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175 Onepu Road
Lyall Bay
Wellington
14/6/22
Dear Mr Fildes
In answer to your questions:
I was in town yesterday &
intended to call in and see you
but various calls prevented.
I am greatly obliged to you for
all the trouble you took in
disposing of those of those pictures for me.
The only other item I want to
sell, although but a small
one as far as price goes, is
a large photo of one of C. F.
Goldie's paintings of Te Aho-O
-Te Rangi, a Waikato Kaumatua
whom I knew, an older man than
Patara Te Tuki, and more Moko'd.
The picture, showing the old man
attired in a long Korowai, is about
20 in. x 14 in. I shall bring
it in on thursday anyhow to
show you.
Am busy on various books -
have three in hand, besides
worrying the Govt-printing office
block-makers every hour of [gap — reason: unclear]
having up the remaining illustrations
so that i can set the
war history page up.
I shall will call in &
take my chances of
finding you disengaged tomorrow
thursday about 11.
With best wishes
yours faithfully
J. Cowan
P.S.
About Te Huia Raureti, of
N' Maniapoto. you said you didn't
know anything of him without
research. You won't find it
by research either - until
you see my Vol 1 with,
Orakau, &c Te Huia
Has never been mentioned by
any writer. However I knew him
of old in the Waikato - at
Kihikihi, & from him &
I have a great deal of
interesting [unclear: narative] about the
Waikato war from the Maori side
Te Huia
Maniapoto) is now about 81 yrs old.
