Concerning the Kukurantumi congregation: Reports that a couple he had previously reported ill are becoming insane, and dependent on the help of the goodhearted. Three people were excluded in the half-year, (adultery) but two recent exclusions had…
Marriages were blessed in the course of the year. There were also baptisms in June, one of which was of an elderly slave and his wife. He had come free from Kibi in 1875, was baptised Aaron. One and a half months after his baptism he died after a…
Contains the information that the Kukurantumi chief had for a time been attending their street preaching, but, that be had been criticised for this by the fetish priest who tried to excite the people of the town against him.
Since his arrival in Kukurantumi he has baptised 4 women and three children, and now has 7 catechumens from Kukurantumi. He has also 3 other catechumens from Mmease, a married couple, and an Asante man now living there. He has visited over the last…
30 people joined the community in 1878, 17 from Kukurantumi itself, and 15 (including children) being freed slaves from the interior. Members of the congregation earn their living by hunting, making palm-oil, the produce of their farms, and-trade.…
In the chapel building he had only one skilled assistant - the rest of the people had to be taught e.g. shingling. He himself was busy with the stone-breaking and building in swish. One woman has to be excluded for adultery, and another suspended…
Reporting on health he writes that a couple from Nta had suffered from 'Gyato', a local disease. 2 members were excluded in the year, two suspended. He is doing street preaching in Kukurantumi once a month, and only once travelled to Tafo/Osiem or…
In the recent past the community had lost two adults (including a Presbyter) by death and. 6 children, 4 adults were excluded. In the building of the new chapel the pulpit and altar were built by Buss in Kibi and transported to Kukurantumi. They had…
Indian term - Canarese or Sanskrit or Tulu or Concanee (only Latin writing transcribed): Korande In: Nature's Self-Printing. A Series of Useful and Ornamental Plants of the South India Flora. Taken from Fresh Specimens in Facsimile Colors.…
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