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William Harris (beachcomber)

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38: 167: 86:, he assisted the German authorities in informing the Nauruans of the way in which the country would be governed, and in persuading them to relinquish their firearms, with which a third of the population had been killed during the civil war. 57:, he escaped and made his way to Nauru in 1842. There he "assimilated native culture took a Nauruan wife, fathered several children, and was adopted as a Nauruan. He became perhaps the only beachcomber the 242: 208: 145: 121: 252: 267: 262: 201: 257: 237: 194: 61:
ever fully accepted and trusted." He acted as an intermediary between his people of adoption and passing
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In 1889, his canoe was swept away to sea by strong currents, and he was not seen again.
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William Harris with his Nauran wife and children, 1887.
19:(born in 1812 or 1813, presumed dead in 1889) was a 116:, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000, 140:, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1970, 202: 8: 209: 195: 112:McDANIEL, Carl N. & GOWDY, John M., 138:Nauru: Phosphate and Political Progress 98: 114:Paradise for Sale: A Parable of Nature 74:civil war had broken out on the island 173:This biographical article related to 7: 163: 161: 181:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 14: 34:and adopted a Nauruan lifestyle. 165: 243:Escapees from British detention 1: 79:In 1888, when Nauru became a 68:In 1881, Harris informed the 284: 160: 253:People who died at sea 42: 40: 268:Nauruan people stubs 263:Immigrants to Nauru 43: 258:British emigrants 190: 189: 146:978-0-7081-0765-2 49:sentenced to the 275: 238:British escapees 211: 204: 197: 169: 162: 149: 136:VIVIANI, Nancy, 134: 125: 110: 283: 282: 278: 277: 276: 274: 273: 272: 218: 217: 216: 215: 158: 155: 153: 152: 135: 128: 111: 100: 95: 65:trade vessels. 27:who settled in 12: 11: 5: 281: 279: 271: 270: 265: 260: 255: 250: 245: 240: 235: 230: 220: 219: 214: 213: 206: 199: 191: 188: 187: 170: 151: 150: 126: 97: 96: 94: 91: 55:Norfolk Island 17:William Harris 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 280: 269: 266: 264: 261: 259: 256: 254: 251: 249: 246: 244: 241: 239: 236: 234: 231: 229: 226: 225: 223: 212: 207: 205: 200: 198: 193: 192: 186: 184: 180: 176: 171: 168: 164: 159: 156: 147: 143: 139: 133: 131: 127: 123: 122:0-520-22229-6 119: 115: 109: 107: 105: 103: 99: 92: 90: 87: 85: 82: 77: 75: 71: 66: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 39: 35: 33: 30: 26: 22: 18: 248:Beachcombers 228:1810s births 183:expanding it 172: 157: 154: 137: 113: 88: 84:protectorate 78: 67: 51:penal colony 44: 29:pre-colonial 16: 15: 233:1889 deaths 124:, pp. 32–35 25:beachcomber 222:Categories 93:References 70:Royal Navy 63:European 59:Nauruans 47:convict 21:British 148:, p.13 144:  120:  81:German 23:-born 177:is a 175:Nauru 72:that 32:Nauru 179:stub 142:ISBN 118:ISBN 53:on 224:: 129:^ 101:^ 76:. 45:A 210:e 203:t 196:v 185:.

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British
beachcomber
pre-colonial
Nauru

convict
penal colony
Norfolk Island
Nauruans
European
Royal Navy
civil war had broken out on the island
German
protectorate




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