349 20 77903 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 05.05.1887 Proper date: 05.05.1887 Description An account of the resource A letter partly devoted to announcing the birth of twins, partly to arguing against Ramseyer’s being posted to Begoro to replace Mohr whom the English Government do not want to have in Akim. Schmid thinks that it was on account of the wives that Ramseyer would not leave the Abetifi station during the troubles with the Juabens in February. This he did in the face of repeated requests by the Kwahu chiefs that he should be there to help them. According to Schmid the key point in the discussions came when he threatened that if the Juabens did not accept the proposal to take the case to the Englisb Government, then Ramseyer would write to the Governor. The chief Juaben said ‘Ramseyer bekum yen nyinaa’. Another point is that it was not simply the Juabens who were turning back Abetifi Christian messengers to the coast, and indeed all Kwahus – such events were also occurring Osino and Nsutam. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.V..116 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.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Schmid to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 22.06.1887 Proper date: 22.06.1887 Description An account of the resource Continuing the history of Amma Tanowa (see the in the volume 47 from 1886 letter No. 85 above). She was in fact proving a considerable worry, knowing nothing about neatness and not being very zealous in the work which was given to do, nor very obedient. She had attempted to run away once, getting as far as Nkwatanang. The man who held her wanted a reward of £l, and Schmid found her in a filthy condition with irons on her feet and one wrist chained to a block as large as herself. He turned out, however, to be a man who had responded very positively to Schmid's preaching in Penease shortly before, and Schmid had no difficulty procuring her release in return for a present of silk handkerchiefs which he tried to make clear was a gift intended as a return for feeding her. After that she contracted Guinea Worm, and another disease which made it impossible for her to feed herself. She had also been involved in a situation in which it became necessary to dismiss the Schmid’s cook. Schmid says this was a bad blow in view of his wife’s preoccupation with their twins. She is extremely unpopular on the station, having shown no scruple about reporting who had stolen one of Schmid’s hens. She was showing little response to Christianity having to be called personally to morning and evening prayers. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.V..117 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.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Schmid 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: 07.07.1887 Proper date: 07.07.1887 Description An account of the resource Reporting the stationing of Assistant Catechist P. Tieko in Nkwatia - the work there must go forward, while in Abetifi it has not proved possible to run a worthwhile school actually in the town. His duties will include the bringing forward of the community and the leading of the work in the mission land. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.V..111 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.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Protocol of the Station 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: 13.06.1887 Proper date: 13.06.1887 Description An account of the resource The pupils all returned on time at the end of the Christmas Holidays (except one who was ill in Bepong), and were early in the term joined by 3 further scholars. There was no diminution of numbers during the course of the year, so that the year finished with 16 pupils. The new pupils were: - Charles Martin Odame who had previously been at the school and then left. - Charles Kwaben Awurae, son of the elder of the church in Asunafo who fled to Abetifi with the other 47 Akim Christians. His father left with the rest on 9th May, leaving his son in the Boarding School. - Kwadro Nkansa The latter is the subject of a long story. His mother had been a slave in Akropong (with an aunt of the current Abetifi catechist Boateng) and had married a man from Nkwatia who had been pawned to the same woman (Tschopp remarks en passant that pawning to an Akwapim is common, .since being nearer the coast they have more money). They ran away to Nkwatia 9 years ago, and though the earlier in Akropong sent messengers to Nkwatia to get the woman back, the husband refused to let her go because the English law did not allow slavery in Akropong. However about 18 months ago the master had given the two children to Bowi in Nkwatia – thoug again the father refused to give them up and the boy in fact stayed for a time on the station with Catechist Boateng, though later returned to Nkwatia. In January the mistress sent someone to fetch the children by force, hence they fled to the mission Station. After discussions with the missionaries they went to their relatives in Abetifi, but the boy was seized and taken to Nkwatia, where next day Tschopp found him and released him from his bonds. Since then he has been in the school, and Tschopp is very pleased with his progress. He certainly looks better than he did when he first came covered only by a tattered cotton cloth. Several days after (the boy entered the school) when the danger was over, the parents returned to Nkwatia. He reports in outline a trek to Peteko on the Afram plains, undertaken to preach. They passed two villages quite empty because the people had gone to the Afram to catch fish. He reports hippopotamus in the Afram, and at the far bank the white painted tempel of the Afram fetish, On the whole the audiences were large and attentive. