User:Ghossttin/sandbox

Mа̄ori Tribe
On December 1642, Abel Tasman landed in Golden Bay (located in mid New Zealand). During the landing, Tasman and his crew encountered a local Mа̄ori tribe, however due to language barriers and cultural misunderstanding, the local tribe killed 4 of Tasman's men. This resulted in a retaliation on Tasman's part and the death of an unknown amount of natives following the incident. A journal excerpt from Abel Tasman recorded the first encounter from his point of view, "Early in the morning a boat manned with thirteen Natives approached our ships; they called out several times, but we did not understand them, their speech not bearing any resemblance to the vocabulary given us...We repeatedly made signs for them to come on board us, showing them white line and some knives that formed part of our cargo. They did not come nearer, however, but at last paddled back to shore"