STAR SATURDAY SUPPLEMENT.

AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1881

EARLY SKETCHES OF NEW ZEALAND.

No. VII

We subsequently learnt that the cause of this seizure of Waitotara, was a raid of allies of the great chief To Heu-Hou, head of the interior districts Of. Lake Taupo, tho volcanic mountainous country andsurround ing river heads. This extraordinary \varrior stood seven feet high, his Jicad ,of white silvery hair, a giant in bulk, and also in his ideas of conquest, for lighting, sake. About live years after the Waitotara event, whilst staying at tlie pah, situated at the base, of Kakaromea mountain, abounding with steamy eruptions, from fissures in its sides, and where all the.stone formations are thus decomposed, by boilings, an ava lanche of softened strata' came suddenly down the mountain upon the settlement, and overwhelmed Te Heu-Hcu, his six wives, and fifty-four of his people. .Great were the lamentations over this formidable hero, whose heathen prestige bore down all Christianizing influences that began ito characterize some of the coast people. ■■ By this kind of death he became associated with the my thology of his god-likeancestors, who. constantly manifested their presence in him in the intermitting display of pas siveness, anger, etc. by quietude, or out bursts of fire and steam among the moun tains of Tongariro and Ruapeho, with the surrounding members of their families, the smaller volcanic cones of wliich Kdkaramea was one, 3,000 feet in height. Great pre- Durations were made to convey Te Heu- Heu's remains to sepulture on tbe top, of his great ancestor, Tongariro, 6,500.feet above the sea level, but upon their approach towards the cone, subterranean rumblings, sulphurous steam, and threatened outbursts of fury emanated from the mountain, and struck terror into the souls of the cavalcade of mourners.

THE PANIC WAS ELECTRICAL, Leaving the body of Te Heu-Heu on some masses of Scoria, they fled downwards, over, the ru<*ged rocks, through tho_ region of snow—for the cone's summit is bare of vegetation —and, with bruised and lacerated limbs, related hundreds of horrors, undefiled by any written description, but all intended to be strictly tapu, together with the moun tain itself from all further intrusion by the foot of man. This late aristocratic chief, when the numerously sigped Treaty of Waitangi was preseuted to Mm for signature' —about May, 1840—declined, with the remark that he "was a law Unto "himself," assertingJiis "Raagatiratangn." as "suffi ciently strong for the rule of his Own people, and desiring no foreign assistance." Te Whero .Whero, of Waikato, was actuated by much the same motive; hence also his' namo, does not appear amongst the snb scribers to this political compact. After our escape from the hornet's nest of j Waitotara, we gleaned some particulars of; the events that attended the destruction of: the pah (which we assuredly would have! avoided by a considerable detour if we had been advised of the state of affairs there). It then appeared that Te Heu-Heu had' driven away from Taupo two native teachers, with-tho intimation that if they returned he would "eat their heads, and make cartridges of their books." This insult was resented by their friends of Waitotara in strong warnings of God's wrath upon the heathen leader and his people. Filthy ire criminations occurred between the Waito taras and their neighbours, the Patutokutus —who were heathen adherent* of 'Te Heu- Heu—until war was declared. About 150 of the choicest warriors besieged the Wai totaras, and drove them to the Tara naki coast pnhs. Here they collec ted reinforcements, and returned.' n Find ing their district devastated, and the pah strongly fortified, the professing Christian warriors beseiged the fort; and during the edge, the reverend gentleman— who had astonished us with his taciturnity —played the zealous part of a mediator between the fighting parties, and when the beseigodfound their supplies were exhausted they consented to a* parley. It was then agreed with tbe intercessor that the be seigers should enter the pah, shake hands; and be friends with the Pagans, "i in the usual manner with Christians;" after which, the heathens should be allowed to depart iri peace to their kainga at Wanganui. Ac cordingly the Waitotara chiefs advanced in the presence of their reverend friendi and withtlieiriefthandsgrasped the outstretched right ones of the Patutokutus.' In an instant the Waitotaros drew their tonia hawks with their right hands from beneath their mats, and hacked at the heads of their unarmed foes. ' ' *■■