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.V..118 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.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Tschopp to Basel - Report on the Boarding School in the first half of the 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: 19.07.1887 Proper date: 19.07.1887 Description An account of the resource Asks for a grant of £1 p.a. to each of their catechist/teacher families on the grounds that salt is not only necessary for the preparation of food, but also for the purchase of food at some times, e.g. in May-June and November-December 1886. The explanation offered is that when the Akims or the Asantes in Koforidua are in conflict with the Kwahus they simply close the route to the coast and take away not only loads but also people, at which the Kwahus refuse to sell foodstuffs except against payment of salt. 1 load of salt per year is not enough for one family under these circumstances, therefore the request for £1 (carriage for two loads of salt.) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.V..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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Protocol of the Station 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: 01.02.1888 Proper date: 01.02.1888 Description An account of the resource Details of property: He gives the number of Christian houses in Begoro as 20-24. The DC for Akim was staying in the Begoro Mission House at the time of writing the report. The sleeping and eating accommodation for Middle School pupils in Begoro had been completed. All the Asiakwa Christians are settled on mission land. A chapel was in the process of being built in Anyinam. In Abomosu the Christian village and deacon‘s house had been destroyed. The Akim CC was using a temporary sleeping room put up previously for the Middle School pupils as his court house. And two of the ground floor rooms in the Mission house were being used at his prison. His 25 Hausa soldiers are living in the Christian quarter, and though paid 75d weekly subsistence the missionaries had to press to get any of this paid to the Christian’s providing food. Eventually 50d weekly was agreed on as a reasonable bill. Houses were being built for them, but since each house was earning them only 12 Marks, the people were not hurrying over them. The DC had surveyed a hill near Apapam as a possible eight for a Government settlement, but Governor Griffith had not authorised this. He gives Dr. Smith (the DC) the testimonial that he goes about the work with an unbending integrity and has thereby earned respect not to say fear. He is sharp on chiefs who do not keep that paths and villages clean, and he is much more decisive over against Kwasi Kuma than his predecessor (Captain Lethbridge) was. The missionaries will much regret his leaving when the time comes for that. In Kibi repairs were taken in hand during the year after the damage of the riots, and the buildings were far enough forward for the school to begin again in February. There is much building in the Christian village, since not only are damaged houses being repaired, all the Christians who had previously lived in the Christian quarter of Klbi have now moved onto mission land. In Apedwa and Apapam the damage to mission property was not large, however, the chapel in Apapam was unrepairable (it is not clear from the report whether this was because of riot damage or not) but since there are only 7 adult men in the community, on the missionaries' advice these have put up a temporary structure for services. In Kukurantumi all the Christians are now settled on mission land - in Asiakwa in the text it says they have all begun building, and the phrase is not resolved with the statement in the list of details of property. The mission has no house for its employees in Asafo, Tafo, Anyinasing, Tete, Akropong, Akim, Banso. Only in Asafo and Banso do they have to pay rent, however. Ata had dashed the missions a patch of land in Banso near the royal burial ground, just before the troubles of December 1886, but they had not been able to take possession of this because he was himself buried there now, and feeling was still strong against the Christians on the grounds that they had been responsible for his death. The houses in Abomosu had fallen in because they had been de-roofed. He remarks that the oil and rubber trades are almost in abeyance, and wonders whether something might be done to promote a local production of soap by improving the traditions process and to it adding the use of oil for lighting. The mission staff had not changed during the year. However, with illness, and