BROTHER KUHNE SET AT LIBERTY. 
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CHAPTER XXIX. 
BKOTHER KtfHNE SET AT LIBERTY. 
On the 9th of January, the day of deliverance appeared 
at hand, and we thanked God for it. 
At two p.m., we were summoned to read the letters ui 
the presence of the king, his mother, and the council. We 
seated ourselves near the celebrated General Amankwa 
Tia, and Mr. D. took the unopened letter and read it 
aloud ; while we wondered the hearers did not storm at 
its stern, sharp words; but they felt their power was 
already broken, and he was permitted to read it through, 
word for word, without interruption. 
"Sir Garnet Wolseley, knight of the order of St. Michae], 
etc., reproached the king with having introduced many 
irrelevant subjects, instead of simply replying to the three 
questions he had asked. The king knew well that his 
predecessors had totally resigned all right over Asen, 
Denkjera, etc. ; notwithstanding which he spoke of those 
tribes as if they were his slaves. He had caused white 
men to be taken prisoners without the shadow of a reason, 
and when their friends offered a ransom he had suddenly 
broken off the treaty, attacked the protectorate in great 
force, and attempted to take possession of a fort belonging 
to queen Victoria. 
Perhaps the king did not know the actual facts con- 
cerning the war. Although he had declared he would 
keep at peace with the white men, Amankwa had attacked 
