At a preaching in Amfoi he had discovered considerable support for the restoration of the school, and a form of words which seems to have implied that the elders were quite aware of the special role of the teacher in relation to the children, and…
A report on a journey into Oboso and Krakye undertaken from 5th Feb to 6th March 1895. First night Kagyebi. Second, at Ahamasu, having passed through the ruins of Kwahu Dukoman villages. The Ahamasu chief was called Okra Kwame. He was greatly anxious…
Relays information from letters from von Doering & Amason, and a conversation with Mischlich about policy in Adele. Von Doering was angry with Agba for taking the boys back, and the elders after his intervention promised to send many boys to school -…
Dates of the journey 27 March -9 April 1895; No 129 is a map of the journey. He gives the objective of his journey surveying the district in order to find a suitable place for a European Mission station to serve the Krakye-Buem-Adele area.…
Writes that one argument against having a mission station in Krakye town is that it is inadvisable to have a mission station near a government post. He also offers estimates of the numbers in the tribes to the north and northeast of Buem, though…
At the end of a report about his return journey to Africa are the following points: - During his furlough he learned soldering. He has a picture of the Kaiser and his wife in his house. He remarks that it is no good beating school children a lot and…
Reports that he has 6 boys from the area which the elders will not send to Buem for schooling. He is teaching them himself, though they do not understand Twi and asks for books and school equipment.
The journeys took place in April-May and June-July. Remarks that Tongo must have been a big town before the Asantes took its population - who thought they were allies of the Asantes - off to Kumasi. On the old site of Tongo is only a farm and three…
He advises that Akabu and Akposo must be regarded as Bremen areas - it is impossible to work in that district with Twi. Eliminating alternative sites to Adele for a new station for European missionaries he advises that Buem is too far south, and…
A disagreement with Mischlich’s suggestion proposing Buem as the area for a new European mission settlement, on the grounds: Krakye is definitely the most populous area under consideration, and cannot be worked from Adele at all as easily as from…
A comment from Mohr identifies Adele as Finko-Obooso, north of which lies Tagyan-Obooso which David Asante wanted to visit but was never able to. Opinion, on the whole, is against the Adele plan, though Müller’s comment dated 10 Nov 95 records…
Yiripe lies two day's journey South of Wovawora - Yiripe people often come to Worawora and Clerk had formed an ambition to see their land, though in fact it comes under the Bremen area. They are politically under Buem, though they are a tribe in…
His house servants are people sent to him from Adele and Krakye by Lieutenant von Doering. He has given up drinking beer and wine except when ill or on special occasions. Partly because of cost (a bottle a day would cost 425 Marks each year simply to…
The report is printed in Heidenbote 1895 pp 45-47. Though the manuscript is heavily edited, this is mostly stylistic alteration, and no substantial factual matter seems to have been excluded from the printed article.
One of the points at stake in the negotiations with Asante was whether Asante might take up some other power's protection - he had just heard that an agreemant had been concluded restricting Asante to the British sphere of influence. He had also…
The report is partly printed in Heidenbote 1895, pp 82-83. Additional points in the manuscript: Bowi, the old priest of Atie Yaw was still alive in Accra. The new priest was from Nteso, a village near Tafo. Although Asante, the Nkwatiahene sent him…
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