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
... 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 engaged with ...
... 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 engaged with ...
Page 163
... chief , as the price of a mare , valued at £ 50 , so that this chief probably wished to have a little equestrian exercise . It was better , however , that he should ride on a horse than on pigs , as some of the natives did fifty years ...
... chief , as the price of a mare , valued at £ 50 , so that this chief probably wished to have a little equestrian exercise . It was better , however , that he should ride on a horse than on pigs , as some of the natives did fifty years ...
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... Chiefs of our enemies ; we do not consider our victory com- plete unless we kill the Chiefs of our opponents ; our passions were much roused , and we could not help killing the Chiefs . ” Rauperaha then sat down , and after a silence of ...
... Chiefs of our enemies ; we do not consider our victory com- plete unless we kill the Chiefs of our opponents ; our passions were much roused , and we could not help killing the Chiefs . ” Rauperaha then sat down , and after a silence of ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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