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" The sa't provisions, flour, and spirits they threw overboard as unpalatable ; the carriage guns they did the same with, considering them useless ; the muskets they prized very much ; and one of the savages, in his eagerness to try one, stove in the head... "
A Voyage Through the Islands of the Pacific Ocean - Page 118
1856 - 168 pages
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The History of New South Wales: Including Botany Bay, Port Jackson ...

George Barrington - Natural history - 1802 - 592 pages
...flour, and spirits, they threw overboard, as unpalatable ; the carriage guns they did the same with, considering them useless; the muskets they prized very much ; and one of tile savagcsi in his eagerness to try one, stove in the head of a barrel of powder, and, filling the...
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The Philanthropist, Or, Repository for Hints and Suggestions ..., Volume 1

Charities - 1811 - 424 pages
...flour, and spirits they threw overboard, as unpalatable ; the carriage guns they did the same with, considering them useless ; the muskets they prized very much ; and one of the savages, in bis eagerness to try one, stove in the head of a barrel of powder, and filling the pan of the piece,...
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Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand

Richard Alexander Cruise - Māori (New Zealand people) - 1823 - 338 pages
...Edinburgh, found them when they rescued them. Tippahee was afterwards permitted by the Wangarooans to take three boatloads of any property he chose out...they prized very much, and one of the savages, in 314 his eagerness to try one, stove in the head of a barrel of gunpowder, and filling the pan of the...
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Wild Life in Southern Seas

Louis Becke - Oceania - 1897 - 396 pages
...excepted, and the bulk they divided among themselves. The salt provisions, flour, and spirits they threw overboard, considering them useless. The muskets...pan of the piece snapped it directly over the cask ! In an instant the powder exploded, and killed five native women and nine men, and set the ship on...
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Historical Records of New South Wales: Bligh and Macquarie, 1809-1811

New South Wales - New South Wales - 1901 - 780 pages
...nour, and spirits they threw overboard, as unpalatable ; the carriage guns they did the same with, considering them useless; the muskets they prized...in his eagerness to try one, stove in the head of a barrell of powder, and filling the pan of the piece snapped it directly over the cask, the explosion...
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Historical Records of New Zealand, Volumes 1-2

Robert McNab - New Zealand - 1908 - 804 pages
...flour, and spirits they threw overboard as unpalatable ; the carriage guns they did the same with, considering them useless ; the muskets they prized...in his eagerness to try one, stove in the head of a barrell of powder, and fi'ling the pan of the piece snapped it directly over the cask, the explosion...
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From Tasman to Marsden: A History of Northern New Zealand from 1642 to 1818

Robert McNab - Missions - 1914 - 264 pages
...flour, and spirits they threw overboard as unpalatable ; the carriage guns they did the same with, considering them useless ; the muskets they prized...in his eagerness to try one, stove in the head of a barrell of powder, and filling the pan of the piece snapped it directly over the cask, the explosion...
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New Zealand One Hundred Years Ago: Journal of a Ten Months' Visit

Richard Alexander Cruise - Māori (New Zealand people) - 1921 - 170 pages
...natives. One account of the massacre states that in his eagerness to try one of the muskets a native stove in the head of a barrel of gunpowder, and filling the pan of the firearm he snapped it right over the opened barrel. The explosion killed five native Women, eight or...
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Historical Records of New Zealand, Volume 1

Robert McNab - New Zealand - 1908 - 808 pages
...unpalatable ; the carriage guns they did the same with, considering them useless ; the muskets they priced very much ; and one of the savages, in his eagerness to try one, stove in the head of a barrell of powder, and fi'ling the pan of the piece snapped it directly over the cask, the explosion...
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