahu people said that in 10 days one reached the province of Ateobu; further once in the early 1880s a deputation from Ateobu travelling through Kwahu had called at Abetifi and warmly invited the missionaries to visit their home country; and it was known that Ateobu was like Kwahu one of the provinces which bad thrown off the Asante yoke. The expedition came to 16 men - Ramseyer, Kwabi, Kwabi's son, 6 hammock-carriers, and 7 carriers. Ramseyer remarks that it would be courting death to cross the hot grass plains on foot - he envies his friends in South Africa with their wagons. There is a long description of the trials of getting the group together - one of the carriers in the end could not come because one wife had sworn the king's oath in her wrath at another wife, and had been fined 2 Benas, which the husband had to pay. Because of this kind of problem the party could not set out at time. Their first halt was at Sadae, a place they frequently visited on preaching journeys. The village was swarming with Salaga travellers. They were easily recognisable by their lean and hungry look. They were travelling with shea butter and other products. Some had slaves with them, though Ramseyer remarks that although it is sad to see such people in Kwahu they at least will not lack food, and like many others may sooner or later find their way into the land of freedom. Ramseyer and his party bought provisions in this place. They spent the night at Aframso, a place with about 25 huts not completely walled because of the heat. Ramseyer had never been there before. He remarks that it was the place where at certain times of the year hundreds of Kwahus go to catch fish. Someone brings a bundle of a herb called efwe. This is pounded and put together in a heap. The next morning the fetish priest murmers some words, whereon the whole mass of people in a wild scuffle grab handfuls of the efwe and drop it in the river - at which the stunned fish begin to come to the surface and are gathered up. (The fish are a species of catfish). This is a day of gross intemperence, and respectable people do not let their daughters get involved in it at all. Aframso was crowded with people but a hut was found for Ramseyer in which he spread his indispensible mosquito net. They met in Aframso a friend of the missionaries - an under-chief of Abetifi who was going to be healed by Krakye Dente. Ramseyer remarks that he had been a consciencious attender at street preaching. He is also a 'son' of Atieyaw. Next day he was interested to see how the heathens greeted the fetish Afram with a hiss, and they passed Gyanoboafo and came to Kotwebo, both resting places, the latter under a hill of the same name. He was interested to see his men make fufu by pounding boiled yam with sticks on a flat rock. Next day (15th March) over the Bosombone river, they spent the night at Ohemang-ama, a hunter's hamlet. Ramseyer adds that there are many such on the plains in this direction, selling their products in Akim and Kwahu. Their greatest stroke of luck is to kill an elephant - the tusks are sold for 4/- a pound in Kwahu. At this place they met a hunter with 2 full loads of flesh and fish, and three parties of Salaga travellers, including some acquaintances from Abetifi. Next day after 1 1/2 hours they left the main path to Krakye and Salaga and struck out for the North West. They slept in an unnamed and very bad resting place that night. Next day they came to the first village after 1 1/2 hours - Kancku, a settlement with about 50-60 inhabitants, Asantes, earning their living by hunting. Their prey seemed to be mostly buffalos and various kinds of antelope, although they had also killed an elephant. They met there at Salaga caravan travelling to the coast via Kwahu, led by two Fantes from Cape Coast. They were both Christians – one judging by his conduct was little better than the villagers. The other claimed to be half-Mohammedan and prayed audibly not only in the Mohammedan fashion to Allah, but also in Twi and English to Jesus. 'On the coast already many Fantes with their superficial Christianity have become Muslims. Ramseyer’s preaching was welcomed by the people. Next day they slept at the hamlet Sabu-so. 19th March they reached the town of Anyina-efi. A very friendly reception and gifts of food exchanged for gifts of headkerchiefs etc. Heard reports of great commotions in the district because the Ateobu chief has closed his road to Kola-nut caravans - they must pass through Krakye where a duty of 100 nuts per load is levied. (Ramseyer offers little general information about the Kola trade - a load of nuts is sold for 6/- in Kwahu, and 30/- in Salaga. They are especially produced in Kwahu and Asante-Akim). 