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on the 6th of February, prosecuted his return- 

 march with the utmost practical speed. On 

 the 8th he reached Amoaful, the scene of his 

 first difficult struggle with his enemy nine days 

 before. On the 9th he dispatched a telegram 

 from Detchiasu, a little way to the north of the 

 Adansi Hills, saying that messengers had just 

 arrived from the King, requesting peace, and 

 that he intended halting with the troops north 

 of the hills until the 13th or 14th, to allow time 

 for negotiations. It was at first feared that the 

 King's old policy of treacherous procrastina- 

 tion was being revived ; soon, however, it was 

 ascertained that it was the approach of a sec- 

 ond English force which prompted the King to 

 tender his submission in earnest. 



This English force was under command of 

 Captain Glover, formerly administrator of 

 Lagos, who, being in England at the outbreak 

 of the Ashantee War, had asked for and re- 

 ceived permission to organize, in the eastern 

 districts of the Gold Coast, with the aid of 

 a well-disciplined regiment of Yoruba and 

 Houssa, on which he could rely, a native army 

 of from 10,000 to 15,000 men, which was to 

 cooperate with Wolseley. Lord Kimberley, 

 the Colonial Minister, provided Glover with 

 money, arms, and provisions, and obtained for 

 him from the Minister of War and the Admi- 

 ralty the permission to choose his own officers.' 

 Having arrived on the Volta, Captain Glover 

 succeeded, by means of liberal distributions of 

 money, muskets, and rum, in collecting a con- 

 siderable army of Accras, Kroboes, andKrippies. 

 But, as soon as they saw themselves in posses- 

 sion of these things, they declared that Captain 

 Glover, before they would follow him against 

 Coomassie, must first destroy the Awoonahs and 

 Aquamoo, otherwise these enemies during their 

 absence would cross the Volta and plunder 

 their country. Captain Glover considered it 

 necessary to accede to the demand, and to 

 march first against these two tribes which 

 lived outside of the protectorate, and were at 

 peace with the English. He went to Adda, 

 on the Volta, where he established a camp, 

 and had to wait several weeks for the Accra, 

 who were not yet ready. On December 23d, 

 24th, and 25th, he at length crossed the Volta 

 with 800 Houssa and Yorubas and 20,000 na- 

 tive allies, consisting of Aquapims, Accras, Ad- 

 dahs, Kroboes, Krippies, etc., to attack the 

 Awoonahs on the east bank of the Volta. The 

 passage was effected by means of the Lady of 

 the Lake, three steam-launches, and a number 

 of canoes. The loss of the English was small, 

 and the enemy was driven from all his posi- 

 tions. On Christmas-night Captain Glover 

 received urgent dispatches from Sir Garnet 

 Wolseley directing him to proceed without a 

 day's delay to the Prah, with all his disciplined 

 forces, leaving the native allies to settle the 

 Awoonah and Aquamoo affairs. Consequent- 

 ly, on the 26th, the Houssas and Yorubas were 

 taken back across the river, and Mr. Golds- 

 worthy (the deputy commissioner), with Lieu- 



tenant Mooro, Eoyal Navy, was left with the 

 native allies, with orders to finish off the work 

 to the east of the Volta, and to follow Captain 

 Glover to the Prah with as many of the levies 

 as he could bring, with as little delay as possi- 

 ble. Meanwhile, the Houssas and Yornbas were 

 pushed on as rapidly as possible for Akim, 

 Captain Glover's instructions being to cross 

 the Prah on the 16th of January, on which 

 date Sir Garnet Wolseley would cross with the 

 European regiments, and Captain Butler, be- 

 tween Sir Garnet and Captain Glover, with 

 the western Akims. By the greatest exer- 

 tions, the Houssas and Yorubas, with a certain 

 amount of provisions and ammunition, were 

 moved from the Volta to the Prah, by way of 

 Akapong and Kebbe, over six or seven moun- 

 tain-ranges, and through dense forests with 

 only small bush-paths, and on the night of the 

 14th the main body of the English force biv- 

 ouacked within a few miles of the Prah. The 

 Houssas and Yorubas marched admirably, do- 

 ing long twenty-mile marches over precipitous 

 mountain-passes, and reaching the Prah fresh 

 and in the best possible spirits. The percent- 

 age of sick was wonderfully small. On the 

 morning 6f the 15th of January the advanced 

 guard crossed the Prah at half-past ten o'clock, 

 without any signs of an enemy. The Prah is 

 a very rapid stream, with the bed of the river 

 exceedingly rocky, the banks being steep and 

 thickly wooded. Captain Glover crossed with 

 the main body about noon. In the afternoon 

 reconnoissances were made, but nothing was 

 seen of the enemy. On the 16th, Obogoo, a 

 large village, about fifteen miles distant in a 

 northwesterly direction, was occupied. After 

 waiting several days at Obogoo for ammuni- 

 tion and receiving reinforcements of Akims 

 and Kroboes, he continued his advance on Coo- 

 massie, and finally reached a point fourteen 

 miles northeast of it. He there heard of its 

 occupation by Sir Garnet, and he dispatched 

 to join his superior officer a little force which 

 deserves the credit of one of 'the most gallant 

 actions during the war. Captain Sartorius, 

 with no more than twenty men, marched to 

 Coomassie. He found the ruins still smoking. 

 He passed through them without seeing a hu- 

 man being, and on the 12th of February he 

 reached Sir Garnet at Fommanah after having 

 marched with his twenty men through the 

 enemy's land over a distance of fifty-one miles. 

 King Koffee having sent 1,000 ounces of gold 

 as a first installment of indemnity with the 

 request of. peace, General Wolseley received 

 his envoy at Fommanah on February 13th, 

 and through him sent a draft of peace to Coo- 

 massie for signature. The following are 

 the particulars of the terms of peace agreed 

 upon: 



1. The King of Ashantee is to pay an in- 

 demnity of 50,000 ounces of gold. 



2. He renounces all claim to Adansi, Assin, 

 Akim, Denkera, and Wassaw. 



8. He binds himself to withdraw his forces 



