346 20 77825 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 03.02.1887 Proper date: 03.02.1887 Description An account of the resource The letter is marked private. Reports Ata’s death in the find of consumption. His follower had immediately taken him off on the direct way to Kibi to be buried at Banso. Mohr had told the Governor that there was an outstation close by the burial ground which needed protection, but 'the old gentleman' said that he had no officers to spare. However, he asked Mr Cleland to send one of his people to Kibi to protect the Mission property there against damage. At the beginning of January the Asuums had been fined £50 for contempt of court - they had failed to answer charges against them in the Court in Accra. The Governor would have preferred the whole thing to lie in abeyance, but the missionaries could not allow this to happen. He reports a general reaction among the local agents of sending wives back to Akropong, and themselves stopping work until the troubles have ended. Mohr reckons that as Akwapims and strangers nothing would-have happened to them anyway. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - 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: 17.02.1887 Proper date: 17.02.1887 Description An account of the resource He returned to Begoro from Acora with a military escort oh 16th February Previously after much effort Simonds had persuaded Ata to leave for Accra on January 8th, a few days previously Bosompem and the two other accused had been taken to the coast under military escort, though Ata complained that they would be influenced in their evidence if the case was heard in Accra. All the Kibi Christians went under police escort to Mampong, where they waited until Ata was at Obom before going fight down to the coast. Mohr himself received instructions to go to the coast on 18th January, arrived there on 24th, but the case was never investigated because Ata fell ill almost immediately. The Governor had intended to have a political investigation of relations between Ata and the Christians over the whole period from 1874. Its members had been named as Quaty Jones, Att. General, president, Mr Cleland as representing the Ata,- and Sunter as the Mission's representative. This has however collapsed now, Ata is dead. The missionaries could not let things rest, of course and eventually got Bosompem free on £150 bail. They also had to press for a decision as to Bosompem's innocence, the extorted money and compensation paid for the plundered farms. With the death of the Okyenhene things took on a serious aspect. Unfortunately the Governor allowed the body to be taken straight back to Kibi, and in View of the fact that strife between Christians and heathens-was likely during the excesses of the custom for him, all Kibi Christians were forbidden from returning to Kibi. In the streets of Osu this was turned into the belief that the Governor had given countenance to all Christians leaving Akim. Mohr had submitted two documents to the Governor, one on 10th February on what he believed was currently happening in Akim, and one signed by the Osu missionaries rehearsing the events of 17-26 December 1886 and asking if the missionaries and the Akim Christians could on the whole reckon on being under English protection. This resulted in a Council being held, and the sending of an officer with 60 troops: obviously at present the Government is doing something. On the morning of 12th February Mohr travelled alone to Aburi, but was not allowed to go further except in the convoy of soldiers and notifying the officer of his movement: In Aburi they met a special messenger who reported that the Apapam and Tete people especially had been causing damage - windows were broken in in the Kibi mission house, furniture and the stations' library looted, the shutters taken off and taken away. In the church the harmonium, altar and pulpit had been burned, Christian houses were demolished, boxes etc. found were looted. It was said that the Akims were especially angry with Mohr for having caused the death of the King and bringing an evil destiny onto Akim through his report to the Governor. It was even said that the Tafo and Osiem people were prepared to shoot him, though in fact the arrival of the troops caused a healthy shock in Akim and there was no trouble when he went through these two settlements en route for Begoro. In Begoro he found no Christians - on Ata's death the order had come from Kibi to chase Christians and missionaries away, but Sitzler had persuaded the Begoro people - on the whole well-disposed to them- to give him and Mrs Mohr time to call porters from Akwapim. A few days later 50 Koforidua people arrived, demanding 5-l0/- a day. They were sent away again. Their situation is currently uncertain. Some people believe that there will be war, since the Kibis know that they will not go unpunished. Others think it will not come to this - the missionaries pray daily that no war may come about since that would involve their leaving Akim for a time. The Station presents a stirring spectacle, with the soldiers drilling morning and evening, and living in the Christian village. Captain Lethbridge is so far, thank God, well. Mohr presents a comprehensive and gloomy picture of the situation in Akim, with the services being held only in one instead of 25 places, chapels damaged, Christians robbed, sheep and shepherds wandering to Kwahu, Akwapim and the coast. He is uncertain even whether the community in Kibi would return if there was an English officer stationed there. In a final paragraph on the activities of the local agents he remarks that Anoff in Apapam had the courage to stay at his post, and to go to the local chief and tell him that he held him responsible for the safety of mission preperty. Ntom and Kukurantumi and Tete in Asiakwa also stayed at their posts. