 | Catherine Hutton - 1821 - 560 pages
...king's order, into brass pans in different parts of the town ; and the crowd pressed around, and drank like hogs. Freemen and slaves, women and children, striking, kicking, and trampling upon each other, pushed, head foremost into the pans, and wasted more than they drank. In less than... | |
 | 1829 - 404 pages
...before Which the King retired. "The next morning the King ordered a large quantity of rum to be poutCd into brass pans, in various parts of the town; the...trampling each other under foot, pushed head foremost into t he pans, and spilling much more than they drank. In less than an hour, excepting the principal men,... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1838 - 702 pages
...from troubling the king. On another day a large quantity of rum was ordered to be poured into Drass pans, in various parts of the town, the crowd pressing...striking, kicking, and trampling each other under foot, and many falling head foremost into the pans. In less than an hour, excepting the principal men, not... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1841 - 778 pages
...greater part of the night ; and on the following morning, which happened to be the Christian sabbath, the king ordered a large quantity of rum to be poured into brass pans, for the use of the people, in various parts of the town. A most beastly scene resulted ; for, in less... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - 790 pages
...inserted to keep the spirits from troubling the king. On another day, a large quantity of rum was ordered to be poured into brass pans, in various parts of...striking, kicking, and trampling each other under foot, and many falling head foremost into the pans. In less than an hour, excepting the principal men, not... | |
 | D. J. East - 1844 - 416 pages
...of the horrid scenes connected with the annual customs of Ashanti. " The next morning," he says, " the king ordered a large quantity of rum to be poured...and slaves, women and children, striking, kicking, trampling on each other under foot, pushed foremost into the pans, and spilling much more than they... | |
 | Caleb Wright - 1849 - 300 pages
...greater part of the night ; and on the following morning, which happened to be the Christian Sabbath, the king ordered a large quantity of rum to be poured into brass pans, for the use of the people, in various parts of the town. A most beastly scene resulted; for, in less... | |
 | Robert B. Edgerton - 2010 - 304 pages
...allegiance. The festivities, accompanied by a growing display of sexual license, continued until 4 AM The next morning the King ordered a large quantity...like hogs; freemen and slaves, women and children, shrieking, kicking, and trampling each otlier under foot, pushed head foremost into the pans, and spilling... | |
 | Robert B. Edgerton - 2010 - 304 pages
...allegiance. The festivities, accompanied by a growing display of sexual license, continued until 4 AM The next morning the King ordered a large quantity...like hogs; freemen and slaves, women and children, shrieking, kicking, and trampling each otlier under foot, pushed head foremost into the pans, and spilling... | |
 | Faye Z Belgrave, Kevin W Allison - 2006 - 468 pages
...harvest festival, odwira, it was commonplace to have liquor as an integral part of the festivities: "The . . . King ordered a large quantity of rum to...various parts of the town: the crowd pressing around. ... All wore their handsomest cloths, which they trailed after them in a length, in a drunken emulation... | |
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The next morning the King ordered a large quantity of rum to be poured into brass pans, in various parts of the town ; the crowd pressing around, and drinking like hogs ; freemen and slaves, women and children, striking, kicking, and trampling each other... 