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account he intrigued against him, and with the help of 
his followers succeeded in December 1872 in gaining the 
command in the new campaign. This was against the 
law, which confided to him and Asafo Boakje the defence 
of Coomassie ; it also offended the troops, who despised 
Amankwa as a dreadful drunkard. But now that he was 
at the head of the army the chiefs of Mampong and 
Asamoa were obliged to be content with an unrecognised 
but influential position. 
After the defeat of Amankwa and his retreat, in Jan- 
uary 1874, the command of the army was taken from 
him and given to the prince of Mampong, with co-ordinate 
rank as first general to Asamoa Kwanta. He was an old 
grey-headed man, but full of energy and intelligence, and 
as far as we could judge, opposed to the war, for he 
knew all the difficulties and risks it involved. He always 
behaved kindly to us, and certainly had something to do 
with our release ; he showed too in his last interview with 
Mr. Dawson (January 17th), that he saw the state of 
affairs more clearly than any one else. There are only 
three chiefs superior to him in rank, the princes of Dwa- 
ben, Bekwae and Mampong, also the near relations of the 
king. 
