A long-standing woman member of the community had had to be excluded for 'falling' with an excluded man and refusing to live with her husband - Perregaux had in time past held her up as an example. She was part of a reduction .of 4 in the Abetifi…
Report of a journey to Nkoranza. It is printed almost completely in Heidenbote 1894, pp85ff. An expedition of Perregaux, Catechist Atiemo, 2 of Perregaux' servants, 4 hammock carriers, and 3 box carriers. On the journey to Atebubu they eat their own…
Reports a disappointing year in the Evangelists' School - three pupils leaving at the beginning of the second term. They have made a cocoa plantation and a corn plantation - he tried potatoes but the rain stopped too early, and they failed. Reviews…
Concerning progress in the school for evangelists. Martin Ako has had to be sent away from the school - he was poorly gifted, and also had the wrong attitudes; he was looking for a comfortable post (This was the ex-Congo pupil). The report goes…
A testimonial for Sam. Boateng in connection with the Abetifi missionaries' pressure for him to be ordained. In giving some idea of Boateng's success in Asante Akim Perregaux writes that the Asante Akim people have been able to gain an easy living…
Includes his outline plans for the Evangelists’ School. He has found few people living as simple Christians with some earlier education - he names the three as Chr. Kwasi Bo from Abetifi, Jos. Obeng from Kukurantumi, Imm. Badu from Akim Akropong. All…
The letter is printed as follows: Heidenbote 1896, pp43-44 and Der Sklavenfreund p 118. The letter is comprehensively printed, with the exception of three place names, which are omitted. The estimation of 1000 for the population of Nkoranza town…
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…
Considers that the villages at the foot of the Kwahu scarp are more numerous than they had at first thought, or indeed now know. There are many ways crossing each other, and they have not explored all of them. The catechist placed at Ntawadua has not…
A short note accompanying a manuscript for the Le Missionaire, but including the point that Catechist Boateng in Bompata is visited by people from all parts of Asante Akim.
Description of the Mission Anniversary. Some weeks before the anniversary there was almost no-one in Abetifi because everyone had gone off to try to gain some money for the missionary anniversary offering - hunting fishing and carrying loads are…
He sends a script through Basel for the Missionaire. He also mentions that he thought at first his uncle (Fritz Ramseyer) was too strict with the people, but he sees now that he is quite right in the way he goes to work.
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