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Contents

• CHAPTER 1: PAI-MARIRE 1
• A new phase of Maori warfare—The Pai-marire or Hauhau religion—Tribes united in a holy war against the pakeha—The confiscation of Taranaki territory—Prophets of the Niu—Mixture of Christian and pagan faiths—Powerful appeal of Pai-marire to the Maori temperament—Magic spells to avert the bullets—Great political value of the religion—The Hauhau chants—Marvellous Powers attributed to the priests—Hypnotic influence of the Pai-marire—A singular night seance—White renegades share in the Hauhau ceremonies—The surprise at Te Ahuahu (1864)—British soldiers decapitated—The heads sent from tribe to tribe—Te Ua's apostles.
• CHAPTER 2: THE ATTACK ON SENTRY HILL REDOUBT 21
• A story of fanatic courage—Hauhau war-party attempts to storm Sentry Hill Redoubt, Taranaki—The fortified mound of Te Morere—Te Kahu-pukoro's narrative of the assault—Hepanaia the prophet and his warriors—Daylight attack on the redoubt—Maori incantations to avert the soldiers' bullets—“Hapa, hapa, Pai-marire”—The storming-party repulsed with heavy loss—Tamati Hone's dirge for the fallen: “My brave canoes lie broken on the shore.”
• CHAPTER 3: THE BATTLE OF MOUTOA 30
• “The Isle of Heroes”—War between Upper and Lower Wanganui tribes—Hauhau propaganda on the river—Captain Lloyd's head at Pipiriki—Savage ceremonies round the niu pole—Pai-marire converts plan attack on Wanganui Town—Down-river natives oppose their passage—Challenge to fight on Moutoa Island—Scenes in the rival camps—The children's Hauhau war-game—The battle on the island—An eye-witness's story—The friendly tribes hard pressed at first—Tamehana te Aewa's heroic stand—Complete defeat of the Hauhaus—Death of Matene the prophet.
• CHAPTER 4: THE SIEGE OF PIPIRIKI 37
• Military post established at Pipiriki, Wanganui River—Major Brassey's force builds redoubts—Formidable gathering of Hauhau tribes—Attack on the redoubts—A twelve days' siege—Sniping and guerrilla tactics—Ammunition and food run low—Messages for relief sent to Wanganui Town—A truce with the Hauhaus—Lieutenant Newland's plucky mission to the Maori camp—A force from Wanganui raises the siege.page viii
• CHAPTER 5: CAMERON'S WEST COAST CAMPAIGN 46
• Operations against the West Coast tribes—General Cameron takes the field—Hauhau war-parties concentrated on the Waitotara—British army attacked at Nukumaru—Hauhau warriors charge into the camp—Two days' heavy skirmishing—Tu-Patea's narrative of the fighting—The death of Assistant Adjutant-General Johnston—Cameron declines to attack Weraroa pa—Acrimonious correspondence with the Governor—Sir George Grey's successful strategy—Weraroa outflanked by colonial forces—Capture of Hauhau party at Arei-ahi—The General's slow march up the coast—Engagement at Te Ngaio, Kakaramea—Heavy losses of the Maoris—British headquarters fixed at the Wai-ngongoro—Lieut.-Colonel Colvile's operations near Warea, Taranaki—Several villages attacked and destroyed—General Cameron's departure—The Government's self-reliant war policy—Gradual withdrawal of the Imperial troops.
• CHAPTER 6: CHUTE'S TARANAKI CAMPAIGN 61
• General Cameron's energetic successor—General Chute enters on a bush campaign—Operations against the South Taranaki tribes—Capture of Te Putahi pa—The storming of Otapawa—Death of Lieut.-Colonel Hassard—“Die-hards” rush the pa—Kimble Bent at Otapawa—Swift movements against Ngati-Ruanui and Nga-Ruahine Tribes—Numerous villages destroyed—Work of the native contingent under Kepa—Chute's march through the forest—The Whakaahurangi track—The troops short of provisions—Nine days in the bush—Arrival at New Plymouth and return march down the coast—Skirmishing in the Warea district—Lieut.-Colonel Butler's operations from the Wai-ngongoro.