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..67 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Report 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: 24.02.1887 Proper date: 24.02.1887 Description An account of the resource The letter is printed apparently in full in Heidenbote 1887, pp33-34. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Rösler 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: 08.03.1887 Proper date: 08.03.1887 Description An account of the resource It is conderned with administrative details especially in connection with the activities of the local agents. Anoff apparently arrived in Aburi only on 13th February, and has been given a 6 week vacation. The two schools were being carried on in Begoro. Ntom had that day returned to Kukurantumi to reside there, while Botwe had gone to Apedwa to investigate damage. Anoba and Gyamera had returned to Abomosu/Asunafo for the same purpose, Tate and Boabea to Asiakwa similarly, though Boabea will attempt to start work 1n Tafo again. Labi does not want to go via Tumfa to Aktapim to look after the Akims there. He denies that he had wanted to go to - Accra to get involved in the case over the Akrofi case. Ofori is uncertain whether to take 6 months leave and go to Accra because of the Akrofi case, or go and see what had happened to his things in Kibi. Mohr had told him that if he went to Accra no-one would look out for his things and see what he had lost; he should have stayed at his post and then he would have seen to their protection or seen who had robbed them. They expect the soldiers to go to Kibi in a few days. The rumour that the Abetifi missionaries are beleaguered is now known to be rumour. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..68 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - 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: 12.03.1887 Proper date: 12.03.1887 Description An account of the resource He remarks that Akrofi is Ofori's uncle, chief of Late currently under investigation. Eisenschmid regards him as having much to blame in the Akim disturbances for not having accepted Mohr's instructions, though he is now better disposed. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..69 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Eisenschmid's Subscript to Mohr's Letter (No 68) 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: 21.03.1887 Proper date: 21.03.1887 Description An account of the resource A contemporary report of the Middle School pupils' wish to leave Begoro in middle March. One of Sitzler's tactics was to warn the teachers that if the pupils went away the mission would having nothing for them to do and they would go onto 1/3 pay. The stations' conference in fact asks full powers to send people on 1/3 pay for an unlimited period from 31 Mar if they do not return to their stations. They had had a meeting with the local employees over this point in which harsh words had been spoken, and the protocol reflects the missionaries' anger at the lack of voluntary spirit among their subordinates. The fact that none of the local agents gathered in Begoro had offered to take prayers instead of the sick teacher Asumen was an immediate cause of hard feelings. Mohr had explained that if there was no work for them in Akim then they would have to go back to Aburi to either be posted to another place or sent on leave. Into the general tense feelings Mohr inserted the accusation that had Ofori stayed at his post in Kibi things would have gone differently, to which he replied that he was there for the Christians, who had in fact all gone away, but Mohr pointed out that he had repeated given him instructions to stay to look after the missions’ property, both initially orally and later in writing it. Other points raised in discussion were Ofori’s accusing Mohr of hating him - he was after all as old as Mohr, while Mohr resented Ofori's pressure for more subordinates, especially when the Tumfa district was taken from his responsibilities in 1885. Mohr evidently saw him as pursuing the status of a senior position without being prepared to do the work – one point of friction was Ofori's wish to be allowed to use three rooms of the Kibi Mission House for his household, another that the weekday services were handed over to Boabea instead of being taken by Ofori himself. He had also had 11 weeks' leave in 1886. He has now however gone with Captain Brenan to Kibi to see what has happened to mission property and his own. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..70 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Begoro Stations 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 23.03.1887 Proper date: 23.03.1887 Description An account of the resource He complains about Mohr's having criticised him in public. The agents' side had felt it a provocation that - according to this letter - Mohr had accused them of instigating the school boys to want to run easy because they were themselves afraid. He also complains that Mohr is grumbling at their not doing anything, though the officer in charge of the English troops has forbidden them to return to their posts until it is clear what is going to happen when the troops go to Kibi. