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 65
... settlers , and a few of them live in their houses . They are so fond of being dressed like the British , that one of the merchants at Welling- ton had the names of one hundred of them at one time in his books , to whom he had furnished ...
... settlers , and a few of them live in their houses . They are so fond of being dressed like the British , that one of the merchants at Welling- ton had the names of one hundred of them at one time in his books , to whom he had furnished ...
Page 116
... settlers against the natives . That your petitioners believe that not one instance can be adduced of any aggression committed by settlers in Cook's Straits upon a native . That the Protector and Sub - protec- tors are persons totally ...
... settlers against the natives . That your petitioners believe that not one instance can be adduced of any aggression committed by settlers in Cook's Straits upon a native . That the Protector and Sub - protec- tors are persons totally ...
Page 130
... settlers , in the great delay that has so unfor- tunately , though it may be so unavoidably , taken place in the settlement of their claims . Owing to this de- lay , they state in their petition to the Queen , and they state most justly ...
... settlers , in the great delay that has so unfor- tunately , though it may be so unavoidably , taken place in the settlement of their claims . Owing to this de- lay , they state in their petition to the Queen , and they state most justly ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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