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[Encampment of Chute's forces near Te Putahi Pa, on the Whenuakura River]

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Date

7 Jan. 1866

Artist

Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky (1828-1868)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23060148

Description

Shows Von Tempsky, smoking a pipe and seated by the cartwheel in the foreground, with Dr I. E. Featherston standing behind him. Sergeant Birchfield may be the standing soldier on the left, guarding the group. Seated are Maori guide Te Mahuki and his wife Takeroa (Lucy). There is a horse standing by the cart on the right. There is a billy boiling on a campfire in the centre of the group of figures. The group is in the foreground looking out over an encampment at the right in mid-distance, with troops moving on lower further hills, and in the distance a hilltop fort or pa, with a flag flying. There is a cabbage tree in the left foreground.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Whenuakura River, Taranaki, New Zealand

Country

Tags

Hills
People
Military
Encampments

Category

People & Society

TWW Comment

Putahi Pa was beside the Whenuakura River and the Karahaki Road, Waverley. See: https://www.facebook.com/A-walk-through-old-South-Taranaki-with-a-Maori-Descendant-104014867948931/videos/putahi-pa/643916493167446/

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