A HORRIBLE CARNAGE ENSUED, and a general rush of the Patutokutus took Elace down the mount, during which nUm ere were shot down in umhush. About one-third only of the Patutokutus reached Wanganui* One of Te Heu Hen's near relatives fell in the conflict, and thus secured a civilizing retribution upon the great chief, and eventually that of the transfer of the person of his highness into the grini Maori mythology, by the fall of the decom posed side of : a mountain' upon ! himself; wives, and' friends—a catastrophe which was lauded as a'great triumph' over heathen ism. . ■''''''■ •':"'.': ■"',' *' "|,! 'V' ''l ■''" Holding'along the beach' course; so'long as our exhausted limbs held ont, we came to a halt on the banks ot a, stream,' where' we stripped, and divested ourselves Of as much outward impurity as ! time Would permit.' -Scraping together all our scrapd'of | biscuit and German sausage, we primed our; "innerman" for a day's walk 'of* about! 35' miles to Wanganui, reserving only our last ration of brandy. Coming upon a quaint, hermit-looking native, he or she (for vie' could not understand which gender), pre sented us' with some dried muscles and corn-pirau {or corn steeped in a pool/of water, till merging upon a state of decom position). A half-crown to wear round the neck gratified the shrivelled specimen of j mankind' as much as the kai did ourselves; and coming to a halt again, where soiiie oysters'were abundant on the rocks, we made an extensive roast, and recruited fully the inward man for the work before us. Towards the close of the day we descended from the high shores, on to the beach for easier travelling. As we hastened along the rocky shore, we observed that full tide had flowed to the base of the perpendicular cliffs, along the face of which we were now staggering over rocks. Rounding a small point we found that they extended unbroken —at least as far as the next one. We, therefore, immediately retraced our steps;

TANCE,

but ere!we could pass the. cliffs, rolling; waves took possession of our way, and closed up all escape . from,', them, either backwards or forwards. Tlicre was no timo for hesitation ; a squall came, dead in upon us, and we fell .to work with .our kniyes, cutting holes in the strata for hands and feet, above high-water mark. In the course of a fearfully anxious time, the surf, with' mighty forccj broke beneath onr feet, with deafening roars, scattering the hissing spray far above our heads, and saturating us to, the skin. Fcelirif; that one stroke of the sea upon our bodies would'drag us down; mangling upon the rocks, each- thundering bound strucK death upon our hearts. Ourl holds upon the face of the cliffwere slippery, | and '■■:,.*.]

WE WERE BEYOND ALL EARTHLY ASSIS*

A contused struggling sensation of the soul, getting rid of its trembling frame, and leap ing into a brighter condition of tilings was impressed upon one of us, with it peffeot: conviction of the Almighty's presence; a ; cool defiant indifference Ito the roaring, hurley-hurley was felt by another, until the storm passed away, over the heights above; our heads, in fitful gusts; and the subsiding 1 of the rollers was watched through all its; doubtful phases. Benumbed with cold, aud wet, we awaited opportunity to descend J upon a rock, to which we clung, over-* whelmed at times with broken waves. | : " Sweet are the uses of adversity," and so we felt, with hearts deeply laden with gratitude for tho feelings and strength im-. parted to us, of an absolute cortainty of an interposing Providence ; a power possessing the nerve system over the Jaws of death; a visit of mighty intelligence,, unmistakable, and stamping a* knowledge upon the mind, seldom experienced during our usual every-day life. With difficulty we found our way into Wanganui that night, with begrimed cloth ing, minus one portion and another; Rousing up Mr G., a settler (with his family) of education, and large means, for an ex tensive farming establishment, we were soon into a change of clothing, and upon a supper produced from a well stored larder,, accom panied with large, medicinal hot tumblers, of what the material man felt to he "elixirs, of life." Our generous ho»t, with his noble mien and heart, congratulated us warmly, upon our escapes from both war and storm. He remarked that Te Heu Heu had de stroyed another pah in the vicinity of Wanganui. As usual tlie topic of conver sation drifted into the policy or blunderings, of Governments, of wliich we virtually had three, viz., that of Downing-street, the Governor, and the New Zealand Company; the latter were considered to have dis played to the native \ mind, land stealing and feuds, arising from the same over-reaching and avaricious minds as their owii. That great sacrifices of opportunities, property, and life had taken place, owing to graspings and vacillations over lands, loud outcries from settlers of invasion of rights, repudiation on the part of natives, and rayino, had from time to time been reported, without any redress resulting—the Company pointing out that the stigma of suffering, all these evils with out redress, rested with its adversary, the Imperial, Government,. and its ,injudicious ■selection of officials ; but, however, the re fined laws of the Governor were able to argue these .offences away, in , favpr native rights ; nnd promises, such argu ments were altogether, foreign^ and not understood by the Maori and his ritenga; and, in consequence of their attacks being unattended by retaliation or punishment (notwithstanding: explanation of native Pro tection), our supineuoss was construed to want of strength, and also of fear. Their great governing principle that

