William colenso

hongi Hika

Hongi Hika  was a great chief.

He wanted to buy guns.

Guns were too expensive for Hongi Hika to afford guns of
or just bags of potatoes they were  lost potato gun.

Instead of guns he did the Christians gave him middle
sword and chain armour.

Hongi Hika killed thousands of other

people from other iwis mostly from the northern part of
New Zealand.

One day in battle two of his son's and many relatives of
him died in battle.

Within in the next week Hongi Hika died from
forgetting  to wear his chain armour and was shot
right in the chest from a musket.

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