He reckons to have seen a much greater interest in the content of their teaching evidencing: A visit to Asiakwa where the grey-haired elders asked questions about the meaning of points in his preaching - and the younger elders professed to be largely…
Kukurantumi school had to be closed when Burckhardt was brought to Kibi to be given special supervision. He had been trying to teach with heavy punishments what he hardly knew himself, being little gifted, and having lost much of the knowledge with…
Kromer has had a wife on the station since early in the year - she was seriously ill at first, but otherwise they have been in good health with fevers, but not seriously. Concerning Catechist Asante Eisenschmid writes that ‘he has experienced the…
Reflects on his having been two years in Africa – his two comrades who journeyed from Basel with him both having died. Among the Kibi catechumens is a man born a house-slave who himself now owns two slaves. He was wounded in the shoulder - a fight…
Reporting a palaver in the second half of July. About 80 people brought as embassy from the Governor and 3 different Fante kings. Among them were 2 locally born officers, and a local preacher of the Methodist Church in Anomabu called Gyade. For the…
Reports the same information as Kromer (see No 12), also that the-chief of Kukurantumi (Ampaw) had been in charge of a force of 1000 men on the western frontier of Akim. He had been able to send a message that only the Asante rearguard stood south of…
Part of this report is printed in Heidenbote 1863 pp114f. The Asante embassy was ordered to Accra by the Colonial Government, tried to escape on the way, but was captured. Two Accra men came to Kibi to take a hostage to Accra as surety of the King…
Discussing finance, comes to the problem of paying the debts of employees. Cases offered as occurring recently in Kibi: - A servant of Strömberg's who to employ he had to pay 5 dollars, and shortly after Strömberg was presented with the alternative…
Includes an extended account of his journey from Krobo to Begoro, partly printed in Heidenbote 1863 p117f. The object of his journey was to get masons and sawyers. He was only able to employ one of each, however. 14th March - set out from Odumase…
Concerns finance on the station - he is apparently still using gold dust, reckons to lose 10% in the weighing process, and finds provisions cost up to 40% more in Kibi than in Akropong.
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