From it it appears that the Christians beaten up on December 15th were from Begoro - the missionaries' carriers. Ata was very angry when the missionaries went to complain about the incident, and told them he did not fear white men or black. The…
In the course of the year Asante himself made preaching journeys (beyond the circle of villages around Anumm/Boso/Akwamu) on 18 days, visiting Tschatei, Kayera, Abofrom, 2 Tschokoi villages, 2 Botoku villages, 2 Tutunyan villages, 5 Anvoe villages, 5…
On the receipt of presents for the Boso church from Europe the Boso chief said that they would have to treat the Christians in a friendly way - partly because they were known in Europe. Asante reports that the chief and elders have once more turned…
He has baptised the catechumens in Boso, having examined them, and explained some of the things which they had learned by heart. He dates this as taking place on the 16th Sunday after Trinity. There was one man and his 2 children whose wife…
Petition for posting to Akropong to enable him to look after his children. In his comment on this Eisenschnid, as Twi district Praeses, remarks that almost all the local workers in the mission like sooner or later to work in their home town, and…
Attempts to buy land in Nkwatia end Bepong have failed. They have to fight ageinst misapprehension among the Christians as well as the heathen that money from Europe can easily be come by the missionaries and secondly that they need land in all…
The Kwahu boys who had gone to a middle school were apparently John Kwasi Wiredu, Daniel Kwadwo Bre, David Kweku Fori, Immanuel Kofi Adakwa. The first was expelled, the other three had run away. Tschopp reports much opposition to schooling in Abetifi…
In an appendix to this report written by Müller it seems Hall wrote a Twi script for the Christian Messenger, of which the report in the correspondence is a German translation. He justifies writing a report about a district other people have visited…
Part 2 and Part 3 of the report are in the numbers 42 and 45. He feels the town of Anum larger and finer than it was when he was there before the Asante war. In Boso the community consist of 50 adults – the men were exclusively young men in their…
Part 1 of the report is in number 41, Part 3 in number 45. Anum-Boso together with their villages may number 6000 people. In Anum several of the people who had been Christians before the destruction of the station are still to be found among its…
Part 1 and Part 2 of the report are in the numbers 41 and 42. In Botoku the fetish in the house where they slept was a shrub, beneath which stood a bowl of water. One of the Müller’s companions asked someone living in the house why he did not cut it…
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