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A New Zealand War Speech. (From a sketch by A. Earle.

CONTENTS
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[INTRODUCTION]
[CHAPTER I]
VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY
WRECKS AT HOKIANGA
[CHAPTER II]
MAORI WELCOME
NATIVE CHARACTERISTICS
EUROPEANS AT HOKIANGA
CANNIBALISM
[CHAPTER III]
A MAORI VILLAGE
THE TAPU ON CROPS
MAORI ART
[CHAPTER IV]
HOKIANGA RIVER
MR. HOBBS' MISSION
THE TIMBER INDUSTRY
[CHAPTER V]
AN OVERLAND JOURNEY
[CHAPTER VI]
THE CHIEF PATUONE
[CHAPTER VII]
A PICTURESQUE SCENE
[CHAPTER VIII]
IN THE DENSE FOREST
[CHAPTER IX]
THE KERIKERI MISSION
INHOSPITABLE RECEPTION
[CHAPTER X]
THE BAY OF ISLANDS
[CHAPTER XI]
MASSACRE OF THE BOYD
[CHAPTER XII]
KORORAREKA
A MIXED COMMUNITY
SHULITEA (KING GEORGE)
[CHAPTER XIII]
MAORI CONSERVATISM
[CHAPTER XIV]
A MISSION SETTLEMENT
THE MECHANIC MISSIONARY
[CHAPTER XV]
VISIT FROM HONGI
HONGI'S COAT OF MAIL
[CHAPTER XVI]
INTERVIEW WITH HONGI
[CHAPTER XVII]
A MAORI WELCOME
[CHAPTER XVIII]
INLAND EXCURSIONS
[CHAPTER XIX]
MAORI WOMEN'S CAMP
[CHAPTER XX]
LOADING SPARS, HOKIANGA
[CHAPTER XXI]
DEATH OF A CHIEF
TRADING WITH MAORIS
[CHAPTER XXII]
BRUTAL MURDER OF A WIFE
[CHAPTER XXIII]
ANOTHER JOURNEY
INTERIOR OF THE COUNTRY
[CHAPTER XXIV]
A WAR PARTY
[CHAPTER XXV]
HOSTILE DISPLAY
THE LAW OF MURU
[CHAPTER XXVI]
A SEDUCTION AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
[CHAPTER XXVII]
LAW OF RETALIATION
[CHAPTER XXVIII]
A WAR EXPEDITION
CANNIBALISM
[CHAPTER XXIX]
MAORI SLAVERY
[CHAPTER XXX]
PIRACY BY CONVICTS
[CHAPTER XXXI]
N.Z. CLIMATE
THE STARVATION CURE
[CHAPTER XXXII]
THE ART OF TATTOOING
[CHAPTER XXXIII]
TRIBAL GOVERNMENT
MAORI BELIEFS
THE CUSTOM OF TAPU
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE
MASSACRE OF FRENCH NAVIGATOR MARION AND PARTY
[CHAPTER XXXIV]
THE MAORIS' VIEW OF CHRISTIANITY
[CHAPTER XXXV]
HONGI'S THREATS
PREPARING FOR WAR
[CHAPTER XXXVI]
ARRIVAL OF A WARSHIP
[CHAPTER XXXVII]
WHALERS AND MISSIONARIES
[CHAPTER XXXVIII]
THREATENED WAR
[CHAPTER XXXIX]
CONSTRUCTION OF A PA
[CHAPTER XL]
A SHAM FIGHT
[CHAPTER XLI]
AN EXCITING INCIDENT
VISIT OF A GREAT TOHUNGA
[CHAPTER XLII]
VICTORIOUS WARRIORS
TREATMENT OF PRISONERS
BAKED HEADS
[CHAPTER XLIII]
VISITS OF WHALERS
[CHAPTER XLIV]
SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS
[CHAPTER XLV]
DEATH OF HONGI
[CHAPTER XLVI]
A TRIBAL CONFLICT
SHULITEA (KING GEORGE) KILLED
[CHAPTER XLVII]
EXCITEMENT AT KORORAREKA
[CHAPTER XLVIII]
EARLE'S FAREWELL
MISSIONARIES ALARMED
[CHAPTER XLIX]
JOURNEY TO HOKIANGA
[CHAPTER L]
EUROPEAN DEFENCES
MR. HOBBS' MESSAGE OF PEACE
[CHAPTER LI]
MAORI SOCIAL CUSTOMS
EUROPEAN LIAISONS WITH MAORIS
MAORI MARRIAGES
[CHAPTER LII]
A MAORI TANGI
[CHAPTER LIII]
MAORI CHARACTERISTICS
ORIGIN OF OUTRAGES
FAMILY AFFECTION
[CHAPTER LIV]
TRADE OF HOKIANGA
[CHAPTER LV]
A CREW MASSACRED
[CHAPTER LVI]
FAREWELL TO NEW ZEALAND
MAORIS IN SYDNEY
[APPENDIX I]
MASSACRE OF FURNEAUX'S BOAT'S CREW
CANNIBALISM
[APPENDIX II]
A TRIBAL FIGHT


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