GLOSSARY.
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Croom. A town or village.
Caboceer. A chief or magistrate.
Pynin. An elder or counsellor.
Palaver. A dispute, debate, argument, or suit.
Book or Note. A certificate of a monthly pension of the African Committee, paid in trade to the Fantee Kings and Chiefs in the neighbourhood of the British settlements, in consideration of their attachment, influence, and services; which Books or Notes were claimed by the King of Ashantee, as his by right of conquest.
Stool. Throne, seat in council, inheritance.
Custom. A festival, carnival, public ceremony, funeral rite.
Panyar. To seize or kidnap.
A Benda. Two ounces four ackies, or £9. currency.
A Periguin. Two ounces eight ackies, or £10. currency.
An Ackie. Five shillings currency.
A Tokoo. Ten pence.
A Dash. A present.
Fetish. A charm, amulet, deity. Any supernatural power or influence. Any thing sacred.
MISSION TO ASHANTEE. PART I.
MISSION TO ASHANTEE.