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 106
... Rauperaha became chief of the tribe after this event . Tu - pahi was killed in a very cruel way , his enemies having tied him up by the heels to a tree , cut his throat , and then sucked his blood . In order to revenge his death , Rauperaha ...
... Rauperaha became chief of the tribe after this event . Tu - pahi was killed in a very cruel way , his enemies having tied him up by the heels to a tree , cut his throat , and then sucked his blood . In order to revenge his death , Rauperaha ...
Page 124
... Rauperaha , to whom the warrant was shown and its purport explained by the police magistrate , who requested him to go on board the government brig , where the charge which had been brought against him by Mr. Cotterell would be ...
... Rauperaha , to whom the warrant was shown and its purport explained by the police magistrate , who requested him to go on board the government brig , where the charge which had been brought against him by Mr. Cotterell would be ...
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With a Map of the Country Alexander Marjoribanks. APPENDIX . INTERVIEW BETWIXT RAUPERAHA AND THE GOVERNOR . On 12th February , 1844 , His Excellency , Governor Fitzroy , and suite , landed at Waikanao , where he met Rauperaha and ...
With a Map of the Country Alexander Marjoribanks. APPENDIX . INTERVIEW BETWIXT RAUPERAHA AND THE GOVERNOR . On 12th February , 1844 , His Excellency , Governor Fitzroy , and suite , landed at Waikanao , where he met Rauperaha and ...
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CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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