The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-15
THE FIRST AsHA>TEE WAR.
\ Correspondent Describes the People
a. Handsome and Intelligent.

Frederick Boyle in Saturday Review.
when our troops formed up on the mar
ket square Of Coomassie in the cleaning
and gave three cheers for the queen, a
dense throng OF townspeople looked on with
interest by no means unfriendiy. j offered
one OF them a pail and showed him SIX
pence: quickly he ran of and brought 4
fun OF delciously cool water. Others did
the same But an hour afterwards some
camp followers set the royal quarters
ablaze. and the townspeople fed in alarm.
not a soul remained 10 tel where the sweet
water could be found. and We had to drink
from a foul swamp. Thus the only chance
OF Observing a number OF Ashantees was
lost. for every village on the lire OF march
had been abandoned. But they are GER
ialniy handsome race. and more intelt-
gent than the Fanti or any other represent
cd in our expedition. Grave Mr.. kuehne,
one OF the rescued missionaries described
the beauty OF the women in the upper
ranks with warmth.
We had no difficulty In believing him.
The two gallant young mobiles who stepped
out from the bush and fred at Lord VOL
seley point blank We're not darker than
Neapoutans. with features very nearly
Furopean. Doubtless the genealogy Of the
AshAnteeS has been made ont, so far as
language betrays t. BY that test they ere
Intimately related % the Fantis, but IN
t!nctlon is great Bat We know that con-
ouerlnE people. used 10 rule. Cypress and
scoru its neighhors from generation = gen
grafton viii acquire q certain force OF
character which does nos belong to its KIN
folk The Ashantccs had played that role
FOR nearly - years. until 1873. They had
defeated British officials. II not British
tra.ons again and again The skull o. S.r
Charles Mccarthy. governor Of the gold
coast decorated one az the royal drums
We found a vacant place among the tTo-
rbfes thus suspended, from whIeh doIot-
less Il had been removed Less than ten
wears before. IN 1859. the Ashantees had
harricd our colony and retired az lAelF case
with the epot. followed after sori" months
nv n West Indian regiment. detachmeats
- two others and che Gold Coast artillery.
sn men in all For SIX months these de-
voted men lay az Pra}su less than hair o.
.Ns,,, returned No wonder the As1antn~s
thou-ht themselves iuvinciole. They had
never suffered. grave defeat. save me
memorable day % Cormant!n. q hundred
ana Gftv years before-and THAI was TOR
r,,r,n.. the march back had an excl
lent onf.artrn'ty go observe an Ashantee
rrsr-e NJ cure He Rad been captured re
moving arms from the palace through
WINDOW handing thtw to q captain ctst-
side. aa3 for some reason = VS. thoNth&
fst.ls..t1rt- ID tttt ltll rs
ysosorrraso was really fine Eentle-0an-
mean fhat De was nos only good looking.
lv.alreaut. and wei hammered. nat oes-ttes
au .hts bad enc asr 81 good society. rs rec
,,srtre4 in surooa- one detail struck me-
.-,,rh TJs wore q toEa ot native cotton,
.;y.4 .- a -aavms1C pattern. ard always
---s~.f-tsfv traoe.l--a costume. IN facf, az
.-,s.-.r. az -ou}d be-an3 - tntaT.aHiy
,..,s,ss clean az the end % tAe 1ar G;atc1
,-.-,- Wa vere sr.ASaca and n .l.3r - the
,.ts. The casa ar1 polished coar} rSy IN
,,rs.h th.s parsonage greeted an N -fr
u.s., .+,.,.-l t1 look az h--n was an a'-2.rg
.,.,,l.s- -tr-ttat.~z. too. for 80 6oreSt m
,f-, w., e.la niya rat@er GEt .aS. -
.-s saw tAat good follow tN zen The
..-..,., sharply % slch ucc2ssouA g. ts7ca
~, =. xrrr prince hts piaca TBS tnAss1.i -
..,,,, ~ueFs..f IA temper. re sa.4 20 VI
$500. ,-,o - fhe cart.Vts released. See
, .,-t-,.s ~ A~nartee. tlef Ike stft
s 81 IN, A common "a r.te man IL IS NE
s.--,.,-f.t u Bounst assured rle t1At ltAs
-s-.t manners of uar rr.ea.er Wtrr Hot
-, ,,.,,pttaas5 az tNe As'fsu-ee souri,
"a me k.ae himself. Noh AairAH. was
49,. e~es. gentleman among them ali.
~ se9vs SCARED vita smallpox and
o,oegss ars almost al fair t-e"
',-t a., Nfs.hra how We should rec2E-1-ze
-. ~ were taken PRISONER tfa
s,r... answered. Eoar so}1.trs ~..i
"' 81, fsr "a King. ile iooAs E, every
tuc1.