• CHAPTER 7: PAI-MARIRE ON THE EAST COAST: KEREOPA, AND THE MURDER OF MR. VOLKNER 72
• Pai-marire propaganda on the Bay of Plenty coast—Kereopa te Rau and Patara Raukatauri Te Ua's prophets—Arrival at Opotiki and conversion of the Whakatohea Tribe—The Rev. C. S. Volkner and the Rev. Thomas Grace taken prisoners—Mr. Volkner hanged near his mission station—Kereopa's atrocities in the church—He eats the missionary's eyes—Narrow escape of Mr. Grace—H.M.S. “Eclipse” to the rescue—Seizure of the cutter “Kate” at Whakatane, and murder of Mr. James Fulloon—Pai-marire influence at Tauranga—The chief Hori Tupaea attempts to join the Hauhaus—His capture at Lake Rotoiti by Ngati-Pikiao—A curious scene in the bush—The story of Tomika te Mutu's song and its sequel.
• CHAPTER 8: A MOUNTAIN WAR: THE FIGHTING AT TE TAPIRI 84
• A battle-ground on the Urewera border—Ngati-Manawa and Arawa bar Kereopa's progress to the plains—Redoubts built at Te Tapiri—Whakatohea and Urewera Hauhaus lay siege to the Queenite forts—Gallant work of the small garrisons—Maori heroines—Kereopa's redoubt at Hinamoki—The ceremonies at the niu pole—Skirmishing between the forts—Kereopa the Eye-eater—Daring attack by the Queenites on a hill pa—The storming of the fort, and the fight at the niu—Many deeds of bravery—Desperate plight of the Tapiri garrisons—Decision to retreat to the plains—The crossing of the Rangitaiki—Raharuhi destroys the log bridge—Major Mair and his Arawa to the rescue.page ix
• CHAPTER 9: OPERATIONS AT MATATA AND TE TEKO 96
• The Hauhaus on the Lower Rangitaiki—Operations by Major Mair and the Arawa—A campaign in the great swamp—Two months' difficult work around Matata—The forts in the morass—Capture of several positions—The Hauhaus retreat to Te Teko, on the Rangitaiki—Mair lays siege to the pa—Skilful sapping operations—The five trenches of the Arawa—Intense rivalry in the sap-digging—Incidents of the siege—Capture of Pa-harakeke—The surrender of the Hauhaus in Te Teko—Capture of some of Volkner's and Fulloon's murderers—Five executed in Auckland.
• CHAPTER 10: THE EXPEDITION TO OPOTIKI 106
• Punitive force despatched to Opotiki—Difficulties of the landing—Skirmishing on the sandhills—Opotiki villages occupied—Operations against the Whakatohea—The fort at Te Puia—The Wanganui mounted men in action—A cavalry charge at Kiorekino—Sharp work with sword and revolver—The capture of Te Tarata pa—Hauhaus evacuate Te Puia and retreat on the Waioeka—Intermittent skirmishing—The pursuit of Kereopa—Expeditions up the Waimana and Waioeka valleys.
• CHAPTER 11: EAST COAST OPERATIONS: FIGHTING AMONG THE NGATI-POROU 117
• The Pai-marire mission to the East Coast—Visit of Patara and Kereopa—Rongowhakaata and other tribes become Hauhaus—Part of Ngati-Porou converted—Hauhau outbreak in the Waiapu Valley—Aowera sub-tribe takes the field against the rebels—A skirmish at Mangaone—Ropata Wahawaha first distinguishes himself—Ngati-Porou loyalists armed by the Government—Force of colonial troops despatched to Waiapu in H.M.S. “Eclipse”—Skirmishes in the Waiapu Valley—Storming of Pa-kairomiromi—Gallant defence of Te Mawhai pa—Attacks on Pukemaire fortress—Capture of the Hauhau mountain stronghold Hungahunga-toroa—Surrender of rebel Ngati-Porou, and restoration of peace at the East Cape.
• CHAPTER 12: THE SIEGE OF WAERENGA-A-HIKA 125
• Hauhauism in the Poverty Bay district—Enemy fortification near the mission station at Waerenga-a-Hika—Ngati-Porou co-operate with Government forces against the Hauhaus—Description of the pa—A seven days' siege—Military settlers lose several men—Hauhaus charge out from the stockade and are heavily repulsed—Hand-to-hand encounters—Major Fraser's makeshift artillery—The Hauhaus surrender; losses over a hundred killed—Arrest of Te Kooti Rikirangi and transportation with the Hauhaus to the Chatham Islands.