the need to be present on the Coast for the court case, it was only September when Rösler could make the first tour of the Akim churches of the year. Mohr was forbidden from going to Kibi till December. Among the local employees the following changes had taken place: Cat. Jos. Labi from Tumfa to Apedwa. Evang. Botwe of Apedwa had disgualified himself by running away. Ewi from Abomosu to Tumfa though he has been almost constantly with his family in Kukurantumi and may have to be pensioned because of illness. Boabea to Tafo. Instead or going to Nkwatanang stayed for most of the year helping Ofori in Kibi, he has since been posted to Otumi where there is a little group of 7 Christians and 7 Catechumen. There are no Christians in Nkwatanang. For part of the year Teacher Asumeng was on 1/3 wages, because he had spent a long time sick with a local doctor, not going to see the mission doctor in Aburi as he was warned he should; In the end, when he went to Eckhardt, he was pronounced fit for work after a few weeks treatment. There had been difficulty between Ofori and Mohr during the year. They have adopted the administrative expedient of reducing holidays since so many of their local agents spend longer away from their station than they should on the grounds or sickness. In future this will be punished, unless they have a certificate from the mission doctor. People who do not have their wives with them, and have no good reason for this, are being put on half pay. The local agents travelled for a total of 200 days during the year. As he was writing he heard about a new Government decision on Government presence in Akim. A temporary station was to be built on the Pintang Hill, near Apedwa. In order to facilitate communication the path from Apedwa to Nsawam was to be improved - this would make Apedwa two days away from the coast, while at Bomso, Kade and Sankyi the people will be paid to maintain a boat as ferry. They took the opportunity to give the evangelists a ten week course in the period before they could return to their stations in October. He gives different figures from those in the printed Annual Report. According to this report the decrease was 210 overall, a reduction from 1389 to 1179 members of the Akim Christian community. However of the reduction of 210 53 died, and 95 moved away to another residence. In Begoro overall there was a slight increase in the numbers of people in the community though they suffered a serious loss in the death of their Senior Presbyter Mose. At one time there were as many as 139 soldiers quartered in the Christian village. In Apepam there was a reduction of 21 in the numbers in the community, it now stands at 87. Of these 14 were communicants, including 5 married couples. There are 23 non-communicant adults. Asafo - community at 16, the catechist and wife the only communicants. Mohr cannot understand why this should be. Asiakwa - reduction from 171 to 152, including all baptisms. Tate - a reduction of 15, of which 13 were exclusions. In the Kibi area it was the Apapam and Tete people who were foremost in attacks on the Christians. Tafo and Osiem – 26Cchristians together, 5 of them non-communicants, and 14 children. The Osiem peop1e had been fierce against Christians, beating those who passed through the village during the persecutions. Anyinasing - hard ground, but perhaps things will be improved by the main road from Apedwa to Nsawom when it is in use. Mmase - there are only four non-communicant Christians in this town. (The Kibi and Kukurantumi passages are printed in the Annual Report). Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..100 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 for 1887 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: 14.02.1881 Proper date: 14.02.1881 Description An account of the resource Anyinam - he repeats the point that most of the community are slaves out of Kwahu. The Wife of the presbyter who was sold off to Kwahu with her children has not been returned. Nevertheless at Christmas 2 married couples and two children were baptised. Kwabeng, With Asakwa and Bomma - Seth worked well to protect his community in the days of the revolt, and when he was forced to leave many left with him to Akwapim. Those who remained behind lapsed, and when they said they would wait for re-aoceptance until after the enstoolment of a new chief they were excluded. The Fankyeneko area is a dismal picture – in Fankyeneko attendance at services is desultory, while in Dwenase-there has been a complete lapsing, and in Osino the Christians, who in any case were never more than a married pair, have quite gone back to heathen ways, working on Sundays, and show-no wish to be re-accepted. Reviewing the district around Tumfa, organised as if Tumfa was to be a deacon's centre, Rösler reports that though in 1885 there were high hopes in this area with 44 baptisms, mostly of young people, it had started to be difficult before the persecutions, with boys not persisting in the school in Kibi, and exclusions of members necessary. Since the persecutions only three people have asked for re-acceptance and resettled on mission land. Akropong-Takyiman — the Christians could only return to Akropong in December, since this is a village belonging