Polynesian Mythology, and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race - As Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs #255411

When I arrived in them, I found Her Majesty's native subjects engaged in hostilities With the Queen's troops, against whom they had up to that time contended with considerable success so much discontent also prevailed generally amongst the native population, that where disturbances had not yet taken place, there was too much reason to apprehend they would soon break out, as they shortly afterwards did, in several parts of the Islands.