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Index

• Ahuriri (Napier), 91
• Alexandra (Pirongia), 57, 59, 66
• Alpine Sheep Country, 101–113
• Amusements, pioneer, 38, 49–50, 100
• Atkinson, Sir H. A., 85
• Aukati line, King Country, 60, 79
• Bacon, home-cured, 47, 48
• Blacksmith, country, 127–131; as armourer, 129
• Blockhouses and redoubts, 44, 54, 59, 66 , 72
• Blunden, Dr, 133–135
• Bohemian settlers, Puhoi, 36–39
• Bowen, Sir George, Governor, 35
• Bowie-knives, made in Auckland, 129–130
• Bruce Bay, 114
• Buller River punt, 119
• Bullock teams, 14, 16
• Burnett, sheepfarming family, 110
• Burnett Memorial Church, Cave, 110
• Bush clearing for settlement, 12–16, 17–20, 33–39, 81–86, 90, 94–95, 96–100, 115, 121
• Cambridge, Waikato, 60, 65, 66
• Canoes on rivers, 43, 70, 77
• Canterbury pastoral country, 108–110
• Cattle-droving, 119, 120
• Cavalry patrols, Upper Waikato, 54, 60, 71–72
• Cave Memorial Church, 110
• Clifford, Sir C., 104–106
• Clutha River, 120
• Constabulary, Armed, 22, 23, 59, 64–66, 72, 136
• Dairy-farming, 48, 73–74
• Dannevirke, 95
• Emigrant ship described, 1–4
• Erosion, soil, 102, 103
• Exploring expeditions, King Country, 79–83
• Firth, J. C, 39
• Flour-mills, Maori, 19, 42
• Forest clearance, 83
• Forest Rangers, 129–130
• Frissell, surveyor, 58–59
• Frontier roads, 63–66
• Frontier settlers, 45–52, 68–75, 84–90
• Gaelic Highlanders and Maoris compared, 35
• Gaelic immigrants from Nova Scotia, 30–35
• Gold-diggings, Otago, 111–112; Thames, 71; West Coast, 115
• Grey, Sir George, Governor, 32, 43
• Gunpowder, th missionaries', 140
• Haast River, 114, 121
• Hamilton punt, 119
• Hawke's Bay, land purchased, 91–92; sale deed, 91
• Hetet family, King Country, 77
• Highland clansmen,Waipu, 32–35
• Hokitika, 114, 115
• Hunua bush, 15
• Hursthouse, C. W., pioneer surveyor, 62, 81–82 page 152
• Immigrants, character of, 30
• Isle of Man, 5, 7, 53
• Karori settlers, Wellington, 96–100
• Karori stockade, 98–100
• Katikati settlers, 40–41
• Kawhia, road to, 66
• Kay, Andrew, 51
• Ketemarae, Taranaki, 87–89
• Kihikihi, 42, 44, 51, 52
• King Country (Rohepotae), before white settlement, 77–78; exploration of, 79–83; rival railway routes, 80
• Koheroa battle, 22
• Te Kooti, 23, 51, 52; escape to King Country, 64; his kainga at Otewa, 51, 76; his life at Kihikihi, 51
• Krippner, Captain M., 36, 37
• Lyon, farm-hand, 55–56
• Mackay, James, 116
• Mackenzie Plains, 77
• Maclean, Sir Donald, 35, 91
• Maclean, Sir Douglas, 126
• McLeod, Rev. Norman, 31
• McWilliams, E. D., survey hand, shot, 61
• Mahuki, the prophet, 26
• Main Trunk Railway exploration, 80, 82, 83
• Manukarere, King Country, 76
• Maraekakaho Estate, 93, 126
• Marae-o-Hine, King Country, 77
• Marsden, Rev. Samuel, 28
• Matamata, 39–40
• Military roads, 63–66
• Military settlers, 44
• Missionaries, 27–28, 42
• Mission stations, 28–29
• Morgan, Rev. John, 42
• Ngai-Tahu tribe, 116
• Ngaruawahia, 119, 123, 124
• Ngati-Hako tribe, 61
• Ngati-Hikairo tribe, 58
• Ngati-Maniapoto tribe, 44, 79
• Ngati-Raukawa tribe, 45, 50
• Normanby, 87
• Norsewood, 94
• Norwegian settlers, 94–95
• Nova-Scotian settlers, 31–35
• Nukuwhenua, of Kawhia, 59
• O'Carroix, Dr, 135
• Ohaupo settlers, 38
• Ohura Valley forest, 81–82
• Old farm life, Waikato, 44–48
• Onewhero, 120
• Ongarue Valley, 80–81
• Opuatia, 120
• Orakau, 50, 51, 55, 120
• Otewa (Te Kooti's village), 51, 78
• Otorohanga, 77–78
• Pakeha-Maori, 29
• Panehakua, Waikato, 53, 54
• Papakura, 15–19
• Patrolling the frontier, 59, 60, 72
• Pirongia Mountain, 56–59
• Poro-o-Tarao, 77–80
• Puahue, Waikato, 53
• Puhoi settlement, 36–39
• Puniu, frontier river, 44, 55, 76
• Purchase of Westland, 116
• Qualtrough, T., 53
• Rangiaowhia, Maori farms, 42
• Rangitoto Channel, 11
• Reconnaissance surveys, Main Trunk Railway, 62
• Redoubts, construction of, 86–88
• Rees, R. C. Wakatipu, 130–131
• Te Retimana, 130–131
• Roads, frontier, 64–66
• Robson, James, 87–89
• Rochfort, John, surveyor and explorer, 62
• Rohepotae (King Country), 77
• Rotokohu block, 61
• Roto-o-Rangi, 56. 123, 124
• Runholders in South Island, 100–113; Central Otago,111–115 page 153
• Scandinavian pioneers, H. B., 94–95
• Sheep, first at Bay of Islands, 27
• Sheepfarming, Hawke's Bay, 92–94; South Island, 101–113
• Ships, immigrant, Bredalbane, 33; Carisbrooke Castle, 41; Dover Castle, 41; Duchess of Argyle, 30; Ellen Lewis, 33; Gazelle, 33; Gertrude, 33; Highland Lass (or Lassie), 32; Halcione, 41; Jane Gifford, 30; Lady Jocelyn, 41; Lord Auckland, (notes to Illustrations); Maori, 10; Margaret, 32; Mermaid, 1–11; Spray, 33; War Spirit, 37
• Silk, Father, 37
• Stewart, George Vesey, 41
• Sullivan, Timothy, murdered, 54
• Surveyors and Maoris, 56–62
• Tangarakau Gorge, 82
• Taupo, Lake, 65
• Te Awamutu, 43, 60
• Te Kuiti, 77, 79, 82
• Timber mills, 86–89
• Todd, R., surveyor, killed, 57–59
• Voyage, Liverpool to Auckland, description, 1–11
• Waddington, Dr, 135–136
• Wahanui te Huatare, 79
• Waikato Cavalry Corps formed, 60
• Waikato War, 20, 70–71
• Waiuku Cavalry, 125
• Waimate Plains, 125
• Waimarino, King Country, 82, 83
• Waimeha, King Country, 80
• Waipa River, 42, 43, 56–57
• Waipu Gaelic settlement (Nova Scotians), 30–35, 77
• Wakatipu, Lake, 111, 112
• Wanaka, Lake, 113
• Water-driven flour-mills, 19, 25
• Weld, Sir F. A., 104–106
• Westland, 114, 116, 121
• Te Whiti, 87
• Wilkin, sheepfarmer, 113