"MIGHT ONLY IS RIGHT," remained unshaken, but tlie great evil was believed to exist, in the purchase of large districts by small payments made to some leading chief, without any reference to other individual owners. Mr. M considered ourselves to be the pioneers of an improving order of things, the majority of whom would be rewarded for their, colonizing exertions, in loss of possessions and life—in fact, martyrs, laying the foundation of a glorious country; our work being clearly to,meet with firmness (like soldiers of Providence) envy, rebellion, and avarice,,which consti tute the spirit of every secret committee amongst the natives. That the pakeha's power was certainly laughed at, his sham purchases of land repudiated, and his great Christian truths observed as pleasant to the pastime of mind, as the-sun's-warmth, to the body—his kind intentions considered to be covers merely for land acquisitiveness—tho compact body of soldiers, with their, red;, coats, good marks for skirmishing Maorics, , et<vi M r , G-— was in hopes that the distinct; terms of the Treaty of Waitangi, signed.in tlie previous year, and acknowledged by the chiefs of Kapiti, Te Rauparaha, Rangi haieta, Hiko Tiranga of Mana, and the principal chiefs of Cloudy Bay and Queen Charlotte's Sound, having been . made thoroughly acquainted with the stipulations by Revs. H. Williams and Hadiiekl, would at less expense than tlie present land dealing, with its mistakes and wranglings, be made : available to collect the chiefs into a sort of parliament—as suggested by the late, Go vernment resident, Mr. Busbyj-and discuss the sale of districts and territories to,the Governor, or Queen, with ample reserves for themselves and posterity, f ,before complica itions became irreparable by this generation iof both races. This sample of our, conver sation will serve to show how lanientably. ignorant the settlers were of the, true state of'their tenure. , Not the slightest* doubt disrarbed 'their"belief that the districts oc-' cupied by the Company had. heen .satisfac torily paid for,-'tothe right.phiefs, and that, all who appeared a. claimants were in-, flu'enced by jealously and savage cupidity ; 'that, a large amount of property had been distributed through Warepori at Wellington and two or three chiefs at Waikanai, by astute " wiJc-awake," as the natives called' Colonel Wakefield; but they were com pletely unaware that the great head chief, Te Rauparaha, and liis -numerous fellow conquerors of the shores of Cook Straits, had hot received any payment, except for Blind Bay ; and that Wavepori's sale of the portions of country between the latitudes of 38 to 43 degrees—-some 20,000,000 acres were utterly repudiated, as having been sold by him without the slightest authority. The settlers were also without information that the so-called-purchase consisted only of the following chief articles, viz., 300 red blankets, 200 muskets, 24 single anddouble harrel guns, 300 tomahawks, 6 case's soap, 66 axes and ad_es, 1,500 flints, 2 casks ball cartridges, 81 kegs gunpowder, 276 knives, 100 steel axes; 148 iron pots, 3,200 fishhooks, I 300 yards sack, 200 yards calico, 300 yards