to the Okyenhene, and the Queen Mother had made an earlier attempt to settle back impossible. A difficult case had occurred there, concerning a Christian who was put in bonds at the time of Ata's investigation of the theft from his house. A nephew of his, a heathen, had said that if he had been his uncle he would have sworn the King's oath. This was reported to the Okyenhene mho then fined the man almost £50. He escaped, hut then his-brother was made to pay the fine, which he did by borrowing-money. After the settlement between Akim and the Christians, the family which lent the money wanted it back. The case came before the DC at Begoro who judged that the money had been loaned and must be paid back, and the beneficiary was dead, so that the whole sum fell on the family of the Christian. (The beneficiary was apparently chief Amu of Asiakma, who had died during the year). The two brothers had agreed to divide the debt, but the Christian was in serious straights, since so much of his property had been stolen. Banso – the community declined only by the single man who moved to Tumfa. The first attempt by the catechist Ofei, to return there came to nothing, however, because the heathen population were very hostile, partly put up to it by the Queen Mother who wants no Christians near the royal cemetery. Even the Christians said that they did not want a teacher, out of fear of trouble. Abomosu - the only Christian who did lapse during the troubles keeps himself quietly on his farm. There are rumours that part of the Christians wish to be re—accepted, however. NB Mohr writes at the end of his report that there are no more settlements of any size awaiting a resident mission agent. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..101 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's Report for 1887 covering the Anyinam and Tumfa districts 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: 26.01.1888 Proper date: 26.01.1888 Description An account of the resource The Middle-School suffered a three-week holiday immediately after the riots of February. The soholars returned in rather a rebellious spirit - Sitzler reckons because two holidays close together had reminded them that idleness is rather nice. Then when the force under Captains Brenan and Lethbridge arrived and it seemed there might be fighting the scholars again asked to be allowed to go away under their own auspices to Akwapim, since they feared that if war came it might take the form of guerilla attacks on Christians. Sitzer however kept them at work threatening them with dismissal if they did go away. The Middle School started the year with 18 pupils. Two were dismissed early in the year. Three graduated at the end of the school year, two of whom sent to the Pastor's Seminary at Akropong, while the third is still living in the heathen town in Begoro. They received 4 new pupils. A very gifted pupil had to be dismissed in the latter part of the year for being pledged to marry a heathen girl - all the local people believed he had ‘fallen’ also. However they made arrangements for him to attend the school privately so that they will be a position to take him back easily if circumstances alter. Another disappointment was John Ayebinim who was warned that laziness would keep him out of Akropong, but he resolved to be lazy, asked for a reference so that he could go to the coast and work for a trader, and when he was refused this (Mohr told him he would go under bodily and physically on the Coast) - has simp1y gone to live in Begoro town. He also communicates the biography of Opuni, a slave child, graduate of the Kibi School, who in 1883 had joined the Middle School, but was so little gifted that he had been dismissed, eventually came to the Begoro Mission House as a servant. His health and mental powers deteriorated fast, however, and he died on Christmas evening 1887. The Kibi School was gradually gathered together in Begoro, reaching 20 pupils - half the size of the earlier school. Heathen parents, of course, became more unwilling to see their sons in school. They ended the year with 28. The Kibi School will be returned to Kibi now that the community is back in residence. He was pleased to learn, when Imm. Boakye's son Agyei was seriously ill in Akropong, the Kibi School pupils asked for him to be remembered in their prayer hour by the teacher who was leading the prayers. (There is a table of information on the pupils at the end of the report.) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Sitzler's Report in the Begoro Middle School and the Kibi School for the Year 1887 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: 23.01.1888 Proper date: 23.01.1888 Description An account of the resource Identifies as a main source of Ata's anger with the Christians that so many of his personal guards had been converted. The Christians of the Kibi district suffered 38 deaths. Ofori explains this as following from the unaccustomed climates in the places to which they fled. When the Christians were taken back to Kibi the other Akim chiefs did not support the Queeen Mother in wanting their exclusion from Kibi. He lists his congregations in Kibi, Apapam, Tete, Apedwa, Asafo and Asiakwa. