Asks for directions in the contingency a favourable answer is received. Someone should stay there. Ramseyer is arguing that although Ph. Kwabi, the catechist stationed in Mpraeso, would be prepared to go to Kumasi and stay there alone as the Basel…
Include short notes announcing respectively their arrival in Kumasi, and their arrival in Abetifi in their return, with the Asante refusal to entertain a mission tout court.
He is ashamed of the Asantehene's answer - the Asantehene is going to ruin through pride and bad councillors. 'Privately' he tells Ramseyer the trouble is that the Asantehene suspects Kwaku Dua - he wanted to send him into exile with Awua, but was…
Has just received a letter concerning the free-purchasing of slaves. He is not in favour of this in view of the experience of other stations but in a recent special case he was glad to buy free from the fetish priest of Atie Yaw (Bowu) 2 small girls…
Personnel - Chr. Burckhardt died in April 1882 after being in Begoro since October 1881 - yellow fever. Mrs. Mohr died in August 1882. Catechist Sakyi is often rather depressed. Anoff in Fankyeneko has to battle constantly against apathy. He doesn't…
In describing the background to his journey, he offers two reasons for the outbreak of the war in 1860 - (1) that the Gyadam people were working a new goldfield and would not give Atta of Kibi his customary 1/3 takings. (2) Agyeman refused to let…
Missionaries severely affected by illness in the course of the year - D. Huppenbauer being forced to return to Europe, and Munz and Krauss being several times forced away to convalesce in Begoro or Akropong. At Kibi the number in the community at the…
First visit to Kwabeng. Krauss preached - the people all agreed with him -he asked them when they would enter the community - they said sometime he wanted to know when and they could not say. He asked why they did not send their children to learn…
Apart from one case of fever, the missionaries have not been stopped from working by health problems at all in 1882. The Census figures are a result of 16 baptisms (13 of them baptisms of adult heathens). However, it is not so easy to answer the…
Mainly an administrative discussion. He had been told during the year that the Abetifi School had at its disposal a large capital - over £20. In fact he had found it in debt to the tune of £13. The explanation seems to have been that excessive…
His report of the expedition to Basel. This appears not to have been printed in more than a summary form. The expedition consisted of Ramseyer, Asante, Ofori, and Samuel Gyebi, church elder from Larteh, who made the journey at his own expense…
Personnel of the district: Missionary Asante, Teacher C. Asiedu in Boso, J.K. Otenkorang in Anum. Street preaching being carried on in the Anum villages of Amoanna, Apenkwa, Amanforo, although not very well patronised. 15 Catechumens in Beso - this…
On the journey he was interested to see how few people there were in such a fertile area - people attribute this to the Asante wars, and the many ruins bear this out. Cotton cultivation was general in the area he visited. Iron implements in use were…
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