cheek, 200 yards print, 480 pocketharidker chiefs, 3 suits superfine cloth clothes, 200 combs, 72 spades, 92 jackets and 12 flushing cbatS, 66 red nightcaps, 12 pair shoes,' 12 umbrollos, 12 hats, 144 Jews' harps-Hwhou about 10,000 native claimants wercun-j wittingly ignored, and refused: a , hearing even, till the Home Government sent, out Mri; Commissioner Spain to enquire into the ; Company's irregularities, which threatened the destruction of the. settle-; .mente, with' Dr. Evans as advocate ■ for • the; .Company.,, 1 ,•;•'■' ,i;i i : ■,;•',>;■,''!. Next day we made acquaintance with the. new settlement of Wangantii. It was'being, laid out in 254 sections of 100 acres each,1 and 27 sections for natives—a'fino, openl available country, elevated* occasionally in] table*.lauds, grooves of timber here, and; there, tlie rest high fern.and small, 1 hush. The town is situated about nine miles from' the sea, On a river as large as the.Thames ;at London Bridge; and, but for; its, bar entrance, would become of as great impor tance, for it- has a navigable ;course,of seventy miles, . The • "Clydesdale, '.■ 250 tons, had lain oil" the town.:- *, The sources of the river are from tlio slopes of Ruapchu and Lake Taupo (the waters of which are 1,250 feet above the sea level, and' about 30 miles in diameter) runniugia course of 120 miles through the country, between Mount Egmont and his relative—the vplcano' of Tongariro-thelatter6,soofeotinheight. In! the Wanganui was the great outlet of the interior tribes to visit war .upon those of the coasts of Cook Straits. * ': ■ /.

The confiding settlers of Wanganui were hopefully at work getting, up raupo and boarded buildings, conciliating, employing aud making friends with natives, so that all dealings appeared to be favourable to both parties in all respects, save when •

DISSATISFACTION ABOUT THE LANDS

CROPPED UP.

Chiefs or heads of families, finding them selves thrust outside their possessions \vith out the slightest consideration having been paid them, offered, or* spoken of. The Weak ness in numbers of the pakeha with their families were at the same time so apparent, that remonstrances were unhesitatingly made by the natives, until at last the forma tion of block houses were resorted to, and the authorities (who sold the land impro perly obtained), entreated to .defend or aflord means of removal. The so-called authorities at Wellington having but little power to defend even themselves, threw all responsibility upon Governor Hobson, and with a shrug of the shoulders * in' safer quarters consoled themselves that they could do no more, or that they had settled that question Here it was,, that we heard particulars of the So-called Mr. Scott's dexterous mbde of gambling, aud desperate escape from the hands of Ids detectors, in the opening of the stolen desk.

Several single gentlemen, being unable to see the end of the state of things arising out of questioned tenure of the land, pur chased of the company, and having busi ness in Wellington, a large party was formed'for a' journey thither. Upon ex chariging'our warm farewells with Mr. G— we little thought how brief his Wanganui hopes and'fears were destined to be, for about four years afterwards the district was at last '"*'.*■

