This was why I set up Potatau in the year 1857. On his being set up, the blood at once ceased, and has so remained up to the present year. The reason why I set up Potatau as a King for me was, he was a man of extended influence, and one who was respected... The Progress of New Zealand in the Century - Page 211by Robert Francis Irvine, Oscar Thorwald Johan Alpers - 1902 - 460 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Swainson - Great Britain - 1862 - 228 pages
...the Book of Samuel viii. 5 : ' Give us a King to judge us.' This was why I set up Potatau in the year 1857. On his being set up, the blood at once ceased,...reason why I set up Potatau as a King for me was, he was a man of extended influence, and one who was respected by the Tribes of this Island. That, O... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Bills, Legislative - 1862 - 482 pages
...the Book of Samuel viii. 5, " Give us a king to judge us." This was why I set up Potatau in the year 1857. On his being set up the blood at once ceased,...so remained up to the present year. The reason why 1 set up Potatau as a king for me was, he was a man of extended influence, and one who was respected... | |
| B. Francis - Ethnology - 1882 - 258 pages
...death. In a letter to the Governor of Auckland, he explains why he set up King Potatau in this way. " The reason why I set up Potatau as a king for me was, he was a man of extended influence, and one who was respected by the tribes of this island. That, O... | |
| William Gisborne - New Zealand - 1886 - 346 pages
...the Book of Samuel, viii. 5, ' Give us a king to judge us.' This was why I set up Potatau in the year 1857. On his being set up the blood at once ceased,...reason why I set up Potatau as a king for me was, he was a man of extended influence, and one who was respected by the tribes of this island. That, 0... | |
| Evelyn Stokes, Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi Te Waharoa - Kingitanga - 2002 - 564 pages
...the Book of Samuel, viii. 5, "Give us a king to judge us". This was why I set up Potatau in the year 1857. On his being set up the blood at once ceased,...reason why I set up Potatau as a king for me was, he was a man of extended influence, and one who was respected by the tribes of this island. That, O... | |
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