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During 1868 the station staff changed in that - Brother Krauss died - Brother Schönhuth arrived, and was joined by his wife - The Ramseyer's arrived. A new catechist was also appointed to Anum after Obuobisa had failed to find a way of returning and…

He intends to omit a description of Klaus' death and the two Volta journeys connected with that, since these have already been reported. But if those experiences were painful, still more painful ones are to be expected. Almost daily they are being…

Has no new news about the war - no mention of a campaign in August, only a report of the battle on July 13th, after which the Pekyi people, too, were tired of the fighting. Messages have just been sent by Dompre and the Anum 'King' to Accra, Akwapim…

This is a reply to a letter from the Committee in Basel dated 2nd October 1868, which the missionaries read as being critical of their allowing themselves to be forced to pay money for the war. The force of the Basel letter appears to be lost by…

The two married Anum catechumen want to move onto the station land: the missionaries propose an area for a Christian quarter, and ask for approval.

They arrived in Anum at the end of December, their child having been fed partly by women in the villages who were suckling their own children (12 women helped in this way) and partly by Swiss milk kept in a bottle with a rubber cork. In a postscript…

2 members of the community have left for Ada - Emmanuel Osabude and Lydia Mamle. Osabude was a key member of the congregations and will be much missed. There are also two, perhaps three, serious catechumen. One is an ex-mason-apprentice of Felzer,…

The description is at the back of the 1869 Correspondence with no index number. It was translated by Th. Breidenbach, dated Ragaz, 1st July 1870 (The Original was apparently dated Late, 10th March 1870). The text here is a full translation and not an…

Relays report from Zimmermann that 12,000 armed Asantes are in Akwamu, and that another Asante army has crossed the Volta one day's journey upstream from Anum. He comments that the Asantes and Akwamus have given assurances that they will not attack…

Reports the arrival that afternoon of the missionaries Hornberger and Müller from Waya. The station at Ho is totally deserted. A Ho or Peki man who has escaped from Asante captivity reports seeing the Anum missionaries bound in an Asante camp. Br.…

Contains a copy of a letter of Chr. Rottmann‘s (Kata) dated 19th June 1869, addressed to Widmann in Akropong as Prases of the Gold Coast Mission. The uncertainty about the situation in Anum has developed into a relative but menacing certainty. This…

Material to the relations with Akwamu and Asante: Chief Cloko Patu of Yilosi, and a number of Gas and Akwapims (among them, some so-called educated people, have accused the King's sons; and even him (Zimmermann), in the African Times, of being in…

Since his thoughts are dominated by the thought of the uncertain fate of Ho and Anum mission stations and their personnel, he is writing about the background to the catastrophe. After Simpson's visit for some time there was no news of the Asantes,…

The letter is accompanied by a sketch map. Reports news which, he says, is obviously from Akwamu sources, and though too good to be completely true nevertheless came from sources he feels are reliable. According to these, the Asante-Akwamu army…

The day before Sakite sent a messenger to Akwamu - a Krobo man who was born in Akwamu - with someone else who had been being held in Odumase as a hostage. With them went a written message as urging to the Akwamuhene the release of the captive…

Report of Peter Nyarko's journey into Akwanu/Asante held territory 7 Messengers were sent, including the ex-Catechist Peter Nyarko, and another excluded Christian, Andrea Mate, son of a former elder of the church. These two were at the head of the…

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