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..104 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's Report for 1887 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: 31.01.1888 Proper date: 31.01.1888 Description An account of the resource He was absent in Akwapim on vacation when the persecution broke out. On returning to Anyinam he found that many of the Christians had scattered, specifically naming Nkwatia, Agogo and Abokbbi as places to which he had lost members. Anoba's property at least was not damaged – it was taken by some friends of his in Anyinam towns into their house to be looked after. The Asunafo congregation, with only one exception, ran away to Kwahu. While there the property of one man was destroyed (Jos. Gyammera), and much damage was done to the chapel by the Abomosu people - they broke pulpit, door, windows, benches, altar and lamps. Abomosu – he had heard that some of the Christians destroyed their own houses in the breaking up of the Christian village. One Christian woman hung herself in Akropong during the persecutions. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..106 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 Anoba's Report of Anyinam and District in 1887 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: 11.10.1887 Proper date: 11.10.1887 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..97 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 Proclamation from the Colonial Secretary: Kwasi Kuma, the Successor from Ata 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: 30.01.1888 Proper date: 30.01.1888 Description An account of the resource The Christian quarter in Anum has grown from 13 houses to 22 in the course of the year, although only some of the near ones are completed. Personal changes in the course of the year: Teacher Amaning was posted from Anum to Tschatei and Gyadu from Larteh took his place. Chr. Asiedu from Boso was to go to Amvoi, but because of boundary discussions between the Basel and Bremen Missions this was not carried through and he was taken out of the area, He was replaced by Catechist J. Afari and Teacher J. Okyere. The Assistant Catechist Imm. Boakye from Kibi took over Toseng. The personal of the district had undertaken 67 day's travelling – Asante’s only journey seems- to be the one reported in his report for the second quarter (No. 135 below). The Anum community lost 13 persons through all causes, and gained 2 children born to Christian parents, 7 Christian adults moved onto the station, and 46 heathen and heathen children were baptised. At one stage he had (30 presumably adult) catechumens, of whom some lapsed, and some whose baptism he put off on the ground they were not yet ready for it. As for the ‘inner life’ of the community morning prayers-are not as well attended as Sunday Services. He comments that the members of the community approach the Elders first usually about problems, and without the knowledge of Asante himself. The missionary zeal of the community has especially been concentrated in one woman, now called by the heathen ‘Suku-moni’ - i.e. mother of the Christians. Many of the heathens will not now let her into their houses - a fetish priest in Toseng described her as a 'dangerous person’. Zeal in prayer seems more concentrated among the women also. With a few exceptions married life in the community is satisfactory, but the bringing up of children leaves something to be desired in terms of both clothing and parental control. The women surpass the men in their singing, too, again thanks to the zeal in organising Singing meetings shown by the Mother of the Christians Maria Abena. In the course of the year the order of the community was careful gone through, and dealing in pawns, which was threatening to creep into the community, dealt with. They have been working too in the Anum villages - Dodi, Toseng, Nkwakubew (there are 3 Christians in the latter), Apenkwa, Amoama and Amanforo. Their practice now is to spend the whole second part of Sunday in these, their street preaching being adapted to a whole service. In the Boso community they lost 9 members by all causes, and gained 7. The number of scholars increased by 3. These disappointing results were due to a lack of unanimity among the members – many irregularities in the community have been brought to light. There had previously been only one elder the leading spirit in the community, but he has now been joined in that office by two others. Npalime - increase of 6 by baptism of heathen and birth of 2, but lost by exclusion and death 4, while 25 Christians moved away, though out of these the new community at Tschatei was formed. Tschatei increased by baptism of 2 adults, and 3 Christians moving into the town. Beyond his journey to Nkonya in the second quarter Asante also journeyed 14 times in the year to Boso Kpalime. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.VI..138 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.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Annual Report for the Station of Anum for 1887 (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/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 06.04.1887 Proper date: 06.04.1887 Description An account of the resource Asks for s steel bell for the community at Anum and Kpalime. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.VI..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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Asante 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: 20.06.1887 Proper date: 20.06.1887 Description An account of the resource Concerned with a preaching journey into Nkonya May-June 1887. The Tsate outstation is led by Ator, a man who had attended services for a long time Akwapim, Boso and Kpalime, before he became a catechumen, and who then in his zeal was able to persuade several of his family members to join him (the Tsate community consists of 4 Christian families, and the Kayera community 3 families). Now he goes out preaching in the villages around, repeating what he has heard in sermons other people have preached - and he is keen to learn Christian songs to minimise the temptation to go back to the heathen songs of his heathen days. He met no people in Abofrom since they were all on their farms - he was disappointed is this because the Tsate people said that there were young men who would join them if they had a teacher. In Botoku an elder told him that it was no good coming to them on journeys --they must have a teacher who would teach them every day. From there he preached in 6 Wusuta villages, Anvoi villages and Atawuranu villages. The latter, especially in their chief town Agbesie pressed for a teacher - they said they could see that this was a religion of power, but the preaching journeys were not enough to convert them. A youth from Agbesie went a long way with Asante on the next day discussing the Word with him. In Nkonya he preached in Ntwutruru, Kagyebi, Atomda, Tepa, Wurupon, Praprawase. Nothing notable seems to have occurred - in several places he was short of hearers because the people were on their farms. In Kpando the chief and elders pressed for a teacher - the chief gave Asante a son to have educated. He was terrified at the thought he was being sold. The same request was made urgently in Anvoi. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.VI..135 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.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Asante's Report for the Second Quarter 1887 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: 11.08.1887 Proper date: 11.08.1887 Description An account of the resource In Anum since the beginning of the year 7 families and 2 single persons have entered the catechumenate. They include the chief fetish priest of Anum, a man who had been a pupil in the Anum school and was then taken away by his brother. He said there was peace in his new faith. He was settling his domestic arrangements so as to keep one of his three wives – the one who was going to become a Christian with him. The elders of Anum wanted to set themselves against the new Christians, but the chief would not let them. In Kpalime a member of the royal family with other men, has joined the community. Tsatei is now an outstation with Teacher Amaning – the chief and elder receives hinm in a friendly way and promised him school children. There are now two catechumens and a request for a teacher from the village of Toson between Boso and Anum Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.VI..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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Asantes' 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: 02.11.1887 Proper date: 02.11.1887 Description An account of the resource In Boso an old man has been converted - Asante remarks that this shows it is not just the young men who are responding to the message. In Tosen the fetish priest claimed he had received no blessing from serving his fetishes, and now wished to serve the Creator. He invited the Christians to break down his fetish 'temple' and handed over the fetishes, which they took in a triumphal procession back to Anum where they burned them on the station, after having been threatened by the Anum fetish priest who was restrained by the Anum chief. Before the catechist the converted fetish priest his hair cut off, and sat down to enjoy the forbidden foods. In Kpalime an old man has become a catechumen, inviting the catechist and the community to visit his house take away his hunting fetish and burn it. The catechist however appointed a certain day for this ceremony when the community would be there in strength and Asante, too, would be visiting. He sons tried to prevent the destruction of the fetish, and the chief insisted that the burning should take place outside the village. In Nkabukew, renowned for his cruelty, there is also a catechumen. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.VI..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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Asante 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: 20.11.1887 Proper date: 20.11.1887 Description An account of the resource The response in Tosen is sufficient to warrant the money being spent on buying land for a catechist’s house, and the building of a church/school where all the people attending services or the school lessons can be accommodated. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.VI..