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The circumstances connected with this son (or nephew) 
of Adu Bofo were as follows : — 
After the invasion of Anum, the British colonial 
government were perplexed about the steps to be taken. 
The missionaries in Odumase meanwhile persuaded the 
friendly king of Krobo to interpose on behalf of their 
brethren who had been carried off. The latter sent three 
successive messages by his brother to the camp of the 
United Ashantees and Akwarmers, demanding that the 
missionaries should be given up. But they were continu- 
ally put off by excuses. 
When however in October, 1869, Dompre had beaten 
the Ashantee army, and the tribes in the eastern part of 
tlie Protectorate were preparing for an armed attack, the 
king of Akwarme became so frightened that he sent the 
kino' of Krobo hostao-es who were to answer for the life 
of the captive missionaries. Adu Bofo, realizing the diffi- 
culty of his position, sent his son with these hostages, 
hoping by this means to keep the people in Krobo from 
rising. 
King Kari-Kari was also impressed with the dangers 
by which his general was surrounded, so that on Novem- 
ber 2nd, 18G9, he expressed to the Colonial government 
his readiness to exchange the missionaries for the Ashan- 
tee prisoners. 
If therefore Mr. Kamseyer and Mr. Kiihne were as- 
tonished, when in March 1871 an exchange of prisoners 
had been made without themselves having been taken 
into consideration, how much more were they surprised, 
when in July, 1872, these hostages appeared in Coomassie, 
set free without any equivalent ! This fact shows more 
than anything the conciliatory disposition of the British 
government. 
The Ashantees themselves mistook this peaceful policy 
for weakness, and it is therefore not surprising that 
