Note 132 — THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND WAR. 1845–7.

Lieutenant Philpotts having been some time on the station was well known and respected by Heke and the natives. At the head of his men, while endeavouring to hew down the palisades with an axe, the defenders called to him by name, and told him to go away, or they should shoot him. This he disregarded and fell. His body being left in possession of the Maories, was by them cooked and partly eaten.