When the province of Canterbury,in New Zealand, was first settled, the men who came fromEngland were called Pilgrims, all others Shagroons, probably a modification of the Irishword Shaughraun.
1877. W. Pratt, `Colonial Experiences of Incidents ofThirty-four Years in New Zealand,' p. 234:
«In the `Dream of a Shagroon,' which bore the date Ko Matinau,April 1851, and which first appeared in the `WellingtonSpectator' of May 7, the term `Pilgrim' was first applied tothe settlers; it was also predicted in it that the `Pilgrims'would be `smashed' and the Shagroons left in undisputedpossession of the country for their flocks and herds.»