MANUSCRIPT
Notebook relating to Cowan's trip to Murupara
- Date
- 1920
- Reference
- MSX-9074
- Description
Notebook containing Cowan's research notes titled 'Trip to Murupara'. Contains research notes about New Zealand Wars in the Urewera, Bay of Plenty/Rotorua and Taranaki regions. Contains interview notes from Lieutenant Hutzel and George Preece, Peita Kotuku and 'Lochiel' of Rotorua. Includes some notes about the Pungarehu fight of 1866 including a sketch of the layout of Pungarehu based on Hutzel's memories. Also includes sketches of Mokoia Island and Kaingaroa, and a sketch and names of divisions of Lake Rotorua for the purposes of fishing.
Language - Contains some Maori content, particularly waiata and place names.
Arrangement: 53 in original listing
Quantity: 1 volume(s).
Pencil sketches of places including Pungarehu, Mokoia, Kaingaroa Plain and one titled 'Waiting for taewa & tea'.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers / Notebooks relating to Rotorua, Horowhenua and Murupara
- Format
- 1 volume(s), Manuscripts, Illustration: Pencil sketches of places including Pungarehu, Mokoia, Kaingaroa Plain and one titled 'Waiting for taewa & tea'.
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