• CHAPTER 13: THE FIRST WAIROA CAMPAIGN 129
• Pai-marire emissaries at the Wairoa (Hawke's Bay)—Many of the Ngati-Kahungunu become Hauhaus—The Queenite faction armed by the Government—A military force despatched to Wairoa—Ngati-Porou, under Ropata Wahawaha, go to the assistance of the loyalists—Engagement at Omaru-hakeke—Captain Hussey Killed—Dr. Scott's narrative of the fight—Skirmish near the Waihau lakes (Tiniroto)—Engagement at Te Kopane, near Waikare-moana.page x
• CHAPTER 14: THE FIGHT AT OAMARUNUI (HAWKE'S BAY) 137
• Hawke's Bay in 1866—Town of Napier threatened by Ngati-Hineuru Hauhaus—Panapa the prophet and his war-party—Mr. Donald McLean (Superintendent of Hawke's Bay) takes action against the Hauhaus—Napier Militia called out and drilled—Colonel Whitmore attacks Ngati-Hineuru at Omarunui—Defeat of the Maoris with heavy loss—Peita Kotuku's narrative—Major Fraser cuts off Te Rangihiroa's war-party at Petane—Prisoners deported to the Chatham Islands.
• CHAPTER 15: MCDONNELL'S TARANAKI CAMPAIGN 143
• The position in South Taranaki—Settlement of the confiscated lands begun—Survey work on the plains—Major McDonnell takes command of the field force—Redoubts garrisoned at Manawapou and Waihi—Ngati-Ruanui begin a campaign of ambuscades—Attack on a convoy near Waihi—A trooper tomahawked—An ambush near Hawera; narrow escape of surveyors—Night attack on Pokaikai village—McDonnell attacks Pungarehu—A sharp battle in the bush—Gallant rearguard action—Skirmishes at Popoia, Tirotiro-moana, and other bush settlements—How the Maoris guarded the tracks; the device of the tawhiti—First expedition to Te Ngutu-o-te-manu—A fortified log-hut settlement.
• CHAPTER 16: THE TAURANGA BUSH CAMPAIGN 153
• Campaign against the Piri-Rakau Hauhaus—Survey-parties obstructed—Bush skirmishes inland of Tauranga—Forces attack Te Irihanga and Whakamarama villages—Fighting in the fringe of the great forest—Gilbert Mair's narrow escape at Whakamarama—Work of the Arawa, under Major Mair—Skirmishes and destruction of Hauhau settlements at Oropi, Te Puke, Te Akeake, Paengaroa, and elsewhere—Second attack on Whakamarama—Encounters in the bush—Fight at Te Umu-o-Korongaehe—Whakamarama settlement and crops destroyed—Skirmish at Te Kaki—Hazardous scouting operations.
• CHAPTER 17: HAUHAU INVASION OF THE ROTORUA DISTRICT 161
• Waikato and Ngati-Raukawa menace Rotorua—Invasion via Patetere and Mamaku—Arawa out-villages attacked, and Ohinemutu threatened—Return of the Arawa from the Piri-Rakau campaign, and encounters with the invaders—The fight at Te Koutu—Lieutenant Mair's sharp skirmish in the old pa—Defeat of the Hauhaus—Mair's thirty-nine warriors.
• CHAPTER 18: CAPTURE OF PURAKU PA, TARUKENGA 166
• Hauhaus fortify a position at Puraku, Tarukenga, overlooking Rotorua—Gilbert Mair's lone-hand scouting-work—The pa attacked by 1st Waikato Militia and the Arawa—Mair despatched to outflank the stronghold—A difficult bush march—A dramatic episode—Mair's interview with a Hauhau warrior—The entrenchment attacked and captured—Pursuit of the Hauhaus—Description of the pa—Maori skill in military engineering.page xi
• CHAPTER 19: SKIRMISHING IN THE OPOTIKI DISTRICT 174
• Hauhau raiding-parties troublesome in the Opotiki Valley— Ambuscades, forays, and murders—Tamaikowha's savage warfare—Two settlers killed; two others narrowly escape—Military settlers form the Opotiki Volunteer Rangers—Expeditions in pursuit of Ngai-tama and Urewera raiders—Skirmishes in the Waimana forests and gorges—Expeditions up the Whakatane.
