Of the 24 pupils in the school (excluding day-pupils) at the beginning of the second half of the year had left by Christmas - one to become Tschopp’s servant, one because he simply did not want to attend school. The school suffered an epidemic of…
Details of property: He gives the number of Christian houses in Begoro as 20-24. The DC for Akim was staying in the Begoro Mission House at the time of writing the report. The sleeping and eating accommodation for Middle School pupils in Begoro had…
Anyinam - he repeats the point that most of the community are slaves out of Kwahu. The Wife of the presbyter who was sold off to Kwahu with her children has not been returned. Nevertheless at Christmas 2 married couples and two children were…
The Middle-School suffered a three-week holiday immediately after the riots of February. The soholars returned in rather a rebellious spirit - Sitzler reckons because two holidays close together had reminded them that idleness is rather nice. Then…
Identifies as a main source of Ata's anger with the Christians that so many of his personal guards had been converted. The Christians of the Kibi district suffered 38 deaths. Ofori explains this as following from the unaccustomed climates in the…
He was absent in Akwapim on vacation when the persecution broke out. On returning to Anyinam he found that many of the Christians had scattered, specifically naming Nkwatia, Agogo and Abokbbi as places to which he had lost members. Anoba's property…
This report seems to have been printed in full in Heidenbote 1888 pp2-4. Reports a trip around the West Akim outstations. He writes that some groups of Christians have returned to their homes, others have gathered together and are living as…
The report is also to be found in Heidenbote 1888 pp.9-11. Reports that it is three weeks since they heard news that the Christians were to return to Kibi, but Lethhridge is involved on a journey via Akyeaae to Asuum and this is delaying…
There is a long report on this event in Heidenbote 1888, pp 17-20, in which the Eisenschmid letter plays a prominent part. In the unpublished section of the report Eisenschmid says that groups of Christians were waiting on the Kukurantumi-Kibi road…
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