Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century

Zusammenfassung This pioneering study, originally published 1899-1901 and reissued here in the enlarged edition of 1910, was written by a retired New Zealand government surveyor turned ethnologist. It covers the inter-tribal 'Musket Wars' of the early nineteenth century, and provides fascinating insights into the European reception of Maori oral traditions.

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This 1899-1901 publication (revised 1910) about the New Zealand 'Musket Wars' reveals how Europeans interpreted Maori oral traditions.

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This pioneering study, originally published 18991901 and reissued here in the enlarged edition of 1910, was written by a retired New Zealand government surveyor turned ethnologist. It covers the inter-tribal 'Musket Wars' of the early nineteenth century, and provides fascinating insights into the European reception of Maori oral traditions.

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Preface; The wars of the border-land, Nga-Puhi and others, 1795; Battle of Moremo-nui, Nga-Puha v. Ngati-Whatua, 1807; Further wars on the Border-land, 1808-13; The Great Epidemic, 1810; Early northern expedition to the south, 1810; Muru-paenga's first expedition to Taranaki, 1810; Tau-kawau's first expedition to Taranaki, 1816; Marsden's first visit to Bay of Islands, 1814; Te Morenga and Hongi visit the East Cape, 1818; Tu-whare and Te Rauparaha's expedition to Port Nicholson, 1819-20; Death of Tu-whare, 1820; The Wai-te-mata and Thames, 1820; War at Te Roto-a-Tara, 1819; Death of Nahu, fights at Te Aratipi, etc., 1820; Marsden's visit to Hauraki and Kaipara, 1820; Tareha's expedition to Kaipara, 1820; Cruise's visit to Waitemata and Hauraki, 1820; Te Morenga's visit to the Thames, 1820; Te Morenga's visit to the Tauranga, 1820; Marsden visits Katikati, 1820; Koriwhai's death, 1820; Titore and Te Wera's expedition to East Cape, and fall of Te Whetu-mata-rau, 1820-1; Waipaoa, 1820-1; Te Morenga's visit to Tamaki, death of Koperu, 1820-1; Fall of Mauinaina to Hongi, Nov. 1821; Fall of Te Totara pa to Hongi, Dec. 1821; Pomare's raid on Tuhua, 1822; Death of Te Pae-o-te-rangi at Rotorua, 1822; 'Te Amio-whenua' expedition, 1821-2; Battle of Te Motu-nui, Taranaki, Nov. 1821; Fall of Matakitaki to Hongi, May 1822; Pomare's first visit to the Urewera country, 1822; Te Roto-a-Tara (Kaupapa), 1822; Fall of Mokoia, Rotorua, to Hongi, 1823; Pomare and Te Wera-Hamaki's expedition to the south, 1823; Pomare's peace with Ngati-Porou, 1823; Te Wera settles at Te Mahia Peninsula, 1823; Te Wera's doings at Heretaunga, 1824; Te Pakake, 1824; Peace between Nga-Puhi and Waikato, 1824; The 'Coquille' at the Bay of Islands, 1824; Troubles at Whangarei, 1824; Death of Te Toroa and Ragni-wai-tatao, at Wairoa, 1824; Te Mau-tara-nui visits the Bay of Islands, 1824; The fall of Titirangi, Puke-karoro, etc., pas, Hawke's Bay, 1824; Moumou-kai, Wai-kotero, Puke-karoro, 1824; Battle of Te Ika-a-ranga-nui, Kaipara, Feb. 1825; Death of Te Mau-tara-nui, 1826; Fall of Pohatu-roa, Hawke's Bay, 1826; Fall of Waihau, 1826; Fall of Noho-awatea, Waikato, 1825; Pomare's death, 1826; Death of Muru-paenga, 1826; The Wai-te-mata in 1827 (D'Urville's account), 1827; Rangi-tuke's expedition, 1827; Tawa-tawhiti fight, 1827; Rangi-tukia's expedition, 1828; Hongi Hika, his death, 1828; Taking of the 'Hawes', 1829; The death of Ngarara, 1829; The Girls' War, 1830; Ahuahu and Motiti (Te Haramiti's expedition), 1831; Pukerangi's expedition to Waikato, 1832; Titore's first expedition to Tauranga, 1831-2; Matamata, 1932; Titore's second expedition to Tauranga, 1832-3; Puckey's visit to Te Reinga, 1834; Toka-a-kuku, 1836; Expedition to Great Barrier, 1838; The coming of the white man, 1840; Index.