The next day he fainted, and was supposed to be dead ; when he revived, he said, he should die, but not until the morrow. He ordered his powder to be brought to him, and when he saw it, he said to his children, A'fl era koutou,—you will be safe; intimating,... Te Ika a Maui: Or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants. Illustrating the Orgin ... - Page 516by Richard Taylor - 1870 - 713 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Strachan - Methodist Church - 1853 - 550 pages
...soon sat down, and moved as if in great inward pain. He then lay down and slept. When we told him that he was dying, he said, ' No, I am not dying: my heart is quite light: I am not dying.' The next day we determined to leave Wangaroa, and return home; but at an early hour 'Hongi fainted, and was supposed... | |
| Christianity - 1856 - 538 pages
...and after lingering for a whole year terminated his existence in the awful manner here related— ' In his last hours, so far from attending to the words...his powder to be brought to him, and when he saw it, he said to his children, A'fl era koutou,—you will be safe; intimating, the powder would be their... | |
| 1856 - 542 pages
...of the Missionaries, he urged his followers to prosecute the war, and exterminate his enemies. AVhen Patuone visited him, a day or two before his death, and was told he was dying, he said, " No, ) am not dying : my heart is quite light. I am not dying.'' The next day he fainted, and was supposed... | |
| Charles Hursthouse - New Zealand - 1857 - 374 pages
...and exterminate his enemies. When Patuone visited him, a day or two before his death, and told him he was dying, he said, ' No, I am not dying : my heart...his powder to be brought to him, and when he saw it, he said to his children, Ka ova koutou, — you will be safe ; intimating the powder would be their... | |
| Charles Hursthouse - Natural history - 1861 - 564 pages
...and exterminate his enemies. When Patuono visited him, a day or two before his death, and told him he was dying, he said, ' No, I am not dying : my heart...his powder to be brought to him, and when he saw it, he said to his children, Ka ara koulou,—you will be safe ; intimating the powder would be their protection.... | |
| Charles Hursthouse - Natural history - 1861 - 558 pages
...his enemies. When Patuone visited him, a day or two before his death, and told him he was dying, lie said, ' No, I am not dying : my heart is quite light....his powder to be brought to him, and when he saw it, he said to his children, Ka ora koutou, — you will be safe ; intimating the powder would be their... | |
| Church missionary society - 636 pages
...of the Missionaries, he urged his people to prosecute the war, and exterminate his enemies. " When told he was dying, he said, ' No, I am not dying :...powder to be brought to him, and, when he saw it, he said to his children, • Ka ora koutou,' ' You will be safe,' intimating that the powder would... | |
| American periodicals - 1856 - 846 pages
...lingering fur a whole year, terminated his existence in the awful manner here related. " In his lost hours, so far from attending to the words of the Missionaries,...his powder to be brought to him, and when he saw it, he said to his children, lea ora koutou, — you will bo safe ; intimating, that powder would be their... | |
| Missions - 1856 - 462 pages
...of the Missionaries, he urged his people to prosecute the war, and exterminate his enemies. " When told he was dying, he said, ' No, I am not dying :...powder to be brought to him, and, when he saw it, he said to his children, 'Ka ora koutou,' 'You will be safe,' intimating that the powder would be their... | |
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