20th March - they crossed the Sene river, and came to Nkumem. There they met a group of ambassadors from different Asante states - Mampong, Nsuta, and Asante-Akim on their way to Krakye to put themselves under Dente as several Asante states have already done. The motive was surely to enable them to trade with the interior, something impossible for states adhering to Kumase since 1874 because of the threat of death. As leader of the expedition Ramseyer found to his immense surprise an old acquaintance from his imprisonment in Kumase – a Fante Christian who had been imprisoned with them. Sadly he was no longer a Christian, but called himself a Mohammedan, though Ramseyer saw later how haltingly and with what great effort he got out a couple of Mohammedan greetings and formulae. From there they reached Aberewanko, the first Ateobu village. There they found themselves among a new people, the so-called potofo barbarians because they speak such impure Twi. They also looked a different race - their cheeks were tatooed like those of people of the interior tribes. Although they were technically slaves they enjoyed freedom in practice. They could speak Guano, and also the vulgar dialect of the Salaga people. A young man called Kwaku seemed to be the man in charge of the village - he it was had to know Ramseyer’s mission, find him accommodation etc. 21st March - across the plain, but in this district it was being busily farmed. Ramseyer was astounded to hear that a man might plant as many as 1000 yams in a year, and held the people up us an example to his Kwahu carriers. He saw as well as yams, groundnuts, rice, and a little corn. Ramseyer refused to be delayed to allow the Ateobu king to prepare a grand welcome. Ateobu he felt was a town with a history judging by the huge stems of the shade trees in the main street, He was surprised to find himself in a town with flat roofs. The Ateobuhene was wearing a 'country cloth' with s silk embroidery. (His name was Gyan Kwaku). He was alarmed about reports of another white man in the district, and wanted to know what this implied, though Ramseyer tried to assure him that there was no question of his mission and Captain Kirby's being interrelated. Ramseyer’s presents to the chief were a carpet, some lights, some matches, and pins and needles. 22nd March. Visited the king in his palace - a building about 4-5’ higher than the average house – the rooms mostly small, and the walls indicating a building of advanced age. Going through dark rooms visit the king he stumbled over clumps of earth which he presumed must have been steps. In the street people showed him a brass beaker, 2 1/2 in diameter, quite covered with verdigris and half filled with rubbish. They said it had fallen from heaven – Ramseyer could not see the maker's mark. The more Ramseyer stayed in Ateobu, however, the more he was impressed with the skill and industry of the people - e.g. in house building. The house in which he stayed was, he writes, one of the best - the walls were covered with a dark paste, and then painted with the juice of a certain tree and so water-tight. Enquiring about the geography of the district he heard that there were many farming villages ½-1 hour from the town. Then 4 to 5 hours to the west was the small province of Trofwe, a subject of the Ateobuhene. 10 hours to the west was mother such - Abease. He could discover nothing about a Lake Buro, and reckons this must be really the river Poro 3 hours to the North, which one crosses on the way to Pran and Salaga, and which joins the Volta at Yeji. Ramseyer comments that it must be a notable river - the Ateobu fishers use harpoons when catching fish in it. 23 March. They preached before a large crowd, including the Ateobu notables, Ramseyer on 'Come unto me', Kwabi taking it up and repeating some of Ramseyer's preaching, and stressing that it is only through Jesus that a person can become holy. Parting presents came from the King - 3 sheep and many loads of yams, a sheep for Catechist Kwabil and for Ramseyer a 6lb elephant tusk. 24 March and after. Since the Müller-Mähly-Zimmermann expedition had found so little of note in Salaga Ramseyer had decided not to trouble to visit there, and instead set out for Krakye, 5 days journey. He passed Kakofu (still an Ateobu village) and then Dentemanso, Bantaman, Apaaso, Prangwiase, Basa, Primase, Kofere. Several years ago the three small district chiefs from this area with a number of their followers went to Krakye to put themselves under Dente - whether out of fear of the Asantehene. Ramseyer does not know but they have never returned, and this is much regretted by the people of the villages and the hamlets. The chief town of this Dwang district is a Wiase, but Ramseyer is not sure whether this is Prangwiase, they spent the night there but it is not a notable town. In Primase Ramseyer saw for the first time the round huts about which he had heard so much. It was a guan speaking area, but many of the people understood Twi. Little of note is written about Krakye. The chief and Kwaku Sakyi, the priest of Dente, were away from the town, although in contact with Ramseyer through messengers. Ramseyer judges that Dente holds its subjects by fear - he heard that a man had been executed recently for publicly arguing that Dente did not exist. In Kete they found many Mohammedans, including many newly arrived who could not speak Twi. A mohammedan band escorted him back to his lodging. 