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 48
... valley or plains of Wai- rarapa , thirty miles from Wellington , up the valley of the Hutt , beyond the Ruamahunga Plains , comprising nearly half a million of acres , of which the New Zea- land Company acquired right , in 1844 , to ...
... valley or plains of Wai- rarapa , thirty miles from Wellington , up the valley of the Hutt , beyond the Ruamahunga Plains , comprising nearly half a million of acres , of which the New Zea- land Company acquired right , in 1844 , to ...
Page 62
... valley of the Hutt , where we were first located , the present inhabitants of that district amount to 6000 British , and about a 1000 natives . The number of good houses , and stores , & c . built by the British , is now estimated at ...
... valley of the Hutt , where we were first located , the present inhabitants of that district amount to 6000 British , and about a 1000 natives . The number of good houses , and stores , & c . built by the British , is now estimated at ...
Page 63
... valley , pre- vious to his departure for this country in 1844 , and his potatoe crop , in 1842 , produced twelve tons per acre , some of which he sold at £ 10 a ton , or at the rate of £ 120 per acre , though the circumstance of his ...
... valley , pre- vious to his departure for this country in 1844 , and his potatoe crop , in 1842 , produced twelve tons per acre , some of which he sold at £ 10 a ton , or at the rate of £ 120 per acre , though the circumstance of his ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 9 |
CHAPTER | 35 |
Manners and Customs of the NativesTattooing | 83 |
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aborigines acres amongst appear arrived Auckland Bay of Islands betwixt boats body British called cannibal canoes Captain Wakefield cattle chief chiefly Christianity Church of England civilized claims Cloudy Bay coast Colonel Wakefield colony commenced considered Cook's Straits despatches devoured Dieffenbach dinner distant district doubt dreadful emigrants England missionaries English Europeans feet fight fish flax George give Governor harbour Hobson Hokianga houses hundred Hutt inhabitants killed Kororarika labour late Lord massacre Massacre Bay ment Middle Island miles mission Mount Eg mountains natives nearly Nelson North Island occasionally party Petre pigs Plymouth population Porirua Port Nicholson potatoes pounds protectors Puaha river sailed savage says settled settlement settlers ship shore Shungee South Wales Sydney tapu Taranaki thing Thorp timber tion town tribes valley vessels voyage Wairoa Wanganui Wellington Wesleyan missionaries whole wood Zealand Company