• CHAPTER 20: THE OPENING OF TITO KOWARU'S CAMPAIGN (TARANAKI, 1868) 179
• Titokowaru, of Nga-Ruahine, becomes the war-leader of South Taranaki tribes—A new plan of campaign—Ambuscades and surprise attacks on redoubts—Titokowaru's picked war-party, the “Tekau-ma-rua”—Horse-stealing on the plains—Armed visits to Te Ngutu-o-te-manu—Action by Mr. Booth and Colonel McDonnell—Three military settlers killed at Te Rauna, near the Wai-ngongoro—Reinforcements for the new operations—A trooper ambushed near Waihi and cut to pieces—Revival of cannibalism by the Hauhaus—Eating of human flesh at Te Ngutu-o-te-manu—Titokowaru's boastful letter—The Hauhau headquarters in the forest—Pagan ceremonies in “Wharekura”—The deserter, Kimble Bent, at Te Ngutu-o-te-manu—His strange life of bush adventure.
• CHAPTER 21: THE DEFENCE OF TURUTURU-MOKAI 187
• The “Rorke's Drift“ of Taranaki—Story of the Turuturu-mokai Redoubt—Garrisoned by Armed Constabulary and Military Settlers, under Captain Ross—Tardy repair of the redoubt—Titokowaru's spies watch the work—An early-morning attack—Twenty defenders against sixty Hauhaus—Two hours' desperate fighting—Narratives of survivors: Cosslett, Johnston, John Beamish, and George Tuffin—Half the defenders killed and several wounded—Death of Captain Ross—The pagan rite of the Whangai-hau—A human heart offered in burnt sacrifice to the gods of battle—Heroic resistance of the survivors—Help at last from Waihi—Colonel McDonnell's dramatic vow.
• CHAPTER 22: TE NGUTU-O-TE-MANU: THE FIRST ATTACK 202
• McDonnell avenges Turuturu-mokai—Expedition against Te Ngutu-o-te-manu pa—Skirmish in the clearing—Destruction of the village and Titokowaru's sacred house “Wharekura”—Fighting a rearguard action—Difficult work of carrying out the wounded—A brave padre.
• CHAPTER 23: THE REPULSE AT TE NGUTU-O-TE-MANU 206
• McDonnell's second attack on Titokowaru's forest stronghold—A long bush march to the rear of Te Ngutu-o-te-manu—The column heavily fired on—Hauhaus skirmish out from the pa—A destructive cross-fire—Uselessness of untrained men in bush fighting—McDonnell's decision to retreat—Officers vainly wait for orders—Death of Major Von Tempsky, Captain Buck, and other officers and men—McDonnell's retirement with the wounded—War-rite of the Whangai-hau—Captain Roberts collects the remnant and fights a rearguard action—A night in the forest—Roberts's narrative of the battle—The killing of Von Tempsky page xii —McDonnell's report—The day after the fight—Scenes of savagery in “The Bird's Beak” pa—Funeral pyre of the slain whites—The cannibal feast; a soldier's body cooked and eaten—The battlefield to-day—Von Tempsky's sword.
• CHAPTER 24: TE KOOTI'S ESCAPE FROM CHATHAM ISLANDS 222
• The exiles at Wharekauri—Te Kooti becomes their prophet and leader—Founder of a new religious cult—His magnetic influence over the Maori prisoners—Singular scenes in the meeting-house—Te Kooti's ritual—Mismanagement of the military guard—A fatal reduction—Te Kooti's plans for escape—Seizure of the schooner “Rifleman”—The voyage to New Zealand—Peita Kotuku's narrative—A human sacrifice: Te Kooti casts Te Warihi overboard—Arrival at Whareongaonga, East Coast—The escapees and their equipment—The march inland.
