The New Zealand Wars: The Hauhau wars, 1864-1872AMS Press, 1969 - New Zealand "Brought up on the old Waipa frontier soon after the close of the wars, when an uneasy peace existed between European and Maori, James Cowan imbibed much ancient lore as well as recent history from old-time Maori chiefs and warriors. When commissioned by the Government to write this history, he not only examined a vast amount of written material - he sought out the remaining veterans of the wars (both European and Maori, women as well as men) and from them learned at first hand much that never appears in official documents; and he tramped many a mile to view the scenes of engagements that he might render a faithful account of what happened"--From book jacket. |
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Page 25
... bullet struck me in the left shoulder , at a range of about as far as from where we are sitting to that hedge yonder [ about 60 yards ] . I was just at the foot of the hill on the flat where the road now goes between Sentry Hill and the ...
... bullet struck me in the left shoulder , at a range of about as far as from where we are sitting to that hedge yonder [ about 60 yards ] . I was just at the foot of the hill on the flat where the road now goes between Sentry Hill and the ...
Page 141
... bullet thudded on my chest just over my heart , but my waistcoat and shirt stopped it from penetrating , or else the ... bullets struck him . A number of us retreated across the swamp and took to the hills , but we were surrounded there ...
... bullet thudded on my chest just over my heart , but my waistcoat and shirt stopped it from penetrating , or else the ... bullets struck him . A number of us retreated across the swamp and took to the hills , but we were surrounded there ...
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... bullet , and other shots through its head and heart . In its fall it pinned Mair's left leg and spurred boot so that he could not move . In the meantime the natives rushed out , reloading as they ran toward him , while he kept snapping ...
... bullet , and other shots through its head and heart . In its fall it pinned Mair's left leg and spurred boot so that he could not move . In the meantime the natives rushed out , reloading as they ran toward him , while he kept snapping ...
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PAIMARIRE | 1 |
Officers of the N Z Armed Constabulary Frontispiece | 5 |
Patara Raukatauri | 18 |
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afterwards ammunition Arawa Armed Constabulary attack Atua Bay of Plenty body bullet bush camp canoe Captain Mair captured carbine Chatham Island chief Coast Colonel Whitmore column command crossed enemy escaped expedition feet fern fight fire flank force forest garrison Gilbert Mair gorge Government guns hapu Hauhaus Hawera Hawke's Bay hill hundred Island Kepa Kereopa killed Kimble Bent Kooti lake Lieut.-Colonel Lieutenant Mair's Major Maoris marched McDonnell miles Military Settlers Mohaka Napier Native Contingent Ngatapa Ngati Ngati-Porou Ngutu-o-te-manu night Opotiki Pai-marire pakeha palisade parapet Parihaka party Patea Pipiriki Poverty Bay prisoners Rangers Rangitaiki rear redoubt retreat rifles river Ropata Rotorua round Ruatahuna scouts sent Sergeant settlement shot side skirmishing soldiers stockade Taranaki Taupo Tauranga Te Kooti Te Teko Titokowaru tomahawk took track trench tribes troops Turanganui Urewera Country valley village volunteers Wai-ngongoro Waihi Waikare-moana Waikato Wairoa Waitotara Wanganui war-party warriors Whakatane whare Whitmore's wounded yards Zealand