Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 251, Issue 1517William Blackwood, 1942 |
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... Heke ; for the capital of the new State was Kororareka in the Bay of Islands , and this was where Hone Heke exercised supreme control as Chief . Mr Busby did indeed apply for a company of troops to add some force to the moral suasion to ...
... Heke ; for the capital of the new State was Kororareka in the Bay of Islands , and this was where Hone Heke exercised supreme control as Chief . Mr Busby did indeed apply for a company of troops to add some force to the moral suasion to ...
Page 202
... Heke's mind with tales of their successful revolt from the tyranny of England . Heke obtained an American flag from one of these traders , and on the 10th January 1845 he cut down the flagstaff a second time and then paddled round the ...
... Heke's mind with tales of their successful revolt from the tyranny of England . Heke obtained an American flag from one of these traders , and on the 10th January 1845 he cut down the flagstaff a second time and then paddled round the ...
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... Heke took the north , his object being to cut down the flagstaff yet again ; while the third party came over the low ... Heke's warriors , armed with tupara ( double - barrelled guns ) and tomahawk , had crept up the eastern side of the ...
... Heke took the north , his object being to cut down the flagstaff yet again ; while the third party came over the low ... Heke's warriors , armed with tupara ( double - barrelled guns ) and tomahawk , had crept up the eastern side of the ...
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