A letter from Haas has just arrived in Akropong which shows that the information about Agyeman's attack to Kibi forces is to be false. A Kibi attack has again been repulsed, and although Agyeman wanted to follow up their retreat, he was restrained…
The school in the town was reopened in the middle of January. In Strömberg’s opinion the converts on the Gyadam station with the exception of the Fanteman Edward were all sincere.
The report is a more detailed account of the day-to-day events of March in Gyadam: much of it is printed as an appendix to the annual report for 1860 (p.134). Additional material in the manuscript includes the following: About 15 Gyadam women had…
Mainly devoted to his description of the destruction of Gyadam. It includes another instance of the title European being applied to Africans in European clothes – this time an Accra man working on the Gyadam station was called a European by some…
The letter is partly printed in Heidenbote 1861 p.20 (This with its continuation on p 25 is a catena of quotations from letters concerning Kukurantumi). It includes the additional information that there is plenty- of visible sickness in Kukurantumi.…
A part of this letter is printed in the Heidenbote 1861, p.20. Extra material includes the suggestion that they should make a way direct from Kukurantumi to Accra, or at least to Aburi, to avoid the steep hill en route to Akropong at Ahabante.
A part of this letter is quoted in the Heidenbote 1860, p.20. There is some additional material. In June the Kibi camp seems to have been in the region of Tekyiman, which Strömberg describes as a town under Kukurantumi. Not only Gyadam but Mosiaso…
A small part of this letter is printed in Heidenbote 1861, p-.20 Defending the choice of Kukurantumi as a centre for the mission Strömberg locates the Akira frontier as going nearly as far as Obom so that the people of Koforidua and Agweso are Akims.…
Asks for an increase of their personal allowance in Akim from £65 to £68, and for a 10% increase in the general sums paid to them. Reasons - the higher cost of food and the lower value of gold, and the fact that in using gold dust for small sums…
During Strömberg’s absence in Akropong he had to translate a letter aent from the Governor to King Atta for him. The chief of Asiakwa, which like the Gyadams, 65 years ago migrated from Asante but serves king Atta, has asked for a teacher. A…
The report is printed in extenso as an annex to the Annual Report 1862 of the Mission, pp10-17. Additional material: In Tafo some young men asked for a scholl. The Catechist Adolf Burckhardt has been with them in Kibi during the second part of the…
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