 This number was the general capacity of a “waka taua” (a war canoe), however sometimes waka would be designed to carry up to 140 warriors, and such canoes were called "Te Hokwhitu a Tu".During the height of the musket wars the number of warriors rose to about 2,000 and the group travelled mainly on foot around the North Island coast.The most comprehensive written account of a war expedition was written by missionary Henry Williams.