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..71 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Ofori to Eisenschmid als General Präses 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: 27.03.1887 Date late: 11.04.1887 Proper date: 27.03.1887-11.04.1887 Description An account of the resource The reactions are not unanimous; Eisenschmid takes Mohr‘s part, but Jos. Müller points out that they do not know whether or not the agents are prevented from returning to their posts by the orders of the military or their own fears, and if the former then the proposed action is hardly fair, if the latter then they should be straightforwardly suspended for disobedience. He also points out that Mohr had made a mistake in talking to Ofori in public, and in harsh terms. Steiner proposes a 3 month suspension for Ofori with half pay. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..73 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Subscripts from Eisenschmid, Müller and Steiner to Ofori's Letter (No 71) 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: 12.04.1887 Proper date: 12.04.1887 Description An account of the resource Points out the problems involved in holding the Kibi School in Begoro, and asked the Executive Committee (Local Committee) to enquire whether the Governor proposes to instruct the Kibi community to return there or not. They first feel that unless a return is prepared in this way the Kibi community will not return. In the meantime they ask for £15 to build a temporary sleeping room for the 30-35 pupils - at that moment they were all sleeping in two rooms in the lower storey of the mission house. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..74 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Begoro Stations 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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 02.05.1887 Proper date: 02.05.1887 Description An account of the resource The letter is marked private. Being called to the coast on 27th April, he had considered it necessary to take his wife to Aburi although her confinement was due on 9th May, but they had got to Aburi in 3 days, without any rain, and with no carrier slipping in the mod to cause an upset. In the Police—Court process in Accra the mission is represented by Mr Bannerman, and the Okyhenhene's side by Mr Moss. Most of the letter is taken up with protest against a letter written by the departed Governor. Points made: 1. He has never been in conflict before in his l2 years of service with the mission in Akim. As missionary in Begoro he had seen everything from a distance and had nothing to do with earlier difficulties with Ata. The difficulties with Ata in December 1886 were only his second time of having dealings with him. In May 1886, the first occasion for having dealings with him, he had invited Mohr to eat with him, and sent him food for 10 days. He had asked him to measure his stone house, and to make plans and proposals as to its extension. Everyone knew Mohr was his 'friend' — in his many letters to him Ata had called him "M'adamfo pa“. 2. When Ata lay dying, he is said to have asked to be baptised. He confessed his sins and asked this urgently, his sister Ohyerewa refused (at first) and then offered to find a Wesleyan, but he asked for a 'German' missionary because he knew them,- and knew too that their services were the right ones. They knew how to put him off, however, and he died before his wish mas acted on. Mohr thinks this must be true - if it were not then the heathen would not any tell this story - an important Akim man who is now a catechumen also told Mohr the same tale. 3. Mohr also protests that he never accused Ata, only asked for protection. The legal relationship was that Ata was the accuser of Bosompem. It was the Governor who called Ata to Accra, and the Governor who would not begin proceedings till M. was in Accra. The Governor asserts that the heathen accuse Mohr of being responsible for Ata's death, but no-one knows who has said this and when. 4. Mohr points out that no Christian has levelled charge against Ata since his return from prison. Boakye's charges were made against the Asuum people. Charges against Ata have been made by heathens — Mohr cites one of an Abomoso man who swore the king's oath was then imprisoned, fined, and an attempt made to force him to drink the blood of three sheep in one sitting who appealed to Government. Comparing his case with Asante's Mohr points out that there had been many points of conflict between Ata fin and Asante. He particularly protests against the idea of being transferred to Anum, and faced with still more building - it is only a year since Dr. Fisch despaired of his recovery from yellow fever,- and in any case he badly wants a chance to devote himself to study and preaching. Mohr's recipe for a settlement is Government backing in restoring the Kibi, Apapam, Tete and Apedwa communities to their former places, and when that has happened he feels sure that no-one except a few people in Ata's immediate family will hold anything against him. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..75 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - 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: 02.05.1887 Proper date: 02.05.1887 Description An account of the resource According to Sitzler the command had been given to chain Mohr to the block while the Kibi troubles were afoot but the command coincided with the arrival of a messenger that with the news of the coming of-a Government’s officer. He criticises the Christians for having little personal courage when the troubles broke out. He again expresses pessimism as the prospects of the return of the Kibi community. The Begoro Christians had pressed Mrs Mohr and himself to move away, offering to carry them to Aburi, but they had refused partly out of concern at the fate of the Begoro station, partly because they were unsure of their reception in the towns they would have had to pass en route. On 10th February there was panic on the station at the news that there were Kibi people in Begoro - the station was clear of all but the local agents and missionaries in 10 minutes (it seems that this was part cause of Sitzler’s comment that the Christians lacked courage, the day before a man had told him that they would not run away and leave their master, that would be shameful). Sitzler was called into the town, and found 2 Kibi people there with the message that all Christians were to leave Akim. He asked for 8 days' grace - this was not allowed. During the night the Christians returned, packed their baggage and prepared to make a communal trek away from Begoro, and then in the morning the missionaries asked after them they had already gone (it appears at this stage that the missionaries would have evacuated could they have get carriers.). Not all the schoolboys left Begoro - some went and lived with heathen families in the town. One such is cited by Sitzer as a prime example of ingratitude - as a six-fingered child he had been saved from death by the earlier Missionary Mohr, and had been brought up right through his life by missionaries. He had almost been dismissed from the Middle School in the previous year through being so much involved with a heathen girl, and at the departure of the Christians he went to live in the town again and got involved with another. After considerable efforts Sitzler managed to get the other pupils sleeping back on the station - the ultimate and effective deterrent was that if they did not obey him in this, they would be dismissed from the school. Sitzler writes that it was a hard struggle to get the school re—started again. Not only were the boys unwilling, the teachers were very resistant to start work when their colleagues from Kibi and the outstations were still idle. On 14th March Lethbridge and Brennan set out for Kibi. In discussions there the chiefs declare they would have no part with £500 compensation for damages, and would fight. Only one chief had brought his men with him. He repeats materia1 about the struggle to keep the schools in session at the time of the troops' moving to Kibi, with the additional point of an aphorism to persuade the teachers to take initiatives in keeping the schools going - 'everybody takes it for granted, right through the world, if someone isn't working, he doesn't get paid’ (Das verstehe sich in aller Welt von selbst, wenn jewand ncht arbeitet, wird er auch nicht bezahlt).The energy with which the teachers set about their task on this news was evidence of their interest in money once more - 'when-will our people start to work because their hearts tell them to, and not just because they are paid?' He reports that in Holy Week the agents were sent back to their posts, but five had returned to Begoro before he signed the letter. Everyone thinks that until Christians are settled once more at Kibi the other towns will not accept Christians. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Sitzler 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: 11.05.1887 Proper date: 11.05.1887 Description An account of the resource Includes the news that the high court in Accra had found against the prosecution in the case in which Bosompem was involved. The Christians broke out into song-in the court building; and into the night paraded around the streets of the town singing. The Governor met him later and sounded sympathetic, while the chief justice said it was hard to think of a way of proceedings for damages in such a case. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..76 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Rottmann 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: 05.06.1887 Proper date: 05.06.1887 Description An account of the resource Complains about the dealy involved in settling the matter in Akim. Lethbridge has no troops now, and this gives the Akim chiefs room for manoeuvre. The £500 has been collected. A ‘Bond of Peace' is being prepared. Turton (Colonial Secretary) is unfortunately hostile to the mission. He told Mohr that Lethbridge had been presented with a list of conditions on which the Christians would be allowed back into Akim. No fishing in certain streams, no planting certain types of yam, no working on certain week-days. There are also complaints about Christians not taking their cases before village chiefs. Mohr is keen on things being arranged, otherwise the crucial aspect of the Ata problem will recur, people not knowing how far they could go. Administrator White has promised to get the Christians back as quickly as possible, but having had such trouble collecting the £500 fine he is not disposed to collect damages for the Christians, even for the £126 extorted in Kibi. Mohr offered to abstain from legal processes if this sum could be covered, but White said he had nothing to do with the courts. Mohr complains that the Christians are being pushed towards the courts though