344 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/. Description An account of the resource Apparently written by D. Boagye. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.IV..99 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 Report in the 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: 31.12.1885 Proper date: 31.12.1885 Description An account of the resource 6 young people excluded for adultery and drunkenness, 6 old women died, the congregation of the district at the end of the year numbering 144 with 6l communicants and 4 non-communicants, the rest being children. The most recent Kukurantumi baptism included 5 emancipated slaves, and 6 natives of the town. There is a school in operation, with 29 pupils. Most of the emancipated Christians have left their station and made their settlement at Accra and has become heathens. These people bring great troubles on the station and it is good they leave it. Ewi is still working in Tafo, but there was only one baptism in the year and the community totals 13. Osiem - 14 in the community, 2 exclusions of women who (sisters) sacrificed a sheep for the sake of an ill uncle who was told he was ill because his nieces had become Christians. Mmease - progress (community now 10) and the chief friendly, offering to give land. Anyinasin - a five months struggle because though they liked having an evangelist (John Amoa) they did not like his goats. In the end the threat toremove the evangelist apparently ensured the reception of the goats. A preaching tour of the Juaben villages was well received, and in Afidwase street dancing was stopped for their preaching. They want someone to settle there with them. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.IV..102 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 Mullings' Report on the Kukurantumi Area 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: 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: 16.10.1885 Proper date: 16.10.1885 Description An account of the resource Proposing that Agogo be settled as a European station - the area is too distant from Abetifi to be supervised properly by the missionaries there. The Agogohene has already asked twice for a teacher. This is connected with a new appraisal of the situation in Asante. The current anarchy in Kumasi resulting in the falling away from Asante of still more states has meant that the settlement of a missionary in Kumasi is no longer the first step towards an Asante mission -indeed the Asante kingdom no longer exists, only the Asante nation. Part of his argument that the mission should step forward he cites the case of Abetifi. If they had arrived there four weeks later in 1875 they might well have been refused permission to build a station. As it was they arrived just at the time when Asante ambassadors with a great sum of money were negotiating for the return of Kwahu to the Kumasi allegiance, and had they not arrived when they did it is possible that they would have been successful. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.V..126 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 Ramseyer to Basel (from Neuenburg) 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: 10.09.1884 Proper date: 10.09.1884 Description An account of the resource Concerning the admininistration of the Kibi Middle School Baur and Marquart allege that the school was founded simply because the Akim pupils claimed the Akwapim teachers were "blased against them, and also that Akwapim fufu were too small. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.IV..119 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 Kibi Stations 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: 26.10.1885 Date late: 06.11.1885 Proper date: 26.10.1885-06.11.1885 Description An account of the resource The new teacher for Boso was an Anum man who had gone through several classes of the Akropong Middle School. (This is R. Papa), The Palime congregation had come into being after about a year's preaching by the teacher from Bose and the Bose community. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.VI..141-141a 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.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Asante to School Inspector J.M. Müller and Note by Müller 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: 14.01.1886 Proper date: 14.01.1886 Description An account of the resource During the year the station was strengthened by the arrival of Missionary Tschopp and Missionary Sitzler. The year was bad from the health angle. Tschopp almost died of a fever, Mrs Dilger was badly ill with rheumatism, and towards the end of the year the two oldest Dilger children were badly ill with fever. Catechist Afwireng had to return to Akwapim because of bad health, and in his place Kofi Eliezer was set to Kwahu and stationed in Bepong. Catechist Mensah refused to be transferred to Agogo. Catechist Kwabi was instructed over the course of the last year to concentrate more on Mpraeso. Evangelist Otieko leaves much to be desired in his work in the Abitifi town school, in terms of his both zeal and tact. Evangelist Beko works well, and through him the outstations in Nkwatia and Bepong have been brought to life. The Abetifi community gave the missionaries a lot of trouble. During the year Dilger managed to get all the Christians to move onto the mission land - several had begun houses and managed to complete them for this, others built themselves 3 large temporary huts to use till they had built their proper houses. Though some of them finished their houses, several went travelling when their houses were only partly finished, and the uncovered walls fell down. Several Christians had to be excluded because of coarseness and intentional sin. On the whole the Christians were moved by a bad spirit that broke our hearts. God persued them and punished them, but they took no notice. The smallpox epidemic resulted in a large number of deaths, and 2 adult and two child Christians died. The missionaries hoped this would drive the Christians to a greater earnestness but it only made a deep impression on a few of them. Mpraeso on the other hand gave the missionaries such joy. The Christians there are good, zealous, and serious. A few excluded Christians were re-accepted, and several people baptised. There are a number of baptismal candidates awaiting baptism in 1886. Bepong, having no resident teacher in the first part of the year has no new Christians, although since a teacher was posted there several people have come forward into the catechumenate, including two old men. In Nkwatia 4 young married men have been baptised, and there are 4 catechumens. The missionaries have found themselves involved in two palavers during the course of the year. (i) The Abetifi chief and one of his elders had a dispute and the elder swore the Kwahuhene's oath against the Abetifi chief. The Abetifi chief, however, refused to go the Kwahuhene's court since this was in itself an act of humility towards the elder. The elder's supporters got together and urged the Abetifi chief to go the Kwahuhene's court. The Christians appealed to Dilger to intervene because they feared strife and the ruin of the town, and Dilger willingly did this on behalf of the mission work as well. They appealed to the Kwahu king to go to Abetifi to settle the dispute - he refused their request, but nevertheless followed back to Abetifi 2 hours later, informed the missionaries of his arrival, and settled the dispute. (ii) King Atta at Kibi had his fingers in another problem which threateded to blow up into serious strife, but Dilger dealt with this by writing to him asking if he were going to withdraw his messengers or not. After a few days this was done. