 Death!' three beats of the drum, 'Cut it off!' and a single beat from another drum announced 'The head has dropped.' Powerless as we were, amid the fearful darkness around, to hinder such atrocities, we could only sigh, and pray that our captivity might...  Four Years in Ashantee - Page 116by Friedrich August Ramseyer, Johannes Kühne - 1875 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Church work with the poor - 1875 - 400 pages
...!' three beats of the drum 'cut it off !' and a single beat from another drum announced ' the heal has dropped !' Powerless as we were, amid the fearful...captivity might bring about a better state of things." Another sight described is the RETURN OF THE ARMY. " On Monday, the 4th, Crawford, M. Bonnat, and Kiilme... | |
 | Alfred Burdon Ellis - Akan language - 1887 - 366 pages
...Ashanti," p. 117. melancholy sound continued. Two blasts of the horn signified ' death ! death 1 ' three beats of the drum, ' cut it off ! ' and a single...from another drum announced 'the head has dropped.'" Any repairs that may be necessary in this building at Bantama are always accompanied by the shedding... | |
 | Lady Mary Alice Young Hodgson - Ashanti - 1901 - 376 pages
...been slain. These, alas ! were not all, for at six o'clock the King had returned, the horn and drums again sounded, betokening that more victims were yet...captivity might bring about a better state of things." The fort in which we were to pass so many weeks is a fine square building with rounded bastions at... | |
 | Lady Mary Alice Young Hodgson - Ashanti - 1901 - 398 pages
...sounded, betokening that more victims were yet to fall, and far into the night the melancholy sound 72 continued. Two blasts of the horn signified 'Death!'...captivity might bring about a better state of things." The fort in which we were to pass so many weeks is a fine square building with rounded bastions at... | |
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