Show m y T H E A SHANTEE WAR W 1 RIGIN AI AND progress or OF tiie till z r t 7 r CAPE COAST CASTLE oct 12 th TK sv ff seventy miles inland is inhabited by the lanteca and other allied trib es buch such as theal theA ims kims aekins Ae sina sins Was saws ac 1 beyond plese stretches the cotin coxin country try fry OF bu bi bine sine th aryear 1807 1607 the tho 1 havi llave been continually invading aud and ravaging the f th e r fan Fao tees I 1 and have llad bad mapy disputes with the english the ash itaf claimed nines fines from the governor and of cap cape e coast castle upon api upi the ground that Ashan As hantes tees had been belen ill treated themi and that fp gayes froma kin ahten ah tee fee llad sought refuge rindo there several missions rt wet e elfr from froni capa coast to thul thil capital of Ashan ashantee tee tco to endeavor to arrange theo thee maete gis fig and to 16 establish 7 regulations for foe the tile protection of orthe tha ula peaceable pe settlement cfall dis elis that might adise arise 1 so these negotiations ils came to 10 nothing and III in 1824 tiie the Ashan teea teca invaded the fa taij and mar arched in clied upon on cape apat Lp ait ast governor macai tilney fliney arched marched out out but fog dog 19 peet meet themi a W vest india jeglin ent and kobie noble tive tiye tive levies the tile lattea til the troops Vs after defending themselves ap a iong long ong as heir ammunition isted lasted ix ive ere reail all ail 1 thein theu officers and hir tir jr charies charles lyla llla INTa carth heys beys head is at present at Coo massie 1 ass le there ing results aud and after ravaging tho tha whole tile thie guna 1 04 spa coast castie castle e A shan tees retired to thein their own country two years later Ju 1826 again agal 51 invaded the country bt but tt were beaten back by the native 64 led by two or three british in st peace was ni made ade I 1 the aisig of ash Asb ashantee antee autee giving hostages es d as s a proof of his hl good anten teotis ardd re atiz solemnly hyi all nil clalie fast sovereignty over the coast I 1 lio llo now deigned 0 onu ori the coast t tj for 0 nab par maux many sears years I 1 in ii 1844 84 4 th the tho ean fan teles and I 1 una und landred edl tribes en entered rail 1 I wib nib A salem antty nath vath th chrit brit I 1 isly acl in acy and receiving their thelm jurisdiction BrIt britain ain Aln in return extending her protection tp to tilt tile allem I 1 IH in case of va alon ill 1 in 1 ti 1818 gov wingate wei wet to Coo massie and had a friendly in interview r wili will of af A ashantee S ba 1 t ee but four foun parel ye arlater ter fer the th e As Ashan I 1 lantee tees s bribed swei several l of the wrote Prote protected fed tribes to io revolt against great britain and promised assistance th Ashan tees crossed tile tiie I 1 which is ii the boundary I 1 ilver liver ver but fell back upon met with a 4 resolute front there vas then peace buniff 1863 1883 whenn the Ashan tees again invaded luneed ivill villages ge an and tl c carried oft off thousands i of fat Pat fefe alf air slaves the british inor lnor advanced with mith with davet havet a west india regiment findt as far as the uie but u the rei ref rever fever 1 l down anid arid a d td su survivors evors fell bah mil bad i fo 0 cape IM coas thero iak was 13 now A a peace auci anci C events took placed have io to esbine extell t coll the present war gir the dut h id fram I 1 oid old eldva eldya va rious forts tia the 6 t y r sidd by ide kido ido wih oth thos those 0 p oft f il t 1 english orio ono of these those wa wai in belh Il Litin eight mil mii only orom from this thi terni from prom from time immemorial the cwb oles otes hean hear h ear ean elmina have been bo lio jo iu lotho panteles fan Pan tees 1 in 1867 h antee anteo chief with a coja coia 1 alda sida rie ile 16 force matched ed through the yi t v te t e country countr tr Y brid arid ing ai as U usual sua sun 1 I and then being i i ipser Ps ou by th t tock refuge h ivi dimna ohp where re the 3 11 1 long iong t been allied of df the ash asbia tiie tiit i i the tho F cantees ante s accordi accordingly accordine nj gly lly bloc blob ilo ito llo r 1 EV el inana ilsa rift the ashantee i elc cuc the north enticed and t tva vo french missi brin s across tho the volta and dragged drag get gec um em away to Coo masSie thia thu i 0 iu lh 1870 skirmishes cont continued I 1 n U e di t ng t b eb e b ellree til the th Asham abban 1 1 ree yea years rs ending mink wink kielp to the alminas ah all ho ato fan 11 tees teea keeping up tip 9 ehde ahde of the tribes of i that hat place placed V fi an in iso 1870 the back nack sescil bosq to cede E elmina mid arid i vuther v other uther foresto fort forts sto to threat britain ta ii I 1 I 1 ac change haug hang for some iu in the J indie indle the british govern mo V declined d ta to fa take fake ke any forts forta uni 8 k i a ives willing to accey accept accent i lins I 1 i british a their protectors 1 i 1 ead li dr the dutch nor uon would tk t i j y the take lalo oah e ah afaf forts forta 0 on n which the A had bad llad any sort of claim for tl the tee e ashantee had writ tei c v the british government to say imy tafoi ot tf emina had always paid tribute to liim him tin this s the dutch butch t denpe U V shw ihk s lying tying that they had given an annual pre pro present ant to ashantee Ash anteo in token of friendship and alliance bub but