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.V..135-136 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 Annual Report for the Year 1885 for the Station of Abetifi Written by Dilger 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: 09.02.1886 Proper date: 09.02.1886 Description An account of the resource The monthly payment received by boys in the higher classes was 2s (NB he gives an exchange rate of £4 to 100 Francs). Frequently he is badgered by relatives of the boys who want money from the mission because they are at school. He has even been asked for £4, the usual price of a man. Even Christians will make approaches of this kind. A Christian brought his nephew who would return to school on the condition that the missionaries would pay his (the uncle's) debt of £1. In the end they advanced him £1 on the agreement of his future service as a carrier. The holidays present a time of danger to the pupils – they return with evident damage to their souls. In the mid-year holidays 1885 one boy went to Accra, another to the Afram to catch fish, others to the Abetifi farming villages. After the holidays three were missing. One had smallpox and it was 3 months before he could return from the farming village where he was ill. Another was looking after his ill mother. Another had been pawned by his mother for £2. The second term was marked by an accident to one Kwaku Darefow of Tweneduruase - he lost the sight of his left eye and Tschopp was sorry to see him go because - unlike his colleagues - he was often to be seen in his spare time reading his Twi bible. A notable part of the school year is the not infrequent accompanying of the missionaries by the scholars on preaching journeys - their singing attracts crowds of people. The distribution of presents at Christmas gave him much work, but the Christians and the scholars much joy. They decorated the Christmas tree with red roses out of their garden, and little candles and biscuits. The presents consisted of clothes, handkerchiefs, little knives, mouthorgans and biscuits. Preaching journeys and Christmas make an important change for the boys, who are used to living almost without oversight in the country. They find schoolwork unpleasant, especially as few of them have any idea of the value of learning. Their time of leaving school too presents great dangers because while a few can learn a trade, most must simply sit around - they are not capable of learning a trade. Nevertheless the boarding school is a place where the Word of God is planted. In the report is an account of a typical day in which the notable points are that the boys were eating in the town, and that for two hours each day they were employed in cleaning the station. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.V..137 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 Report for the Year 1885 - the Boarding School in Abetifi (Written by Tschopp) 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: 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 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: 10.10.1885 Proper date: 10.10.1885 Description An account of the resource In an illness which he suffered in July the Abetifi chief came to visit him. He is friendly disposed, and now and again visits the mission, but Tschopp considers that it would still be a large step before he could become a Christian. There is a fine coffee plantation belonging to the Christians between the mission station and Abetifi town. The children shout at them ‘Awura, awura’ as they pass, and while some of the adults greet them politely others shout that they are hungry and ask for money, others beg for tobacco, others want to take a letter to the coast in order to bring back a load, a woman wants to sell maize. At the Nkwatia entrance to the village salt was being sold, and there was a smithy. By the fireplace in the smithy stood two small idols with human faces. Tschopp bought 2 hoes for the usual price, Fr.1.25. Describing a visit to Nkwatia, he reports near the town a great heap of broken pots - the place where people throw the pots belonging to the dead. Further there was a whole crown of figurines 30cm to 1.3metres in height, standing or lying, with a scrap of cloth round their necks, and neatly engraved faces. Nearby was a little door erected at the side of the path to deny passage into the town of a certain spirit. The preaching is twice mentioned - Tsohopp in Nkwatia preached on God's love, and in Mpraeso Dilger preached on the smallpox epidemic. One of the schoolboys accompanying them was an ex-slave boy from the interior. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.V..134 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 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: 18.01.1886 Proper date: 18.01.1886 Description An account of the resource Personnel of the Anum Mission District: David Asante Teacher H. Amanin at Anum Teacher Chr. Asiedu at Boso Monitor R. Dapa at Boso Teacher J. Okanta at Palime. There seem to have been no journeys into Nkonya-Buem - at any rate Asante's main preaching journey (of 57 days) was into Fante land, and involved the selling of books as well. The Anum community increased by 15 in the course of the year - 5 heathen adults baptised, 2 heathen children baptised, 5 people moved to Anum who were already Christians. 1 was re-accepted, and 2 children were born to Christians. On the other hand 4 members had to be excluded, and 3 moved away. There are now 13 houses on the mission land. The progress of the community is discussed only in general terms - there are no family prayers, but they attend prayers conducted by the teacher. They are less mistrustful of the missionary than heretofore. Some members of the community feel a missionary urge towards their own people - sadly these are all illiterate. One woman especially is cited for her busy advising of newly declared Christians. In family life the main criticism is the blind partiality which parents show to their children instead of exercising discipline. They use Luther's little Catechism for instructing their catechumens. Around Anum street preaching has gone on regularly in the villages of Onyano and Toseng, where however, they have made little impact. Also in Dodi and Pekwakubew. In Bosone 1 person had to be excluded from the community, and 4 Christians moved away. The community increased on the other hand by through the baptism of 4 heathen adults and 3 heathen children. 3 children were born to Christians, and 3 Christians moved to Bose from elsewhere. Hostility on the part of the heathen declined towards the end of the year – partly because the costly gifts received from ex-Gold Coast missionaries in Europe (a Communion set, and a steel bell) impressed the chief considerably. They are digging as well in Boso. In Kpalime the community consists only of the teacher's family, and the family of the first converts. They and the catechumens want to live away from the heathens, and ask the Basel Committee to help with the purchase of the land for this. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.43.VI..143 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.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Annual Report for the Year 1885 for the Station of Anum Written by David Asante 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-01.44.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-01.44 - Ghana 1886 Title A name given to the resource Christiansborg Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.44.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-01.44 - Ghana 1886 Title A name given to the resource Abokobi Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.44.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-01.44 - Ghana 1886 Title A name given to the resource Agona-Fante