len.george (63)in #votes • 5 years ago • Nonehow about a "how to do it" run throughFor a while, I have sat back and let those who appeared to know what they were doing run the ship. I imagine that…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneVon Tempsky, One Of The British Soldiers During The Taranaki War, 1860s to 1858. Part 3British regulars had shown little aptitude for this type of warfare and consequently were at a disadvantage. While…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneVon Tempsky, One Of The British Soldiers During The Taranaki War, 1860s to 1858. Part 2On his news-hunting rides from Drury to the military posts in the district in the winter of 1863, Von Tempsky…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneVon Tempsky, One Of The British Soldiers During The Taranaki War, 1860s to 1858. Part 1Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky was born at Königsberg (Kaliningrad), East Prussia, on 15 February 1828. Image…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #37Kimble [Kimball] Bent Image Source From Hukatere the pakeha-Maori and his girl wife went to Taiporohenui…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #36A story related by Bent is illustrative of the Maori belief, up to quite modern days, in malignant beings which made…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #35More than one outlaw from the white country outside took refuge in the Taranaki bush even in those post-bellum days.…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #34Kimble Bent lived in this securely hidden place of refuge, and at Paihau village, nearby, from the end of 1869 until…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #33The Hauhau war-chief's mana-tapu [Glory] was gone, and there was nothing for it but to fly to the depths of the…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #32The Wanganui Kupapas were fully as savage as any wild rebel. No quarter was given to any Hauhau warrior, and no…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #31Two of our men that we have been following, young Tutange and the warrior Katene Tu-Whakaruru, who were out scouting…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #30Now came an illustration of that many-sided law, the tapu. Titokowaru took the two eels which Bent had carried home…len.george resteemedsteemclan (56)in #satoshistreasure • 5 years ago • NoneGetting Upvotes On Steem Could Win Us 1 Million Dollars!!!Here's How You Can Help Us Win $1 Million Dollars to Put Back Into the Blockchain Steem Clan is currently in the…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #29“After we deserted Tauranga-ika,” said the old pakeha-Maori, “we led a miserably rough life in the bush. We were as…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #28It was fortunate that this Hauhau ambuscade had been unmasked. The camp was already astir, and the troops were…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #27An incident of Hauhau life at this period, illustrative of the pitilessly savage character of the olden Maori, was…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #26The most dreaded hour in Maori warfare was the dark, dank hour just before the dawn, and then it was well to be on the…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #25Some of the Maoris proposed that the bodies of the slain whites, the “Fish of Whiro,” should all be burned or…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #24The grim story of that hard-fought retreat through the bush was told by Kimble Bent. After the kokiri, [the rush out…len.george (63)in #history • 5 years ago • NoneKimble [Kimball] Bent An Unusual European Who Deserted The British Army And Joined The Hau Hau #23Just within the stockade of the Moturoa, or Papatihakehake pa, [fortified village], there was a small, roughly built…
