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  • Every European who ventures into these fatal districts falls into the hands of the Maories, and a prisoner in the hands of the Maories is a lost man.

    In Search of the Castaways 1873

  • It was used in New Zealand for example, against Maories who are the indigenous people there and I think also Great Britain as well as the United States.

    Is Tony Snow, Press Secretary to the Pres. a Racist? 2006

  • The few Maories that inhabit this settlement travel to the West Coast by way of this river.

    A First Year in Canterbury Settlement 2004

  • The sportsmen found whole coveys of the kiwi, which are scarce in districts frequented by the Maories; the native dogs drive them away to the shelter of these inaccessible forests.

    In Search of the Castaways 2003

  • Having heard some unusual noise outside the Ware-Atoua, he went back into the hut and watched the Maories from behind the mat.

    In Search of the Castaways 2003

  • European who ventures into these fatal districts falls into the hands of the Maories, and a prisoner in the hands of the Maories is

    In Search of the Castaways 2003

  • The taboo has the same weight as a law; or rather, the code of the Maories, indisputable and undisputed, is comprised in the frequent applications of the taboo.

    In Search of the Castaways 2003

  • General Cameron had three thousand volunteers at his disposal, and they gave no quarter to the Maories after the barbarous murder of

    In Search of the Castaways 2003

  • If by ill luck the Maories, more cunning than the fugitives, had only pretended to retreat; if they were not really duped by the volcanic phenomenon, this was the spot where their presence would be betrayed.

    In Search of the Castaways 2003

  • In 1863, after a long and sanguinary struggle, the Maories were entrenched in strong and fortified position on the Upper Waikato, at the end of a chain of steep hills, and covered by three miles of forts.

    In Search of the Castaways 2003

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