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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.VI. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Asante 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: 10.10.1887 Proper date: 10.10.1887 Description An account of the resource Akwapim he remembers as a place of no evident poverty and one where one never saw crippled or blind people. In this respect it could be favourably compared with Europe, but in Kwahu both poverty and illness is often seen. He describes the general level of life along the lines that the primitive tribes (“Naturvölker”) have a simple pattern of needs because they know no other. Inter al he remarks that the best crossing places for rivers are often marked only by a creeper which has been stretched across between two trees. Their food is sometimes of scanty quality, but they are hardly ever in a real state of hunger. Describing the illnesses they have seen, he says that smallpox, measles, whooping cough are epidemic. In addition most people suffer from a skin infection at some time in their lives, and at the foot of the Kwahu hill there is a lot of leprosy. People are only isolated during the last stages of this disease, and then only in the sense that they are given a separate room in the compound. Fever is common, and dysentery because of the cold, and the lack of clothing and bedding rheumatism in all its varieties causes much suffering. There are frequent accidents too, coming from sleeping around the fire, and the insecure stands for the cooking pots at the fire (Tschopp had been in the first—aid part of the Swiss army and Schmid describes his treatments as often having good effects). Reciting all this perhaps does not give one a sense of a people in great need and indeed the difference with Europe is that whereas in Europe poverty, illness and accident is treated in a tradition which has been taught the virtues of Christian love, in Kwahu there is some natural love, it is true, but also much lack of feeling, cruelty, and lust for gain in the way these things are handled. Extending his exploration of this difference he argues that polygamy, slavery, pawning, nephew inheritance, and the dark power of superstition are the elements which hide even the remnants of natural love among the people. On the other hand in a Christian country Christian faith enables the sufferer to bear his sufferings calmly and hopefully, partly (not exclusively in this presentation) because of his knowledge of the ‘Homeland above'. The heathen does not know any of this, instead of removing hindrances and letting the natural processes of healing take effect, the heathen either lapse into complete apathy or on the other hand interfere with them forcefully. The plant-world of the tropics offers a large number of medicinal materials which are indeed known 'by rote' to many local people. But they use them impatiently, large quantities of substances with dramatic effects are given. He has seen a woman in a faint being treated with a mixture of lemon juice and pepper in the eyes and nose, and her name shouted in her ear. They are not impressed with European medicines, at least not until they have seen them successfully used. (These they offer at the station at cost price). He repeats the point made during the Afwireng illness that local doctors only charge when the patient is cured (he described these as mostly fetish priests and soothsayers) and offers the proverb ‘Oyare nsae a, wonnye ayaresade’. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.V..120 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.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Schmid's Report to Basel on Poverty, Illness and Accident in the Social Life of Kwahu 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: 18.10.1887 Proper date: 18.10.1887 Description An account of the resource Devoted to a report of his preaching journeys in the first three days of September. In the introduction he reports that Schmid has taken over the boarding school and he is now to devote himself to preaching journeys. He is thankful that he has the health for this, and feels a joy in it. In the quarter he has been able to visit all the 26 towns of Kwahu at least twice. Remarking the Abetifi midden, Tschopp writes that when a town expands the midden becomes surrounded by houses - and he has seen many places where this has occurred. On the Abetifi houses - clearly doors and shutters are not rare, though the majority of the houses are without. There are very few houses with pure earth wall, most are earth plastered on wattle, and their thickness then is only about 2 decimetres thick. The white earth used for the final decorative plaster is to be found near Abetifi- though many houses are not decorated in this way. En route out of Abetifi he passed a grave marked by a framework made of sticks, on which stood a broken brandy bottle. Aduamoa he describes as a new town, not yet completely settled from the old one. In it he came across the end of a process of which he had previously heard in Abene - a man (tribe not stated) had sworn the Ewahuhene's oath against an Ashanti; the case was heard in Aduamoa, but since the chief of the Asante town involved was demanding £800 the Kwahuhene