This is a reply to a letter from the Committee in Basel dated 2nd October 1868, which the missionaries read as being critical of their allowing themselves to be forced to pay money for the war. The force of the Basel letter appears to be lost by…
Has no new news about the war - no mention of a campaign in August, only a report of the battle on July 13th, after which the Pekyi people, too, were tired of the fighting. Messages have just been sent by Dompre and the Anum 'King' to Accra, Akwapim…
He intends to omit a description of Klaus' death and the two Volta journeys connected with that, since these have already been reported. But if those experiences were painful, still more painful ones are to be expected. Almost daily they are being…
An appeal for funds to provide 10 more school pupils with food payments of £l=10 yearly. The appeal is backed by the arguments that 1. The Anum people do not yet understand the point of schooling, hence pupils must be paid. 2. It is vital, for the…
A detailed account of the troubles of the previous quarter. The call to arms had occurred at the height of Krauss' illness, when he needed two people by his bed day and night. Officially there was a fine of 110 heads of cowries (Müller gives as the…
With subscripts from Müller (senior) and Schrenk discusses what action should be taken over Obuobisa, the catechist who had been absent from Anum since the middle of the previous year. The information relevant to the political situation south of Anum…
Reports Krauss' death. Describing the conditions under which Krauss was able to make a journey by river to Odumase in mid-April are printed in Heidenbote, 1868, p94.
Anum and its associated towns are all under arms. A month ago the fighting men moved out to a camp about 5 hours away. They have been joined by the Akem leader Dompre, with his 140 men. You already knew that earlier Dompre had been based on…
On the problem of communicating with Anum, Schrenk feels there is a real danger to the life of a European if he crosses the river at Battor and uses that route to Anum. On the other hand 'Mr Hesse's Joseph' who returned from Krepi with the two…
Reports that with Krauss' illness he needs a catechist or teacher urgently. Someone who went to Battor would have frequent opportunities to travel to Anum.
During 1868 the station staff changed in that - Brother Krauss died - Brother Schönhuth arrived, and was joined by his wife - The Ramseyer's arrived. A new catechist was also appointed to Anum after Obuobisa had failed to find a way of returning and…
In this (misfiled) report Müller reports considerable opposition when passing a fetish site which was not in Anum itself. The site consisted of 3 large round stones laid one on top of another, surrounded by a fence. When he get near a crowd of men…
Includes a description of a journey to Anum in May of 1867. As a matter of course the journey involved it using the Keta-Ho route. Between Ho and Anum he spent the night in the village of Atwaome (?). Here he was the guest of a Christian from Accra…
Concerns the problem of the housing of the catechist. The present catechist's house is uninhabitable, owing to damage to its roof. Müller proposes a new shingle roof, and with a house 42'x12' presents the budget.
The Akwamu chief and elders had told him that if he tried to go north from Akwmu direct to Anum, he would be directly exposed to plunder and interference. So he managed to make his way from Battor to Pekyi on foot, with two men who agreed to…
This wide-ranging report covers the whole lower Volta situation, and also urges approaches to the Prussian government to step into the vacuum left by weakened English control in the area. Only specific details concerning Anum, Akwamu, and Asante are…
Reports that the peace initiatives have come to nothing. The letter also alludes to Anum cotton having to be exported via the Bremen stations and Keta.
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