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Letter: William Hall to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 16 January 1816
William
Hall
Author
Reverend
Josiah
Pratt
Receiver
The Katherine
The ship that sent the letter
Sir William Bensley
The ship that returned the reply
text
Letter
Bay of Islands, New Zealand
16 January 1816
21 June 1816
08 July 1816
05 September 1816
Notes about where the letter was created: Waitangi, Bay of Islands, New Zealand
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Hocken Collections' Title: William Hall to CMS Secretary
Annotations: Captain Graham
Wythangee
-35.269729,174.080375
Bay Of Islands
-35.17886,174.169586
January
16th
1816
Sir
Captn
Graham
Land settlement
Settlement
Boats and boating
Boat
Potatoes
Potatoes
Sawyers
Dwellings
House
Daniel
Mrs
Hall
Indigenous peoples
Native
Blood
Blood
God
God
Hope
Hope
Axes
Axe
Fire
Fire
Committees
Committee
Carpenters
Carpenters
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Letter: William Hall to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 16 January 1816
William Hall
University of Otago Library
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CMS Number 105
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Letter
Maori Subject Headings
Reverend Josiah Pratt
16 January 1816
Bay of Islands, New Zealand
The Katherine
Sir William Bensley
21 June 1816
08 July 1816
British English
Land settlement
Boats and boating
Potatoes
Dwellings
Indigenous peoples
Blood
God
Hope
Axes
Fire
Committees
Carpenters
Wythangee
Bay of islands
January
16th
1816
Graham
Settlement
Boat
Potatoes
Sawyers
House
Daniel
Hall
Native
Blood
God
Hope
Axe
Fire
Committee
Carpenters
Wythangee
Bay of Islands
January 16th 1816
Revd and Dear Sir
The present being a fine opportunity for communicating our latest experiences and I am sorry they are not more favourable— yesterday Captn Graham came over to my Settlement and left me a Boat and several other articles out of his Ship, he he has been very kind indeed— After Captn Graham returned to his Vessel, my friendly Natives being up the Country in search of potatoes and a strange party came over from the other side of the Bay and got upon the Sawyers house top and I went to desire them to come down, they immediately laid hold of me and threw me down and got upon me and brandished their war instruments over me— it could be nothing but that some Almighty power that Saved Daniel
out of the jaws of the Lions that delivered me out of the hands of these Savages— And when Mrs Hall saw me Seised she came running towards me and a native met her and struck her in the face with a war instrument and knocked her down, and when I got myself wrested out from under them, I beheld my dear partner laying moaning and I could not see a feature in her face for blood— But some friendly Natives being at a short distance heard the alarm and came to our assistance else God only knows what the end would have been— we have reason to bless God that the Mrs wound is not mortal and I hope she will get the use of her eye again after a time— the first thing they took from us was our Bedding they
stript
stripped
the bed
they also pulled our
cloathing
Clothing
out of the Boxes but they had not time to take it all away before assistance came, they took away my Axe and some of my Tools, Cooking utensils and fire irons and likewise my two Guns especially the Double-barrelled Gun which I am more concerned for than any other thing— But when I think of the wonderful mercies of God in sparing our Lives, the loss of the things are nothing— and I think from this most astonishing deliverance that the Lord has work for us to do yet, only I am sorry that I am under the necessity of confining my exertions to narrower limits, by removing to the other Settlement for protection. Wythangee is the garden of N. Zealand— I have only been here four months, and we have almost every useful kitchen vegetable in the highest state
of perfection. I have reaped both wheat and barley and has more nearly ready for reaping. I have got the Natives to clear two Acres more— I shall endeavour to induce the Natives to carry on the cultivation if possible, I shall give some of the confidential Chiefs charge of it, and pay them for their labour with Suitable trade and I shall visit it occasionally— I hope your Honourable Committee will not think it strange in me in asking the favour of two more Guns especially a double Barrelled one— I can go out occasionally in a morning befor breakfast and bring home as many ducks and wild fowl as will serve our house for two days, but this is the least thing— a European in N. Zealand bears no respect among the Chiefs, if he has no arms in his house, they call him only a servant, and he has no influence with them—
I am in great want of a few Carpenters Tools especially Axes and Adzes which the Natives frequently pilfer when they can lay hold of them two or three Blanketts would be very
usefull
useful
and a few common Table knives, as for
Cloathing
Clothing
or any other article I shall leave it entirely to the discretion of the Committee— and may the Lord be your, and our protector and director in all our doings now and for evermore amen—
I am Dear your most affectionate and
humble Servant in Christ
Wm Hall
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