that it was in no way a 4 trl tri tribute bufe buie the british however refused to treat fredt until the matter was placed beyond dispute and the dutch accordingly sent ent siire an embassy abass to coe Coo massie they returned with a document from the tho klug king denying the ibe claird thab that had al reid scid in his name adine and declaring solemnly that bb his ancestors had a regarded re the money given iven by lays hayg it e blitch ta a present ut not as a til tribute bute Q on n the tiie ath strength df or this document the agreement was ratified with the butch batch tind and to soothe booth e th the 0 kh ring king in of ashantee the british agreed ta a him aleven an even larger annual gift girt than thab that which he had received fro from ta the Dutch the english 0 governor av then than informed the elnah I 1 tribes alit that afu alu sih ough the dutan were abndt tar eair 1 yet that the I 1 british would no not t assum ethe W pro pr 61 ato ate except full fall assent and wish 0 the natives that thit th it no extension of vf territory as dp sired and that fhe the object of bf t the be protectorate was wap wai kaep I 1 bo deicer peace between the vadious various I 1 tribes the chiefs land and thug deliberated ted over this ibid an onA abali 10 1972 they met the governor ina in a solemn h assembly i j and mad accepted the transfer from the dutch to it 0 th q E dg iash in the mean pime time the british had been endeavoring to make peace with ilith the As Ashan tees lees and offered various trading adv advantages fiLges frea free hights rights of passage e etc ete tc but said that the thio terms could could only discUssed be when the french and german missionaries aries anies had been wen given up the king wrote that thab the prisoners were in the of his bis generi general il but blit that he had written to asli asu hint to give c ive lve ivd them thera up upon payment ibi ibb hit alt pf af taw 1600 oiin olin ounces of gold this nhi was to the tia fia transfer of rhe the rho dutch government now joined the british in sending inga resa mysto the R ring king ang and in begging auf aul him litra W kive give up the prisoners iris and the british ao governor arnor asha aska ashted for their reston restoration atlon t as ts a pir personal navor favor to himself J stating thab that money could gould not be paid for foe peaceful men who had hwd been wrong wrongfully seized and that to in show his good goo will h e lutah dd released d ader bof fa fah h ati an all ashantee genera general and relative of the rin kin eing king he had token taken in fa battle und and other othen captives he heniso also aiso promised that tha t when the th e missionaries were return fetui returned pied pled bd the miss mission laii house to which they be pay pity loog 1003 onlie of f september ber ben the chig artif wrote to say bay 2 W would 6 U ld bea be accepted cep ter kcf for forthe the prisoners but wit that it 14 must be sent gent up to Coo massie mAsle the governor ernei irate wrote that li no had hlin himself selo self tre ire cf leas edth the iho d prisoners without rand sem and that he cou could id nt send money bu bub but t thach that he e had ad IF 1314 it t dyer gyer into the hands ha of the ring king K ufah altees agent at cape caie apat and aud lid iid that thab the agent would at once une send d 1 it t b kofl ff upon P n t the h a arrival ari V I 1 of bf t tho the prisoners ori on orl the in and without tile the est eat not nol notification f leation the A crossed the gral gnal ii orja n n ir ailef the present jear year TI theas 4 alms aims sims nearest tb to the river w weme were el a attacked r and their vil villages lagee burnit burrit I 1 the coast tribes gathered their forces and 0 on A a zep gep general brai bral battle war was fought ending TJ r the rout roub af ithe faitek the tees advanced tp within a net new milot of cape trost and ond close to td earlna Eln alna aina here ed by bj tha anid annd five thou thoua 1 I 1 and rii iii men aa attacks ahe place ere mit met bythe hythe ajr te broush brn Bri Ush mw roa rineard nine rine and sal sai lors deeatha dee atea ith a loss lose meu men I 1 the of elzoina El roina peins ordered to refused and took look to th the ebush bush the town towi was as bombarded abel and destroyed by tho when the bews iia ils reached d england I 1 it yao yag rao fa ped tor toc dispatch sir an ex experienced perlen ced who com coffi m mariand an d e d the red lied grivey expedition to s arsede go gov goe v harley 4 a ghigu baily incapable roaland anand ro to send expedition signally pun wi atit A a A stop 0 p to the sd gonat arnt arit in va 16 ng by foi fol following lowin lir vir tha iha enemy up and anu andlar taking ing his hia capitala caphil capi tail tall between the date of the battee battle or elmina Y li nina uina and the arrival of sir garnet gamet ley grf arf on the of th this mon mith kiib th the only event of interests inter estr estt which took place was wag an attack on the boats of bf the british fleet when engaged in sounding the depth bf the several officers and dod men ihen were wounded all this thid jinie time the soine some 50 s trong oc joc coupled of tees devoured the fruits of their thee plant plantations a their main camp was vas at manipon ml on about fifteen tant tail both an dei del mina both of these places am are amina threatened by theli their force of og 2500 merd meri L can car xi |