An account of the school year. With the installation of Catechist William Adow as 'housefather' tensions developed between him and the pupils - there had been one small strike by all the pupils, and later they heard from the Okyenhene that there was…
Concerns one Kwame Ayeribe from Apapam. After a year in the boarding school during which he had a good name, he was taken away by force and given to Asumaneng of Apapam as pawn to cover a loan of 27 dollars. He has since appealed both to Haas and…
Travelling from Akropong to Kibi they spent the first night in Panto, the second in Kukurantumi. In the latter a man had died and a priest declared that it was his fetish which was responsible - although the priest had been attending the man in his…
Includes the remark that the Okyenhene is favourable to boys' staying in the school and this, and the missionaries' own steadfastness, helps them to succeed in retaining some of the boys whom the families try to take away from the school. The trouble…
In the station statistics it appears that Eisenschmid has returned to Kibi in mid-1873 to replace Lodholz, troubled by persistent severe illness. Haas is already a widow. Eisenschmid too suffered an extremely severe attack of illness in November - at…
The number of the Christian community has increased from 5 to 15, communicants from 4 to 8, children from 2 to 7. There are 4 non-communicants in the community at the end of 1873, 5 catechumens, and 10 heathen school pupils. Asante himself has been…
The report is a series of hostile comments on Plans in European Missionary periodicals for an immediate mission to Kumasi. These are that in an independent Asante the hindrances the missionaries suffer from the chiefs subordinate to the English…
Concerning the report that the imprisoned missionaries have been executed. Asante is sure that this report is wrong, having other information from fairly sure sources, namely Akims returning from an escape from Asante captivity. They had gone to…
Reports his presence in Kibi during the period when both Haas and Lodholz were away and Eisenschmid had not yet arrived. He also reports the recent arrival of an Asante embassy on the Akim border asking the Okyenhene to carry on trade in salt with…
Went to Kibi to help during the time of the Haas' severe illness in mid-'73 - expected the Kibi chief to be unfriendly in view of the 'Begoro affair' but instead found him well-disposed to the mission, and especially friendly to the missionaries. If…
In this report on his Journey with Mrs Dieterle to Kibi to assist during Mrs Eisenschmid's childbed and the acute illness of Haas and Eisenschmid, Lodholz places the moments of particular difficulty on their journey to Kukurantumi by reference to…
The personnel of the Kibi station has changed in that there is no longer a European missionary present and David Asante is in charge. The catechists are as before, but there is a new teacher Simeon Bampo. The community has fallen from 32 to 31, with…
Very morose concerning the community - two members had to be excluded for adultery soon after his arrival, and shortly after it was discovered that the elder, William Dapa, was a habitual thief. He has still not met half the people on the list of…
He has met the community and asked them firstly to move onto the station and secondly to make farms. They agreed to the former request, but only the two married members agreed to the latter. The rest refused, since they have no wives and children…
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