On page 4 is a long paragraph about the Juabens. In April the ‘Commandant’ from Accra travelled through Aburi on his trek into Akira to arrange land for the settlement of the Juabens. He seemed happy that all was well, but Dieterle’s observation is…
Reports the return from Salaga of various catechists ‘a few weeks ago'. They brought back with them several horses, donkeys, and a number of cows, though unfortunately they forgot to bring a bull. Unfortunately the animals do not seem to like the air…
Hugo Röthlisberger war zeitweise bei der BM zuständig für die Heimatarbeit, wo ursprünglich die Fäden für alle regionalen Stellen, einschliesslich Kollektenblatt etc., zusammenliefen. HR ordnet diese Unterlagen streng nach geographischen Regionen, in…
More on the Juaben problem. He quotes a reply to his letter to Abetifi from Werner dd 16 August. In Abetifi they were surprised to hear of troubles developing between Asante and Juaben. All is quiet there, and no-one grudges the Juabenhene his fate…
The first three pages report the development of the Juaben affair. The Governor had said in his letter that in the event of trouble he could not extend protection to the Abetifi missionaries. Dieterle repeats that so far as he knows no trouble is in…
An oral message thanking the Governor for his concern for the missionaries in the event of a Juaben-Asante war. He feels however there is nothing to be feared at the moment - if there were he would have heard from David Asante (admittedly he is away…
The dialectic between Christians and heathen at the time of Johannes Asamoah's death was in terms of the heathen saying 'The School kills' and the catechist preaching 'why then are so many people dying in Begoro town?' The work went better, except…
Almost entirely concerned with the problems of building. He lost his first set of building apprentices because he was too tough with them. The second set he has been more successful with, but now they want more money, and are choosy how much work…
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