SEIZED UPON BY THE MAORI CLAIMANTS

ASD DESTROYED —

Cattle, ahd live stock ..killed' or driven off—the unfortunate settlers had to seek other homes in New Plymouth, Nelson, or Wellington, with remains of their properties. When the mischief was accomplished, the district became occupied by'a detachment "of troops_ with armed boats, artillery, and ammunition. '" '\. Arriving at our first river, Turakiui, we were all placed in rauk, each taking hold of liis neighbour's handkerchief to provide against the quicksands. Proceeding across the shallow stream, one person on firm sand, the other up to his middle, it was related how the Rev- Mr Mason on a pre vious' occasion sank iv one of tho sand patches, and that both horse and rider were carried away and drowned notwithstanding the efforts of his native attendant*. Our beach, travelling,.was exceedingly, casy-7-a broad hard sand stretched onwards for two days journey. After an enjoyable stretch of jaunty walking, we came upon1 the banks of the Rangatiki, a river with a strong, current, and occasionally shallow ; its sources arc on the slopes of Ruapchu) (in extinct volcano 9,200 feet in height, ■ and the largest "relative of Tongariro)" ,also from, the water-shed of a portion of the Ruahine range, having a course'Of 120 miles: By this central river of the straits the interior tribes came down, in their canoes to act in conjunction -with TO Rau parnhu in making conquests and' sharing! plunder. "' ,'' V, '~ About 20 miles farther we came'upon the, batiks of the'rivcr Manawatu'; hcrettesitv. a'brig of about 200 tons beating up flic' broad stream, laden with machinery'and, supplies for a mill, this familiar object of a vessel, converted the scene into, one ;bf apparent civilization. We hailed the meet ing by bathing our white skins, and by, istout bonis of brandy mixed at.a iiir,out of; ; a."cool grot."' Arriving on' the otter 'side' ;by canoes we resumed our tramp Mon the i hard broad beach, with the island of Kapiti 'before,Us rising.to a height of nearly 2,. 00 ■ feet,: aiid'.' the' Tararua Mountains'' 'on, piir left; one'of'them 4,560 feet in height:'*;: ... tJpon reaching Otaki'at nightfall; we, found the.palifuTl of.natiyes (about,3,ooQ,it Uiriwsaidj in a state of frantic excitcnient, bdlji women and , men, displaying i the "failgih.anga,'''or weeping, accompanied with all the ■usual, extravagances. The most accomplished among them had been'standing 'throughout the day dropping streams from their secretive organs, nnd, presenting numerous sanguinary gashes' upon their defaced images of beauty (made by themselves with pipi shells)—vociferat ing men—lilazing away into the'' kir' with* handfulls of powder in their guns; Tlie Rev.'Mr. H".'was absent, but we found one or two other European residents some littlo distance _fom the pah. We wereinformed' that two young chiefs, with some whalers, had left the station at Kapiti to enter the Rangatiki River, and in attempting to ci'oss the bar in a scaling boat, had been wrecked and drowned; that the whole of the beach; was "ralmied" in consequence, and'that the sooner we decamped tho better for us. Of course saure gui pent was the prevailing idea, and we departed in haste, without leaving cards at the «reat chiefs head quarters, -onsideringtliatßangiliaieta,' upon his return frohi inland, might require us-to play'prominetlt tragic, parts in his sensa tional ■ representations of pandemonium; One ,of our party could not proceed owing to a wounded knee, attended with feverish hess. He was thereupon accommodated

(To be continued.)

with a bunk, in:a house near the_ pah, be longing to a European and Maori spouse. The invalid was there in hi^h fever from a severe cold. His kind Maori hostess (as lie afterwards relate) doctored his swollen leg with plantain, etc., and at intervals of. dehjium, during the night, he had to be lashed down, when the musketry perform ance were going on about the pah. Era morning the mandate of Eangiliaieta went lorth that ,'",',' ■>

"THE SICK I'AKEfiA WAS TO BE KILLED," the European'"Gi- deprived of all his goods," " liis wife to',be made a slave of," and " the tapii to remain upon the beach" if the Port Nic authorities did not send them a.vessel full Qf rum, tobacco, blankets, giilis; po^yder, etc. And negotiations over :the tabooed beach went on for about threb weel_s, until', a more modest consideration was accepted for allaying the spirits of the two young chiefs drowned (but no satisfac tion to the manes of the drowned whalers appeared tO occur'to-them); and our con valescent friend was released with empty pockets and the relinquishment of gun and travelling gear. During his stay he was shown, in quite a matter of course style, the contents of two large kits' containing ;thc

