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captains who refused to intrigue with her, from fear or disgust, 
have been ultimately the victims of her artifice and vengeance. 
Yaboquorra, the King of Dwabin, died in this interval, and was 
succeeded by his grandson, Boitinne Quama, now about twenty 
years of age. 
1811. Attah, caboceer or King of Akim, had followed the King 
to the first Fantee war, and behaved well. Apokoo being sent on 
an expedition against the Fantees of Winnebah and Berracoo, 
Attah received orders to join him with his contingency ; instead of 
which, he sent a message to Apokoo, before he passed the Boo- 
sempra river, refusing to join him, and advising him not to attempt 
to pass through his country. Apokoo reported this immediately 
to the King, who, as is usual, sent to Attah to enquire if he had 
said so. He confessed that he had, without hesitation, adding, 
that the King treated him like a slave, in incessantly summoning 
him to attend his wars, and besides, that he never could forget that 
Sai Cudjo had cut off his grandfather's head, and that he would 
fight with Apokoo whenever he came. Soon afterwards, Quamina 
Guma, (the father of Becqua, captain of Danish Accra,) and one 
of the King's sons, returning to Coomassie with a large quantity of 
gold collected to make custom for the King's mother, Attah inter- 
cepted, robbed, and murdered them and their party, with the 
exception of one, whom he desired to tell the King that this act 
would convince him he was in earnest, and determined to go to 
war with him. Apokoo was immediately ordered to proceed 
against Attah, who had engaged Quaw Saffatchee as a party in the 
revolt, who was weary of the same laborious vassalage. When 
Apokoo entered the Akim country, Attah was for attacking him 
immediately, and at sun rise, but Quaw impressing his doubts of 
their succeeding against the superior warfare of the Ashantees, 
begged him to stop until three o'clock, when the Ashantees 