31st March - through Makokwae and Tuntumkurom, Ramseyer deciding to go towards Tapa since the other missionaries had visited N. Buom. 1st April - spent the night in Akaneem - houses on the Akwapim model. On the following day they visited Tapa where were listened to most attentively, following which the chief said that the 'Word' was a sweet one, but how could they reform their way of life according to this word if no teacher was with them? And they pressed him to make a request for a teacher for Tapa to Basel. In Tapa they discovered that the Boem state, though under Borada, consists of 3 sections, Borada, Worawora, and Tapa. Fart of the Boem people speaks Guan, but part of them speak only Twi - e.g. the Tapa people. They went on from Tapa the same day and spent the night in the hamlet of Brankoro. Besides the houses of the inhabitants there were several round huts put up by Mohammedan traders, and the same night that Ramseyer slept there the trading parties in the village coming from both north and south. The village is in fact on the main path between Pae and Akoroso. From here his route followed that of the other Salaga party, except that he sought out the Wusuta villages and met the people who had been captives in Kumasi at the same time as he. They wanted to know why no missionaries had been sent to them. NB an account of the above journey was published in the Mitteilungen of the Geographical Society in Jena, apparently from a different manuscript. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.II..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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.II. - Aburi Title A name given to the resource Ramseyer's Report of his Exploration Journey Early in 1884 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: 12.01.1886 Proper date: 12.01.1886 Description An account of the resource The report is largely printed as an annex to the 1886 Annual Report pp84-94. Additional material: In Begoro they had built a new teacher's house in 1885, and were in the process of building for the Middle School. In Apapam there is a catechist's house, a temporary chapel-school building, a small group of Christian’s houses on mission land. The same being true of Apedwa. In Asafo mission land had been bought in 1885, as it had in Sadwumase, an outstation of Asiakwa. The buildings in Asiakwa are reported to be as those in Apapam, Tumfa similarly, Asunafo similarly, though with a new chapel, Abomosu is unoccupied by a mission employee, and the deacons’ house had been put to use as the chapel. In Kwabeng there were a catechist's house, a temporary chapel, and a small Christian village. Anyinam is reported in similar terms, though there was additionally, built in 1885, a deacon's house with a guest room for travelling Europeans; Fankeyenko, no Christian village and an unfinished catechist’s house with guest room. In Tafo mission land has been bought. In Kukurantumi there are two employee's houses and a cemetery in addition to the chapel and Christian village. In Tete there are a number of Christian’s houses, though these are not on mission land - no land has been bought. The situation in Akim Akropong is similar. One element omitted from the original is the report that in Asafo, when a polygamist had put away one of his wives in order to become a Christian, she had hanged herself in the forest. The heathen claimed the Christians were responsible for this event. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.IV..94 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource W. Huppenbauer's Report for the District in 1885 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: 06.02.1886 Proper date: 06.02.1886 Description An account of the resource 21 students, 8, 6 and 7 in Classes I, II, & III respectively, A responsibility which has caused him many difficulties, that they have no proper buildings and so live in lower storey of the Mission House, which causes many problems. An examination held in May was so bad that the pupils sent a letter accusing the housefather of responsibility to the District Präses - he however refused to receive it, and they were punished. The housefather had been guilty of irregularity in the holding of lessons. He gives a list of subjects taught and hours devoted to them - History of Revelation 2, Greek 4, English 5, Geometry 2, (all taught by Rösler), Singing 2 (Mohr), Explanation of Bible Passages 4, Biblical History 2, World History 2, Geography 4, English history 2, Arithmetic 4, English 5, Ga 2, Writing and Spelling 5, Playing the harmonium each day. He issued a weekly timetable, which was taken amiss by both teacher and students as indicating that he did not trust them. In order to improve the morale of the school after several attempts to do so by speech and milder punishments had failed, he threatened expulsion to anyone failing Jos. Müller’s next examination - and 5 were eventually expelled. Two students were expelled on grounds of misbehaviour - two had previously been expelled and then asked urgently for re-admission. The one had been drunken, the other had go to drunk also, on the occasion of his mother's death (Rösler regards this as falling into a heathen custom rather than giving in to the temptation to drink). In the end neither had passed the examination, and were therefore finally expelled. The second had been broken out in hatred against the Mission, and exerted himself to get the non-Christian pupils to leave the school, and had in fact largely succeeded. Looking at the school as a whole he has more hope for the two younger classes. They have entered straight from the Kibi school, while the oldest class includes several already in their twenties, and too old for school life. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.IV..95 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Rösler's Report on the Akim Middle School during 1885 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: 18.02.1886 Proper date: 18.02.1886 Description An account of the resource Although there are pupils who need discipline and training, the teachers in the school take pains to make progress, and among the pupils there is a lively and alert attitude and the life of the school is orderly. Much of the report is concerned with a case study, - presumably of John Ayebinim though Rösler simply identifies him as P. He and his mother were from Salaga. Rösler did not know whether they had reached Akim after being taken from their home as prisoners of war, or whether they had been sold away. After the emancipation the mother had joined the community for a time, while her son entered the school. She then lapsed, but her son refused to follow her (Rösler cites him as saying that he would never be separated from his saviour), and when his mother want to fetch the ‘police from the town' to take him away by force he hid himself. Eventually she disowned him, and did not troubled about him after till her death. He has proved orderly, not omitting to put the other pupils on the right line. He is not directly supported by the mission as far as books and clothes are concerned, but Rösler sees to it that he has work and wages enough to maintain himself. Rösler writes that what will come of him he does not know, since entering the age of so many temptations. Dan Boagye, the housefather, is much praised as being responsible for the satisfactory spirit in the school. He has put up, with the help of the pupils, a small room where they can eat - previously the women bringing food had often been early, and the food eaten by goats and hens before the pupils emerged from the classroom, since there was nowhere but the open veranda on which to stand it. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.IV..96 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Rösler's Report on the Kibi School 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: 18.07.1885 Proper date: 18.07.1885 Description An account of the resource Contains a list of boys from the top class of the Kibi school who were to be considered for entry to the Akim Middle Schol: Atta, Is. Anto, Nath. Amaning, Sam. Donko, Jos. Kwamin, Jer. Amoako, Jos. Frempon. Jos Bosompem was too little gifted to be admitted. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.IV..80 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Rösler to the Local Executive Committee Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 27.07.1885 Proper date: 27.07.1885 Description An account of the resource Despite the date, the report is still being written in October. It seems to have been printed in full in Heidenbote 1886 pp43-46. One point omitted is a further episode from Boakye's biography. After the incident described in the printed text the missionaries thought Boakye should be moved from Kibi, especially as he had been called on 10th May to the court and offered the Job of Chancellor. He refused on religious grounds whereat the King insulted him. He therefore went to Asuum as journeying preacher. At Asuum he had run into further trouble, along with the Christians of Asuum and Otumi because the fetish Apenim had commanded him to leave the town and he would not. The missionaries then asked Ata to settle the matter, but repeated instruction from him to bring the people responsible to Kibi were ignored. Though Ata asked them not to, the missionaries in the end sent the case before the Governor in Osu on the last occasion arranged to discuss the matter Ata had been drunk. As Huppenbauer wrote the final paragraphs (11 January apparently) there was a meeting of the chiefs of Akim to amend the laws lessen the temptation to become a Christian. The king’s oath was to cost £7 and not £14, but Ata was not getting his own way with his request that a yearly head-tax should be collected for him. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.IV..89 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Huppenbauer's Report on Relations between Ata and the Basel Mission 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: 20.08.1885 Proper date: 20.08.1885 Description An account of the resource The report is partly printed in Heidenbote 1885, pp92ff. Additional material: The introduction makes it clear that the report is a commentary on the petition from the Basel Mission concerning duties on spirits to the German Reichskanzler Bismarck. As an illustration of the effects of drunkenness, in addition to the point that people believe themselves possessed by a fetish, is a report that they met a drunken dancer at Begoro who believed that his left foot belonged to the devil, his right food to God. He gives a Twi equivalent of the German pastor merchants: Asofoguadifo. