Continuing the history of Amma Tanowa (see the in the volume 47 from 1886 letter No. 85 above). She was in fact proving a considerable worry, knowing nothing about neatness and not being very zealous in the work which was given to do, nor very…
Reporting the stationing of Assistant Catechist P. Tieko in Nkwatia - the work there must go forward, while in Abetifi it has not proved possible to run a worthwhile school actually in the town. His duties will include the bringing forward of the…
The pupils all returned on time at the end of the Christmas Holidays (except one who was ill in Bepong), and were early in the term joined by 3 further scholars. There was no diminution of numbers during the course of the year, so that the year…
Asks for a grant of £1 p.a. to each of their catechist/teacher families on the grounds that salt is not only necessary for the preparation of food, but also for the purchase of food at some times, e.g. in May-June and November-December 1886. The…
Akwapim he remembers as a place of no evident poverty and one where one never saw crippled or blind people. In this respect it could be favourably compared with Europe, but in Kwahu both poverty and illness is often seen. He describes the general…
Devoted to a report of his preaching journeys in the first three days of September. In the introduction he reports that Schmid has taken over the boarding school and he is now to devote himself to preaching journeys. He is thankful that he has the…
Report of his first quarter's work in the Boarding School. In spite of a special attempt to advertise the school and attract pupils there was very little response. Of the 16 pupils be inherited one stayed away (Darefo from Tweneduruawe). A further…
Report on the purchase of land in Nkwatia and Obo. The Nkwatia land purchase went through smoothly in the end - the key stratagem on the part of the missionaries seems to have been to send Kwabi to a meeting of all the Kwahu chiefs and ask them the…
Abetifi at the beginning of the year they had to exclude from the station four people including Johannes Wiredu who had earlier been sent away from the Bekoro Middle School because of laziness, and Rosina Gyemfa, the wife of, the late elder Nathaniel…
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…
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…
The Christian quarter in Anum has grown from 13 houses to 22 in the course of the year, although only some of the near ones are completed. Personal changes in the course of the year: Teacher Amaning was posted from Anum to Tschatei and Gyadu from…
Concerned with a preaching journey into Nkonya May-June 1887. The Tsate outstation is led by Ator, a man who had attended services for a long time Akwapim, Boso and Kpalime, before he became a catechumen, and who then in his zeal was able to…
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