could not settle; it, the man was sent to Asante, and the Kwahuhene's fetish pacified with the blood of 3 sheep. The Kwahuhene suggested the case should be taken to the governor, but this was not done. (The Kwahuhene Tschopp describes as a man of few gifts, who has done nothing to enlarge the authority of his office, but he is friendly to the mission, and regularly appears at street preaching in Abene). Most of the people at the palaver did not wait to hear Tschopp's preaching, those who did were attentive. He offered happiness and holiness, offered the post-resurrection signs as proof that Jesus was the Son of God, and forecast a bad end for people who did not desert their gods. He also spoke with a group of men making cloths - one weaver, and one sewing the strips of cloth together, remarking en passant that this was a very common sight. The subject of the conversation was polygamy, for one of the men said that he would become a Christian if he did not have to have one wife. Tschopp's way of persuading that one wife was right was (a) to appeal to the story of Adam and Eve and (b) to suggest that he loved one of the wives best, and did not having too many cause strife? The man agreed with the latter, but apparently said it was too hard for him to give up the others. Tschopp calls this remaining subject to fleshy lust, and the joys of this world, and that many people were thus easily persuaded to avoid responding to the call of the Word of God for an alteration of their attitudes, and self-denial. In Odumase he was not able to preach, being interrupted by the Twenedurasehene en route for the obsequy festivities of the mother of his predecessor in Pepease. (There is a description of the scene in this village when he arrived, and the first signs of the coming the Twenedurasehene). The Twenedurasehene is no friend of the mission. Obo was very empty, the people - being mostly on- the Akim plains, partly because it was very dry and food was scarce, partly to dig gold. He mentions the grain stores which you see in all the Kwahu villages (used for ground-nuts too) though the Obo fetish forbids rice. Evening prayers were attended by several Christians from Abetifi workings as carpenters in Obo, also people from the town, and several boys for whom they must open a school later (Catechist Mensah has recently been sent to live in Obo). Twaneduruase has a Dente shrine at both ends of the town. Akwasiho -plenty of people there the whole of Kwahu is supplied with pots from this town and Mpraoso. The pots are made in two stages - first the mouth and neck is formed and left to dry while the bottom remains a shapeless mass - then the pot is completed. The whole operation is carried on with bare hands, except that they use a snail shell to rub the pottery down, and to decorate it. They use the fruit of a tree with lines engraved on it. There was also a carpenter's shop in the town making European-style stools, doors, shutters, and boxes. In Kodum the people seemed rather poor, and the place was 'narrowly' built, the people friendly. From Kodum there were other small villages after 3 minutes, after a further 4 minutes, and after a further 5 minutes. The people were all occupied in the woods collecting rubber from a creeper. In the fourth village more pots were being made. 30 minutes further on they came to Asonna where they were attentively listened to, and Tschopp noticed sick people with swollen limbs - no rarity on the Kwahu hills, but more common on the plains. En route home in Aduammoa someone had recently died, and he saw a part of the ceremonies. A long line of women marching through the village with their foreheads bound, shrieking out the dead person's name, and some with red painted bodies (children); some with white painted bodies and face (grandchildren), and some had bunches of pal-twigs tied to their elbows (the close relatives). The chief visited the house of the dead person and gave a piece of cloth for the corpse. The chief was accompanied by his orchestra - horn-blowers, drummers and dawuro-players are cited. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.V..121 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.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Tschopp's Report for the Third Quarter 1887 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: 20.10.1887 Proper date: 20.10.1887 Description An account of the resource Report of his first quarter's work in the Boarding School. In spite of a special attempt to advertise the school and attract pupils there was very little response. Of the 16 pupils be inherited one stayed away (Darefo from Tweneduruawe). A further 11 were registered - most of these had previously been at the Bepong or Abetifi town schools. The excuses given by chiefs etc. for the small number of boys they were prepared to send were the same as usual - Schmid attacks nephew inheritance as one more mechanism making it difficult for children to attend school. You have to get the consent of the senior uncle as well as the parents. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.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-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.V. - Abetifi Title A name given to the resource Schmid to Basel