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On June the 21st, he writes again — " When I last wrote 
I had not time to go into particulars about tlie accusation. 
You know that shortly before you went from Ebenezer 
to Coomassie,"^ the king authorised me to write to the 
administrator, that Ehnina and the Fort had belonged to 
his ancestors for ages past, and that therefore they 
belonged to him. If, then, the British Government took 
possession of the Gold Coast, the town and fort were not 
to be included, as they were his. The administrator of 
course sent this letter to England, and the English govern- 
ment communicated it to the Dutch Government. When 
the Dutch heard that the king had sent his chief, Akjam- 
pong, to Elmina, they were angry, and ordered the 
governor to banish Akjampong; he was therefore ordered 
to leave Elmina, but he refused to do so. The governor, 
wishing to prove to him that Elmina did not belong to 
the Ashantee king, caused him to be shut up in the Fort. 
Then the Elminers and Akjampong accused me of having 
written that letter without the king's knowledge, and 
especially that the sentence, that ' the king of Ashantee 
regarded the king of Holland as his subject,' had been 
added by me. I am sorry to say that my friends who 
accompanied me as ambassadors (Afirifa, &c.), have taken 
part against me, and supported Akjampong and the 
Elminers. However, the Dutch governor and the 
administrator are on my side ; and what is more, the 
Lord is for me. 
" Now I expect to prove how far the king and his 
council are conscientious, by their owning or denying that 
I was fully authorised by them to write that letter. The 
governor of Elmina has decided not to deliver the usual 
yearly payment unless he apologises with regard to it. 
" I am waiting to see whether the king really will beg 
pardon in order to receive that payment (four hundred 
* November 24th, 1870, is the date of that foolish letter. 
