From a drawing by Mr. A. H. Messenger] — The Schooner “Rifleman”

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From a drawing by Mr. A. H. Messenger] The Schooner “Rifleman”

From a drawing by Mr. A. H. Messenger]
The Schooner “Rifleman”

This picture of the vessel in which Te Kooti and his fellow-exiles escaped from Chatham Island to the east coast of New Zealand is drawn from a description and sketch by the late Captain M. T. Clayton, who was Lloyd's surveyor at the Port of Auckland for many years.

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Title: The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, 1864–72

Author: James Cowan, F.R.G.S.

Publication details: R. E. Owen, 1956, Wellington

Part of: New Zealand Wars (1845–1872)

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