they do not know who actually stole their possessions in most cases, while much of the damage would have been avoided if only Governor Griffith had taken Mohr's advice to send a man with the funeral procession into Akim. Mohr talked to White about his own position. A letter accusing him of various misdeeds had in fact turned out to be identical to one found by Mohr, which had been written by Lethbridge's interpreter. Mohr points out that this man, now calling himself Newman, is no less than the long-ago dismissed Basel Mission. Akwapim employee, Obuobisa. He felt that he had probably been bribed by the Kibi people to intrigue against him. White agreed that his long stay in Begoro had not given rise to charges, and a letter had arrived from Lethbridge saying that the Kibi people had nothing against him really. In the Kibi community there are some of the opinion that if they do not receive compensation they should find some easy and profitable place to settle down. Mohr is evidently very pleased with Bosompem's attitudes. He has said that the community belongs to Akim and should return there. He has also said not a word about court cases to revenge himself on the people who caused him all his trouble. Mohr had been making investigations as to how people lapsed during the persecution. In many villages people went no further than that Christians should move back to live with their heathen relatives. Others had to swear that they would no longer live on mission land. Others to swear that they would have nothing to do with the 'school people'. So far he has uncovered no requirement to express hatred of or curse the name of Jesus. In some places people were told to call the fetish. This they did with the mental footnote that they did not believe the fetish existed, that Jesus knew that they thought in this way, and that He knew that they loved him. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..77 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - 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: 30.06.1887 Proper date: 30.06.1887 Description An account of the resource The Akim chiefs are bonded to keep the peace on pain of £1000 fine. Complaining about the character of the English response to the Akim problem he reports that the Akim chiefs had been called to Begoro on a certain date - none came, and later a messenger came saying they wished to meet in Kibi, not Begoro. The English officer involved agreed, and set out for Kibi on a Sunday although there was no hurry. His interpreter uses his position to send the Christians away unheard whenever they make charges, while charges made by the heathen against the Christians are reported in great detail to the coast. On his return to Begoro while someone (Brennan or Lethbridge) said that if he were King of Akim he would chase the Christians out of his country too. Meanwhile the Hausas steal things from the Christians, usually when the former are in service, and the English officers will not consider any charges against the Hausas unless supported by witnesses. It seems the chief of Abomosu has been judged liable to pay £40 damages for what happened to the chapel in Asunafo but laughs when anyone asks him to pay this sum. Rösler knows nothing about the negotiations with the Kibi chiefs except what the heathen tell him, though the latest information (again not officially communicated to him) is that though Lethbridge had thought his duties were over, he has been instructed to remain in Akim until the end of the obsequy customs, and the choice of a new Okyenhene (the Government appears to have believed that there was a link between these events), following which the Christians would be re-introduced. The Governor appears to have given the Kibi chiefs 6 weeks to complete this, but Rösler feels sure that they will try to get another 40 day delay. They hear that the Government has got the Kibi people to work on the repair of the Mission House and Chapel, though they are not making the best job of it (he hears) and also they want in the Christians to settle somewhere else eventually. They are interested in the choice of Okyenhene – then being two candidates, one a weakly gifted brother of Ata, the other a 16 year old matrilineal nephew. The bulk of the chiefs favour the latter: the former would really mean a ‘regiment of women', including especially the Queen Mother and Ata's well-known sister Okyerera. In fact there is a sprinkling of Christians returning to the outstations, and indeed in the places nearest Begoro the local agents are back at work in Kukurantumi, Tafo, Fankyeneko, Anyinam, Kwabeng Tumfa Asiakwa, Asafo. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..93 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Rösler 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: 25.07.1887 Proper date: 25.07.1887 Description An account of the resource There are papers about the suspension without pay of Evang. G. Botwe called to Begoro to attend lessons he had refused to do so, and informed them that he was going to Nsakye to make farm. He was literate, but not very well educated. