Travels in New Zealand: With a Map of the CountryCapper Press, 1973 - 174 pages Majoribanks, a Scottish writer, arrived in New Zealand in 1840. He describes the Boyd and Wairau massacres, and Maori cannibalism. |
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Page 113
... Europeans might understand thereby they had not sold their lands , or promised to do so . In their es- timation it ... Europeans , and the fall- ing of their friends that aroused them ; and call every body to witness that it was the ...
... Europeans might understand thereby they had not sold their lands , or promised to do so . In their es- timation it ... Europeans , and the fall- ing of their friends that aroused them ; and call every body to witness that it was the ...
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... Europeans having settled there ? I should not say the crime of infanticide has increased ; on the contrary , it has decreased much since Europeans have been amongst them . " Mr. Polack is quite wrong however in this evidence , as there ...
... Europeans having settled there ? I should not say the crime of infanticide has increased ; on the contrary , it has decreased much since Europeans have been amongst them . " Mr. Polack is quite wrong however in this evidence , as there ...
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... Europeans slept some distance from us ; and , after they had breakfasted , came on towards us in two boats . We remained on the same spot , without food : we were much alarmed . Early in the morning we were on the look - out ; and one ...
... Europeans slept some distance from us ; and , after they had breakfasted , came on towards us in two boats . We remained on the same spot , without food : we were much alarmed . Early in the morning we were on the look - out ; and one ...
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CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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