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.IV..90 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Huppanbauer's Report for the Second Quarter of 1885 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: 14.09.1885 Proper date: 14.09.1885 Description An account of the resource His sermon is repeated in extenso in the manuscript. It is an extension of the text, exhorting he congregation the practical thankfulness in terms of greater financial independence, and less domination attitude to the Mission. Ata had gone to Pameng. Described in the manuscript as a farming village between Kibi and Tumfa. He claimed to have attended church in Lagos. The speaker who took the text about people in clean clothes, in a false identification imagined the congregation saying that one was a goldsmith, one a potter. It appears – since the speaker said he had grew up among the people in the congregation – that he was an Akim himself. This speech too ended in an appeal for unity. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.IV..91 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Huppenbauer's Report on the First Mission Festival in Kibi 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: 03.11.1885 Proper date: 03.11.1885 Description An account of the resource The letter is a pro tem report on relations with Ata. He writes that he has said frequently since Ata returned from Lagos that he had helped the mission so much he should be paid a deacon’s salary. Whole families and whole villages, their normal mode of existence almost impossible through the severe punishments meted out in Kibi, are moving towards Conversion. The missionaries are worried about their likely constancy as converts, but so far all those baptised have stood firm. 19 people from Akim, each fined 1200-1800 Marks for small offences, had taken their case to the Governor, and been ordered not to pay the king in anything. Huppenbauer links this directly with the king’s offer of peace to the mission. The history of Boakye at Asumm Is repeated – the priest of Apenim was one Anane. Boakye had been threatened with death by a young man called Twea. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.IV..92 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Huppenbauer's Letter 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/. Description An account of the resource The protocol was written by W. Huppenbauer. It concerns with the local agents in Akim. Huppenbauer advises that J. Seth and J. Asumen be fully accepted as local agents. The former at Kwaben has succeeded in getting the Christians to set out and build themselves a chapel, has also worled to start a school, and has carried on his preaching journeys energetically. The latter has a community school numbering 40 in Begoro, has been working to increase the numbers of children involved, and seems to be exerting himself to steer clear of his old inefficiency. Ofori has begged to be transferred from Kibi – his wife’s illness has already kept her in Akwapim for over a year. Boabea is apparently and Asiakwa man. He suggests that Sakyi should be removed from Asiaman to somewhere where he can be closely supervised, and replaced by Teacher Dako who has difficulties in Apedwa because this is in his wife’s home town and he is involved in all sorts of family affairs. Apedwa would then have to be left without a resident agent. The catechist in Tumfa wants assistance – Huppenbauer proposes Obroni of Kwabeng who had previously been in the Teachers’ Seminary. Fankyenenko needs an agent too – there are catechumen in Dwenase, Obompe and Osino. In Fankyenenko there is little interest, but there is a house with two rooms already inhabitable. They propose for the post the Kibi Christian Brako who can read and write, a young upright man who has a good reputation. He also suggests that Anyinasin should have a teacher. For that place he would propose Amoa from Tete, who could be replaced by Okyiri, a young literate from Kibi. The Abomosu community have pleaded not to be entirely ‘thrown away’. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.I..6 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.I. - District Conference Akwapim-Akem Title A name given to the resource Station Conference Protocol 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: 18.05.1885 Proper date: 18.05.1885 Description An account of the resource Reporting a meeting with Okanta, now farming, but with a deep wish to be reaccepted into the Mission at a later date. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.II..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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.II. - Aburi 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: 22.04.1885 Proper date: 22.04.1885 Description An account of the resource Since Catechist Afwireng has been persistently ill, and often apparently close to death, they suggest that he be sent to Dr Fisch in Aburi for a last attempt at cure. Ramseyer in a subscript reports that since his arrival in Aburi Afwireng’s brother Deacon Obeng has asked that he be sent to him in Nsakye. Ramseyer comments that they seem to have more trust in native than European medicine. And in the Stations Conference report itself it is said that Afwireng had been attended by many doctors in Kwahu. