"If you, the British, dare to invade, I will use your skull as a drinking cup and your jawbones beat my drums." Ashanti King, Osei Tutu Kwadwo (Ghana), said to the British governor, Sir Charles McCarthy.  The battle of Nsamankow was fought on 11 January 1824.  The Ashanti completely destroyed the British forces numbering over 3,000.  The head of the British governor was cut off and carried to Kumasi, the Ashanti capital.