156 MISSIONARY LIFE IN ASEANTEE. 
thing in the eyes of the chiefs ; even Adu Bofo had been 
seriously accused of having plundered our station to 
enrich himself, and on this occasion we were almost 
brought forward as witnesses. 
In the midst of all these disturbing questions, our 
friend Smith, the mulatto, was called away by death. 
He had welcomed our visits, and liked us to pray with 
him, and we trust had really given himself to the Lord, 
who casteth out none that come to Him. I buried him 
on Sunday, January 21st, and spoke from the words, " If 
any man keep my sayings, he shall never see death." No 
one from the town was present, but the king afterwards 
sent us four dollars and a half to defray the funeral costs. 
The following Sunday, we united with the prince and 
Joseph in taking the Lord's Supper, and in the afternoon 
we p]^eached in the street ; many gathered round to listen, 
and the king's favourite, Sabeng, enquired the time of 
service, and a week later, attended with his followers, to 
hear us tell of God's love to poor sinners. 
The barricading of the boundary greatly enraged the 
king. On January 22nd, a man returned, his mission un- 
accomplished, with the message that, " The English will 
not have anything to do with Ashantee, until the king 
had let the Europeans go." The Fantees had scornfully 
added, "Only buy powder and shot, and we will fight 
you." 
In vain did the prince try to soften matters ; urged on 
by the company around, the king exclaimed excitedly, 
" Are not the white men my property ? Can I not set 
them at liberty when I like ? " 
On the night of the 29th, Kotiko first gave his report 
of his mission to the coast in the preceding year, and in a 
few well chosen words, did full justice to the prince's en- 
treaties for peace. The prince then read the governor's 
letter, the main point of which was, that he must return 
