Reports a major whooping cough epidemic in which 60-80 children died, none of them Christians. Most families in the heathen town suffered a death. Heathen parents in their perplexity took refuge to the fetishes, asking their aid and protection with…
4 men excluded during the year for re-marrying – an old Christian man of 75 died seeing 2 men dressed in white standing by his bed - the father of Theodor Awua died after continually promising to become a Christian but never actually making it. He…
At the end of the year there were 35 adults and 23 children in the community. One of the presbyters is called Timothy Apenten. The chief is not preventing people from becoming Christians (this is chief Danso). Many of the heathens do not like…
3 additional families now housed on mission land at Anum. No preaching tours on the part of Asante, although he has been preaching and visiting assiduously in the Anum villages Apenkwa, Amanforo and Amoana. (Occupied with building). Movements in the…
The report is mostly printed as an appendix to the 1884 Annual Report of the Mission, pp 77f. Additional material One of the people excluded in Mpaeso had stayed for a long time in Fante, and found the church discipline of the Basel Mission too…
2 pupils died during the year - one Ramseyer's houseboy, another an ordinary schoolboy, as yet unbaptised, though Dilger writes in his modesty and patience more of a Christian than some baptised boys. In writing about Ramseyer’s houseboy’s death,…
A year of conflict and difficulty caused by the Christian scholars, not the heathens. Lies and disobedience were the main problems - and they were so serious that, he says, at one stage he told the pupils that if he were to die soon they would be his…
Concerned with the case of teacher Koranteng. Issues a stake seem to have been his idleness, and his idle manner. In a tense moment, too, Dilger seems to have been overcome by the thought that a man of this calibre would have a very lowly job in his…
A German translation of extracts from the original French. He states that were Karikari on the throne there would be a good chance that the Mission would be allowed to start work in Kumasi. (31st Aug) Dilger returning from Agogo and Kumawu doubt if…
Almost entirely concerned with summarising letters received from Prince Ansah. Letter dated 31st July from Ansah: Asante ambassadors arrived on 28th Aug in Cape Coast en route for Accra. They were from the great princes Mampong, Nsuta, Kokofu,…
A summary report of his journey to Kumawu - for the full report see No. 94 below. He was interested to see if it was possible to travel in Asante without going to Kumasi first. It was, and he visited Konongo, Odumase, and Kumawu. In the villages of…
Report on his journey to Kuwamu. Kwabi accompanied him on the journey. The report starts after Obogu, Konogo and Odumase had been visited. Their decision to go to Kumawu seems to have been largely a matter of the difficulty of travelling (owing to…
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