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 56
... says , addressing his country- men , " I earnestly request of you , if in your power , free yourselves from bondage and slavery , and come to New Zealand ; mind nothing what any person says , we are all better than ever we were , and ap ...
... says , addressing his country- men , " I earnestly request of you , if in your power , free yourselves from bondage and slavery , and come to New Zealand ; mind nothing what any person says , we are all better than ever we were , and ap ...
Page 60
... says a colonist , ( Mr. Patridge ) , blankets , muskets , powder , tobacco , and shirts , in exchange for pigs , potatoes , house - building , and thatching , and things of that sort . " Speaking of the chiefs , the same gentleman says ...
... says a colonist , ( Mr. Patridge ) , blankets , muskets , powder , tobacco , and shirts , in exchange for pigs , potatoes , house - building , and thatching , and things of that sort . " Speaking of the chiefs , the same gentleman says ...
Page 117
... says , " to rescue the natives of New Zealand from the calamities of which the approach of civilized man to barbarous tribes has hitherto been the almost universal herald , is a duty too sacred and important to be neglected , whatever ...
... says , " to rescue the natives of New Zealand from the calamities of which the approach of civilized man to barbarous tribes has hitherto been the almost universal herald , is a duty too sacred and important to be neglected , whatever ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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