COOKED LIMBS OF A YOUNG GIRL, Being conveyed to the great Tc Rauparaha, then on the island of Kapiti. This repul sive tiger was subsequently inveigled by Captain Stanley on board the Calliope and carried to Auckland under control (as mentioned before)'upon which it may further be remarked that a great relief was experienced in all .the whaling stations and to traders on the straits. Owing to the visits of whalers' being frequent at that time, whether with." Tickets of leave" or not, desperate escapes were made from New South Wales, and afterwards escapes into New Zealand to revel in rum drinking and debauchery; it was then that black mail was levicdhy the old despot with every conceivable cunning and contrivance, through his audocidiis administrator R.angi haieta. Guns, puWdcr, rum, tomahawks, and tobacco were the chief trade and articles demanded ; on the other side pi"s, potatoes, flax,-maize!,.and lands were the articles for exchanges; the latter tram melled with cunning devices on the scores o tapu breaches and the cropping up of un satisfied claimants, European law was not only unobserved hut treated with the utmost contempt; destruction of the Com pany's settlements wasdetermined upon, so soon as the Maoris had collected a sufficient quantity of fire-arms and ammunition. These dangers were fully, under the concern of. the Government, .but neither the Im« pcrial Government nor the Company had the means available to arm the settlers. Governor Hobson, with the Victoria brig for communication, had to endure all the anxieties of the work as well as those arising from the Company's imperfect operations at the South. 'Powerless to meet the immediate demands creating in terminable worry on all sides, and in place of receiving judicious advice and assistance to ni'ec't emergencies, the North fell foul of the company's agent, upon the score of land restrictions ; and the Company bejlclied forth from their "Gazette' every opprobrious epithet, written by men' of unquestioned, talent but of very questionable integrity and consistency throughout the reigns of Hobson, Short land, and Fitzroy, so that eventually the securing of Raupafaha's person by Go vernor Grey was doubtless the saving of tho settlements.

Mr. Gilslammer's Connubial Anxiety.

"Nurse," whispered young Mr Gilslam mer, as he put his head gently into -the sick room two hours after .the baby was born, " how is my lovcy dovey, my darling wife ? The nurse was a beetle-browed, practical old' army muse, and as she gave him a two-hundred-ponnd push, which landed him in the hall, she whispered "Get out o' here and go to Oaldand. • Your wife's all right, Lemnie be."

He felt very much discouraged, for it was Mrs Gilslahimer's first baby, and he hadn't seen it. He didn't eVen know whether it was a.boy or a girl, or both, or two boys and one girl, or two girls and one boy, or whether it was Siamese twins and things. So lie went into the dining-room and opened the cellaret in the sideboard and got outside of three fingers of whisky. Then he felt better. '.

"My poor wife," he murmured, "how badly she must feel! I think I'll take her up some cold ham and a glass of stout," ;nnd thus armed Mr Gilslammer marched j boldly up to the bedroom door. j :;" Say, nurse, here's some nice linm and | some porter for Mrs G. If you won't let 'me see her, at least give her this with my <love, ahd tellher that her own ducksy is i just breaking his heart, and will cook her ia tehder'loin steak by and by with his own [hands,1 and buy her some fresh shrimps." I "I'll ducksy you,".hissed Mrs GufiV jniacky.' "if you doh't keep away from ihe.c; ■and she gently but firmly landed jh'im against the bannisters, porter and all, jajid,' ns „he'closed the door, she hissed IthrOiigh her teeth "Go to San Jose." : , " She oidy wanted me to go to Oaldand ilasttime,"he soliloquised, "and now she idesh'es nic to. make a trip of fifty miles. I jtHlt-k 'Mrs Guffmacky is au inconsiderate 'old,1 heathen.""" .- ■* - i But,-'-bent'on getting even, MrGilslam- WieV went to a neighbouring restaurant and (bought a crab and some lettuce. He was suffthathis wife was fond of cider, too, so he iopencd a,bottle, and after he had picked the crab and fixed a salad he marched boldly upstairs, and,-without knocking at the door,'made his way into the bedroom atid:jujst got'as far as "Darling, hubby did bring'bo'some—" when a violent wrench pn las ear persuaded him to get out and fall down'1 fourteen stairs, and a female bass voice'whispered to him, "Go to 1" (see Revised' New Testament). ! 'Mr Gilslammer felt thoroughly humbled, but at night, before he went to bed, he took, off his shoes and tenderly laid an offering ,of pickled eels, sauerkraut, and bottled beer at his wife's door, and as he lay, down on the parlour sofa, with a blanket over him and a footstool for a pil low,. lie coriiforted himself by saying "I know my sweety is fond of eels, aud if that female elephant finds them there p'raps she'll give !em to her when she gets good humoured."

I A : youth was recently asked why -an ostrich sticks his head in the sand. He Replied,' "So that he may not see himself robbed of his feathers." _■ *-*: i'-'1



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