Hongi Hika, warrior chief
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Word Count
87,750 words, Guess
Page Count
351 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3727950M
- ISBN-100670045446
- OCLC Control Number54104020
- Library of Congress Control Number2003374649
- Goodreads2183057
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- LibraryThing351433
Classifications
- DDC993/.00499442
- LCCDU424.N36 H653 2003
Description
This biography of Hongi Hika of Ngapuhi describes intimately the first continuous contact between Maori and European. The foremost Maori leader during the early years of European settlement, Hongi Hika led Ngapuhi on their devastating raids during the Musket Wars. Thousands of Maori were killed using the new weapons, and tribal power balances were radically altered. Hongi Hika is also important because he spans the old world and the new. He was a charismatic fighting chief of the old school, brutal when required - he participated in ritualistic cannibalism as a matter of course. But he also befriended European missionaries such as Samuel Marsden and Thomas Kendall, spoke English, and held his own at the English court during his visit to London.
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