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lyn-r-at;dinitr'ete?*cl'.' who visited the yneen, wun ner nm-^jdren.!. Sarah Forbes Bonetta had not long-J I arrived in England, when Tamiliana ±. | Bauparahn, son of the famous Maori 2 warrior, also arrived in London on a visit to the Old Country. With Canon Stack, then a lad of i.” ov Ui. who had JL1heen asked to interpret for the lonely Jv | Maori, lie was waiting* in the library of the Cluireh Missionary Society for an interview with the directors of that institution when Sarah Forbes Bonetta came in with her foster mother for the same purpose. The title girl after a while grew restless and began to move about the room, looking- at the r | books and the people. Suddenly look-p ■ ing- up she perceived Tamihnna Ban-' v-(pnraha. All the memories o! her | slave days seemed to be revived by [the sight of his face, and with a cry d of “Black man, oil black man! she rushed to her Foster-mother, nud burying her face in lier hands refused to look up. The Maori grew very angry at what he considered an insult to linn and with an indignant exclamation of “Who are you calling black man? I'm not a black man!” he marched up to the little girl, and seizing her wrist bade her compare the colour of nis brown hand and arm with the jet black of her own. Eventually Canon Stack explained to the interested Tam! hana the little girl's sad history, and the dramatic little ^msocle ended. Shortly afterwards Tamiliana himself also had an interview with the Queen.nie’taitr _iOitita
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Auckland Star
Auckland, Auckland, NZ
Tue, Oct 23, 1900
Page 2
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Helen R.
UK 29 Nov 2018
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