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.V..122 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Abetifi Station Conference 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: 20.05.1885 Proper date: 20.05.1885 Description An account of the resource A full report on the illness of Afwireng and the attempt to settle a catechist at Obo. After Afwireng was settled at Obo he was frequently visited, but things went along very slowly indeed. After two months he began to complain of pains in his arms and legs, and since he had arrived from Akwapim with an injured and swollen foot Dilger felt that this illness was a continuation of his old problems, and that rest and quiet would cure it. He was told, however, by doctors (traditonal presumably) that he was being poisoned, and instead of patiently waiting for the illness to run its course he became more and more convinced that they were right, and went about in a growing state of anxiety and fright. At this stage Kwabi was brought in by Afwireng – Dilger describes the treatment as drastic, without being specific. A few days after this he began to have fainting fits and they began to be really concerned about the danger to his life. Kwabi's comment was that his good medicine would be of no good if God had decided to call Afwireng to him. Afwireng was panic-stricken at this suggestion, with Kwabi present he got better again, and the missionaries suggested that he should return to Mpraeso and live with Kwabi for a time. However, the fainting fits continued. At this stage' Afwireng asked Dilger's advice about calling in another 'doctor', who, Dilger adds, was not only a heathen but a bad one. He was, however, a relative of Afwireng. The new doctor, knowing that he could not expect any payment for what he did for Afwireng advised him and Kwabi to claim the money they had lost since the beginning of the illness from the fetish priest of Obo who mus have poisoned him. The two teachers therefore sent to the fetish priest with the advice that he should come and heal the sick man. The fetish priest denied that it was he who had poisoned Afwireng, and swore the Kwahuhene's oath on the matter; but in the Kwahuhene's court the case went against him. At this stage the 'doctor' claimed 20 dollars. Dilger heard about this first on a Saturday in terms that the Kwahuhene had ordered the fetish priest to pay the costs of Afwireng's treatment and compensate him for the time he had lost. The matter had to rest on the next day because if was Sunday, but the next day Dilger met Kwabi and ordered that all moneys received had to be paid back since it was not right to take vengeance in this way. Kwabi asked about the covering of Afwireng's payments and Dilger said that the he could not promise it he thought the Basel Committee would cover these 'in these exceptional circumstances'. The money was exchanged ‘after the exchange of a number of letters in my presence', and after 20 dollars had been given to the heathen 'doctor'which he refused to give up. Dilger promised to regard that sum as part of the expenses of Afwireng's illness which he would ask the Basel Committee to refund. Shortly after this they made the suggestion that Afwireng might go back to Akwapim for a time to see if that helped him, His wife said that if he were going to die he would die in Akwapim as well as in Kwahu, and if he were going to be cured, similarly - 'Such a speech naturally pleased us'. Eventually he went, however, when the suggestion came from Ramseyer himself, and the idea of his being under Dr. Fisch was spoken about. Dilger welcomes the latter point - he needs to know whether this poisoning story has any truth in order to formulate a policy for the next step to do with Obo. Subscript to the letter from Ramseyer: The story was not known to him before his visit to Kwahu as a result of which Afwireng was brought down to Akwapim, except the extent that they knew that Afwireng had been withdrawn to Bepong as a reult of his illness and that poison was suspected. He brought Afwireng to Akwapim particularly on account of this poisoning story. Ramseyer obviously does not believe it in the slightest, saying (vis-vis Kwabi) that their employees are still sometimes somewhat superstitious, and that experience teaches that the African has no poison which can be given to a man surreptitiously - Paulo Mohenu himself bore witness to that effect. No-one in fact can say when and how poison was given to Afwireng. Ramseyer regrets that no-one took up this question with any energy - Afwireng has now lost all courage, and all energy to resist indeed one of the 'doctors' had made fetish for him. Ramseyer reprimanded him sharply for this. He is puzzled too by the scale of Afwireng's outlay on doctors. He had 20 of them, but the custom is that you pay the doctor a few shillings, and then only after he has cured you. As for Obo that should be re-settled with fresh courage. Subscript to the letter from Dr Fisch with a diagnosis of Afwireng’s disease. