Concerning Evangelist Okanta. It has appeared that-Okanta had been dealing in India-rubber. When faced with this he eventually admitted this was true, and accused most of his local colleagues of the same. Pressed he named Sakyi. Marquart also…
Concerns whether or not the Basel Mission should expand into the West - it looks like an evaluation of the work of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society inter al.
It includes the geography all worked out. Following Asante, he entered the western outlying province of Akyease, then isolated from the rest of Akim Abuskwa by Kotoku. The only towns on which he comments in Akim Abuakwa proper were Osenese, ready for…
He travelled Accra-Okurease-Asiemang along a route much used by Kotoku traders. It was difficult to find lodging in Okurease because of the number of people resting the overnight. He had a discussion with a fetish priest in Okurease. En route from…
This is an account of an event in Adadentem in January 1883. As they came to the town through the forest they heard an enormous uproar, and when Buck appeared the people immediately ran to him for an opinion on their argument and he had to remind…
‘Some having been suffered from different disease were swept away by death, whom on their dying bed the grace of the Lord did appear in them’. Attendance at services is again cited as evidence of the liveliness of religion in the community. In Apapam…
Asante records the Asantehene as saying in reply to their approaches that when his town had been built up again as it had been before then he would welcome-any white man who wanted to visit him, and -welcome following visits, too. Asante also…
The first half mcstly reports the proceedings of the Akim Synod. The 2/3d church tax was put before the Synod as a new measure. The inspector's journey into Akim coincided two deaths - Mrs Buck and Missionary Krauss. Praetorius was also quite ill…
Asks to send him, by Isaac Tisnyahu (?) petroleum, the money, wick, worm medicine for Kwasi Adae, matches, one bundle-of needles. He also complains at the travelling allowance of 6d a day, claiming that everyone else gets 9d a day.
Asks for re-instatement claiming that he has not done this before on the grounds that his mother in law would not permit his wife to become a Christian, but now she is dead. His account of the troubles of the 1870s is that he was not received with…
Asks for a middle school in Akim on the grounds that the Akwapim teachers in Akropong look after their own people better than they do the Akims (this calls the Middle School a Grammar School).
Asking for consideration of the fact that they have a long distance to go to their homes in Akwapim, and there is a long distance to go to the coast for salt etc., while Akim paths are bad and bearers can only be hired-for 6d-9d per day. Also their…
Asking for a further grant for the building of their catechist's house - they had already received £30. Mohr in a subscript does not recommend this after the history of the Fankyeneko house.
En route to Kibi-he visited the evangelist at Asafo - he has 6 boys - who come to school, and a few catechumen. Müller met one catechumen, and saw at once that he was a slave looking for his freedom - 'it often goes like this'. The chief was prepared…
He discusses first the problem of Joseph Bosompem, heir to a sub-chief's stool in Kibi. The stool had been vacant for 2 years, because Bosompem would not take it in view of his being a Christian, but negotiations had taken place in which he was…
This report is almost completely about the move into Agona, and the problem of assessing the desire for Basel Mission personnel in the Methodist sector of the Gold Coast. So are a series of subscripts Nos. 64 & 65.
Praetorius’ visit impressed the local people greatly, especially his pressing them over Church Tax, which before they had believed was imposed on them by the missionaries only, 4 people have had to be excluded for sexual irregularities, and two for…
He reports that when Christians commit adultery it stops the heathens considering becoming Christians. There are three presbyters at Abomosu. Of the 17 pupils in his school 7 are sons of non-Christian parents, and 6 are Christian girls. It is very…
Reports that most of the catechumen in his area are from Sadwumase. There are 2 catechumen at Anyinasin, one at Agyapomma, at Nsutam the people do not want to listen to_preaching. A tour-to Dwenase, Abompe and Akenkase showed that the people were…
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