A shanti

or Ashantee, formerly a kingdom, now a British protectorate, in West Africa, on the Gold Coast, and to the N. of the river Prah; area about 70,000 square miles. It is in great part hilly, well watered, and covered with dense tropical vegetation. The chief town is Cooma ie, which, before being burned down in 1874, was well and regularly built with wide streets. and had from 30,000 to 50,- 000 inhabitants. Horrible human sacrifices were a feature of A shanti worship when the country was independent. In 1896 a British expedition, from the Gold Coast, forced the submi ion of the King, who, with his | Sh hangge chiefs,- was sent to Sierra eone, and established a protectorate In 1900 a rising was suppre ed and Sept. 26, 1901, the country was annexed. A railway has been built from the modern port of Sekondi 168 m. to Co-oma ie, telegraph and _ telephone lines installed, good roads made, and steamer river traffic established, to the improvement of commerce. Pop. 1,500,000. ——— Ash burton Treaty, a treaty concluded at Washington in 1842, by Alexander Baring, Lord Ash burton, and the President of the United States; it defined the boundaries between the United States and Canada.