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..78 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Sitzler 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: 10.08.1887 Proper date: 10.08.1887 Description An account of the resource Governor Griffith's letter suggesting Mohr should be posted away from Akim had arrived in the hands of the Mission the day after he sailed away. And this was after Mohr had been in Osu for three weeks; and could have answered the allegations had they been made. Mohr then reviews the evidence etc. against him. The main support for Griffith's 1etter was the letter which Mohr had sent to Ata's secretary Kwaku Nyako (otherwise Hudson), and their ex—teacher Oforidee. They believed that Bosompem really was in danger of his life, also that they could not be sure that the messenger sent from Apapa wmould get through, and this was one way of alerting the Akropong brethren to the dangers of the situation. Rottmann the cashier in Christiansborg had been especially puzzled as to why they had paid the money out which they did pay out in Kibi (Mohr points out in passing that this letter is evidence that £500 and not £3,500 was the losses stated at the time from the alleged theft. The latter figure was what was being put forward in the Accra court proceedings.) Even had the £500 been paid and lost. One man's life was worth far more than the money. Mohr reckons the Fante involved in the affair had told the others in prison that he was receiving £4 and l/- per day for his part in the affair, no money had been stolen. Commenting once more on the letter sent to Oforidee and Nyako, Mohr points out that Oforidee had worked previously under his supervision. Moreover they work with the Okyenhene's linguist Agyeman and Ata's brother-in-law Odo of Tumfa, were the people to whom the cash collected by the missionaries was actually given over for safe-keeping. Mohr had also warned Oforidee frequently to hold the king back from his illegal acts, while in fact they were both privy to the secret plan. Then the Okyenhene died, the Governor allowed the heathen party to return to Akim and indeed gave them £50 for the custom, while they spoke threats to the Christians and indeed in the Nsawam district beat up a number of Christians whom they met with the result that one of them died later. Mohr therefore sent this letter with the objective of saving the £126 pounds and including the point that their original 'devilish plan' as known to the missionaries. He argues that the tone of the letter should not have surprised anyone who among the mission's friends did not believe that Ata's death was a judgement? One problem seeds to have been that the letter include the phrase that a copy would be given to the Governor. This was not done, and Turton had viewed this point in its worst light. Mohr however explains that he had been busy with a memo which Rottmann had asked him to send to the Governor, and having finished this was immediately overtaken with by the news of the destruction in Kibi etc. and the holding of a Council which decided Mohr should return to Akim with a military escort. The accusation had also been made that the letter had contributed to the anger and was thus partly responsible for the destruction. Unfortunately the Kukurantumi catechist could not remember whether it had reached Kibi on the 12th or 13th February. Neverhteless an Apapam Christian had seen pieces of the Kibi mission-house furniture in Apapam on February 5th and Mohr was able to report a series of misdeeds on February 5th, so that it was immaterial whether the letter had arrived on the 11th or l3th. In fact the procession with Ata's corpse had arrive in Kibi on February 4th. Mohr also goes through the events from the Governor's side. His version of what happened after Ata's death repeats other earlier material except that about Cleland's representatives (he calls them 'chiefs'): 'I have learned that they started in Nsawam last Wednesday the 9th, and will probably reach Kibi this evening the llth. Up to the day of the death of the Okyenhene Christians and heathen from Akim had been given subsistence. This ceased on the day of the death, but while the heathen were given £50 the Christians were simply told (through Mohr) to remain in Osu. Mohr also quotes from a memo written on 9th February that a chief called Atshery(?) boasted that they had been given a letter by the Governor in which it was forbidden for any Christian to return to Akim to preach in any Akin town, while in Nsawam Okyerewa swore an oath on chief Obeng that he should kill the Christians in the town - the Governor had given permission for this. He complains that after the hearing of early May no proceedings had been taken for false witness against witnesses on the Okyenhene's side who had been shown to be lying, while the costs of the action had been laid on the Christians. This even though the Attorney General was friendly disposed to them. Turton he identifies as their chief adversary – a Catholic. He was the chief cause of Boakye's case against the Asuum people being held up, and had caused Boakye to be known as a 'bad fellow' - a phrase used of him by Griffiths in an interviwm with Rottmann and Mohr. Mohr defends himself vigorously from the suggestion that the soldiers are being kept in Begoro (where they have commenced to trade) for the sake of his safety. In April he journeyed without escort to Aburi. The comparison which showed that Obuobisa had written the Kibi letter about Mohr was not a comparison of texts, but a comparison of handwritings. In discussing this point Mohr writes that he had explained to Lethbridge that (who is named as the officer who had said he would have thrown the Christians out of Akim if he had been king) that the missionaries saw the-struggle as one between heathenism and Christianity which now promises to become a power – but he had derided this view. He reviews the history