If all goes well with his army we are probably safe; but if the news comes of any defeat, he may in his rage order us to be executed." "What do you think are the chances of defeat ?" Frank asked.
"We know not," the missionary said; "but it seems probable that the Ashantis will turn the English out of the coast.

The Fantis are of no use.

They were a brave people once, and united might have made a successful resistance to the Ashantis; but you English have made women of them.

You have forbidden them to fight among themselves, you have discouraged them in any attempts to raise armies, you have reduced the power of the chiefs, you have tried to turn them into a race of cultivators and traders instead of warriors, and you can expect no material aid from them now.

They will melt away like snow before the Ashantis.