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 68
... forest undergrowth was dense and matted , and gullies and watercourses continually intersected the line of march . The Forest Rangers in the advance did excellent work as pioneers , cutting the track and bridging creeks and swampy ...
... forest undergrowth was dense and matted , and gullies and watercourses continually intersected the line of march . The Forest Rangers in the advance did excellent work as pioneers , cutting the track and bridging creeks and swampy ...
Page 157
... forest and deep gorges of the hinterland in the rear - a perfect retreat and refuge in case of need . The Piri - Rakau had over 100 acres down in food crops , chiefly potatoes and maize ; the cultivations occupied a shallow sunny saucer ...
... forest and deep gorges of the hinterland in the rear - a perfect retreat and refuge in case of need . The Piri - Rakau had over 100 acres down in food crops , chiefly potatoes and maize ; the cultivations occupied a shallow sunny saucer ...
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... forest . On the ground lie the naked bodies of twenty white men , stripped by the Hauhaus , who had dragged them in from the forest where they had been left when the retreat began . Von Tempsky's body is there . The face had been hacked ...
... forest . On the ground lie the naked bodies of twenty white men , stripped by the Hauhaus , who had dragged them in from the forest where they had been left when the retreat began . Von Tempsky's body is there . The face had been hacked ...
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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