of the conflict once more, especially in the light of the accusation by the Governor that he had acted in such a way as ‘had materially affected the moral influence which a Christian missionary should exercise', pointing out that they were taken back to Kibi by force and that the aggression was all on the side of the Okyenhene. The guarantee of responsibility signed by the chiefs who called Mohr back from Apedwa was required by Ata on 22 December and Mohr handed it over, but only after secretly making a copy and having it witnessed by a number of the Christians. One point he present in evidence of the cordiality of relations between himself and Ata in May 1886 is the fact that Ata had allowed him to photograph himself, his mother, his sister, and two of his wives. He defends himself against the saying, common among the missionaries even, that he was Ata's chief accuser - he had after all gone to Begoro rather that the coast deliberately in order to avoid this appearance, and went to the coast in early January only after pressure from the Governor per Missionary Rottmann. Mohr's subscript dated 15 August reports that Lethbridge had been instructed to go to Kibi and force four chiefs to sign the bond of peace - those of Abomosu, Osenase, Wankyi and Akyease. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV.,79 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - 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: 19.08.1887 Proper date: 19.08.1887 Description An account of the resource Of the six pupils in the senior class in the Kibi school at the beginning of the school year, three had got as far as examination to enter the Middle School. Of the other three one had been taken by his parents to the coast and died, one had gone to the Akropong Boarding School and been kept their there on the instructions of his mother's sister who lives there. The third had heathen parents who have only in the past week returned him to the school. They must therefore have a class of three, in the hope that more will follow. No pupils from Abetifi was qualified, though a previous pupil of the Akropong Middle School has arrived and begged to be taken on - the son of heathen parents he has been brought up by an elder brother who is one of the presbyters at Nsakye. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..81 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Sitzler's Report on Schools in Akim at the End of the School Year 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: 23.08.1887 Proper date: 23.08.1887 Description An account of the resource Lists the four chiefs who are being forced to sign the bond of peace, but omits Osenase and adds instead Okyereso. Obomosu and Akyease have signified that they will not meet Lethbridge in Kibi for this purpose. Apparently the idea at this stage was for £100 of the £500 collected to be given to the heathen, the rest to the Christians. Mohr criticised the idea of returning money to the heathen, and also pointed out that the £500 had been collected in 30/- units from all the heathen irrespective of how much damage they had done - Okyerewa, for example was getting off scot free. And if £100 was returned, instead of the people who had stolen property and then returned it getting the money, it would simply be divided among the chiefs. Over the return of the Christians Mohr has suggested to them that they refuse until the £126 extorted in the December Days had been returned. A case has come before the court in Accra in which a servant of Ata's, Yam Bekye, who had been accused of the theft, tried to get £64 back from Apeaning, one of the Okyenhene's treasurers. The judge had argued that Apeaning was not personally responsible, however, and asked Bekye to bring the claim up once a successor to Ate had been chosen. Mohr had estimated the damage to mission property in Kibi, Tete Apedwa, Asunafo and Abosmsu as £355=3=0. The largest items being the Kibi library valued at £55, and the Mission house furniture at £122= 9=0. The Kibi mission house had glass windows. Community property in Kibi - damage estimated at £92=l2=0 (This includes a computation of 8/- loss personal property in the Kibi school per boy), losses suffered by mission employees at £120=1l=0 (the largest using £30 claim by Ofori, the average being £11,"claimed by Gyima and Ch. Owusu, Okyere, Gyamera, and Botwe). Mohr agrees that the losses can probably be pared down to £450 when returned property etc. is taken into account. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..82 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..86 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource List of Furniture in the Mission House 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: 11.11.1887 Proper date: 11.11.1887 Description An account of the resource Eisenschmid was present as well as Mohr and Rösler. This suggests assigning £128 to repairs etc. at Kibi Mission House, including £68 for furniture and £20 for the Library. The school buildings are assigned £45, and the Kibi catechists’ houses etc. £19. £40 to the Kibi chapel, £30 to the Abomosu catechists’ house, £12 to the Apapam chapel, £8 to be divided among the 40 pupils of the school, £65 among the 9 employees, £175 to be divided among the Christians, plus £126 repayment of money extorted. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..83 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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Stations Conference Protocool at Begoro