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.V..124 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Dilger 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: 18.06.1885 Proper date: 18.06.1885 Description An account of the resource A report of a Christian turned Mohammedan who visited him twice - Dilger's report is concerned with their arguments and no clear picture emerges of the man himself, other than he was propagating Mohammedanism and had been a Wesleyan. Catechist Afwireng reckoned he had lapsed on account of the Wesleyan's high church taxes, According to Dilger the arguments in favour of Mohammedanism which the man advanced to justify his conversions were firstly that the Koran was an older book than the bible, and in the origin of the human race; secondly that there were so many different churches among Christians while all Mohammedans believed the same thing; thirdly that Mohammedanism taught people to follow Christ anyway (his evidence for this was a tract published in London called 'The Way to Heaven’ with the motto 'No saviour but Christ'). Dilger's main counter argument was in terms of Mohammedanism armed conversion campaigns being wrong (he cites the destruction of the church in North Africa). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.V..128 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Dilger 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: 09.07.1885 Proper date: 09.07.1885 Description An account of the resource A letter accompanying a drawing by Catechist Mensah of the Buruku rock. Dilger's letter offers some information on the Buruku traditions as he knew them. The rock was a white ant which eat some Afase-yam died and broke up. The little girls do a wild dance around it every year. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.V..129-130 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Dilger 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: 11.07.1885 Proper date: 11.07.1885 Description An account of the resource On the preaching journeys which Tschopp have made with Dilger he had suffered from the heat and the thirst and his heal does not set itself under God's leading as a result. Since his arrival two brothers have died. On his arrival one of the main impressions seems to have been the noise in Abetifi itself. And when someone died at night they fire four shots repeatedly. He is teaching two hours a week in the school – geography and the pupils find the English and German names very burdensome. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.V..131 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Tschopp to Basel - A Quarterly Report Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 18.07.1885 Proper date: 18.07.1885 Description An account of the resource Translating a letter he has received from Kwabi, to the effect that (i) he was called to the bedside of a catechumen who thought he was dying and appealed for baptism - Kwabi baptised him Johannes in the presence of some of the Christians, although in the and he did not in fact die. (ii) The man thought he had been poisoned by two men - and Kwabi sent into the town to inform the chief of this. (iii) The town however is in uproar because of the number of deaths in the last 4 months – 115 or more - and regard the Christians presence as partly responsible, Dilger's comment is that it is sad to see a town where they once had high hopes. The whole town used to come to street preaching, and it was so quiet you could imagine yourself in a church in Europe - given over in this way – on the first onset of smallpox they brought the sore-ridden corpses into the town dancing around them. Though he also comments that there is news that a fetish priest has announced that he wants to attend baptismal instruction. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.V..132 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Dilger 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: 12.08.1885 Proper date: 12.08.1885 Description An account of the resource Request for permission to return to Europe on account of (i) his own difficulty in breathing (ii) his wife's acute rheumatism (iii) the fact that two of his children are old enough to need to be taken out of the bad influence of their current environment. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.V..125 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Dilger to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 16.09.1885 Proper date: 16.09.1885 Description An account of the resource Reports visiting the house of an elder of Abetifi who had for some time been considering becoming a Christian though the chief and people were set on dissuading him. He found there a tiny starving baby, the mother had died at its birth, and no-one had been found to nurse it not even for money. Dilger offered to send milk for it, though it died a week after. He is downcast by the fact that no-one troubled to inform the missionaries about what was happening earlier although Christians were constantly visiting the house. The mother was a slave, the elder describing her as his daughter. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.V..133 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-01.43 - Ghana 1885: D-01.43.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Dilger to Basel