• CHAPTER 25: THE FIRST ENGAGEMENTS WITH TE KOOTI 235
• European force pursues Te Kooti—Captain Westrup badly defeated at Paparatu—Te Kooti's victory greatly enhances his prestige—Colonel Whitmore assumes the direction of operations—Captain Richardson's engagement at Waihau—Another success for Te Kooti—Whitmore takes up the pursuit—An arduous winter march inland—Engagement on the Ruakituri River—Captain Carr and Mr. Canning killed—An indecisive fight—Te Kooti retreats to Puketapu, and Whitmore withdraws to Poverty Bay.
• CHAPTER 26: WHITMORE'S DEFEAT AT MOTUROA 244
• The position on the West Coast—Disorganization of the Taranaki field force—A state of semi-mutiny—Colonel McDonnell resigns and is succeeded by Colonel Whitmore—Territory north of the Patea abandoned to the Hauhaus—A convoy skirmish at Turangarere—Patea and Wairoa the advanced posts— Titokowaru's triumphant progress southward—Whitmore plans to surprise him at Moturoa—Armed Constabulary reinforcements—A night march from Wairoa camp—Moturoa pa attacked in the early morning—Hauhaus on the alert—An unfinished stockade—Whitmore's failure to scout the position—The storming-party—Attackers meet a heavy fire and are beaten off—Death of Major Hunter—Roberts's “Young Division” (No. 6 A.C.) comes up in support—Whitmore orders a retreat—A gallant rearguard action—Desperate fighting at close quarters—Maori battle-rite of the Whangai-hau: an omen of success—Plucky work of No. 2 Division—Close-quarters skirmishing in the bush—Heavy losses of Whitmore's force—Withdrawal to the Kai-iwi River—The battlefield to-day—Tu-Patea's narrative—The Wairoa Redoubt.
• CHAPTER 27: THE POVERTY BAY MASSACRE 263
• Te Kooti's raid on the Poverty Bay settlements—Warnings disregarded—Major Biggs's fatal confidence—Hauhau war-parties surprise the Matawhero settlers—Major Biggs and Captain Wilson and their families slaughtered—Thirty-three Europeans and thirty-seven friendly Maoris killed—A Hauhau's narrative of the raid—Fugitives gather at the Turanganui Redoubt—Women and children sent to Napier and Auckland—Te Kooti fortifies himself at Makaretu.page xiii
• CHAPTER 28: MAKARETU, AND THE SIEGE OF NGATAPA 270
• Te Kooti driven from Makaretu—His fortress on Ngatapa Mountain—European and Maori force attacks the position—Gallant work by Ropata and Captain Preece—Failure of the first attack—Arrival of Colonel Whitmore—Second attack on Ngatapa—A Ngati-Porou storming-party—The inner defences reached—Hauhaus abandon the fort at night—The pursuit by Ngati-Porou—Summary execution of more than a hundred prisoners—Te Kooti takes refuge on the Upper Waioeka.
• CHAPTER 29: THE FINAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST TITOKOWARU 285
• Colonel Whitmore returns to the West Coast—Armed Constabulary operations against Titokowaru renewed—Corps of Guides formed—A scouting adventure at the Okehu Gorge—Attack on Taurangaika pa—A skilfully designed stronghold—Titokowaru evacuates the pa and is driven across the Waitotara—The peach-grove ambuscade at Papatupu—Last instance of cannibalism in New Zealand—The engagement at Otautu—Titokowaru takes refuge in the forest—The attack at Whakamara—A chase through the bush—Ruthless methods of warfare—Decapitation of captured Hauhaus—Rewards paid for the heads—The bush column reaches Taiporohenui—Titokowaru at Te Ngaere—Whitmore crosses the great swamp—Escape of the Hauhaus to the Upper Waitara—The massacre at Pukearuhe—Shells fired at Mokau Heads—Expeditions up the Waitotara, Whenuakura, and Patea Rivers—End of the Taranaki War—Field force transferred to the Bay of Plenty.
• CHAPTER 30: TE KOOTI'S RAID ON WHAKATANE 314
• Attack on Bay of Plenty settlements planned by Te Kooti—The Lower Whakatane Valley invaded—Attack on the Ngati-Pukeko in Rauporoa pa—Defence of the mill and redoubt at Te Poronu—The French miller's gallant stand—His death in the redoubt—The siege of Rauporoa—Its capture by the Hauhaus—Lieutenant Gilbert Mair and his Maoris to the rescue—A forced march from Matata—Hauhaus plunder the Whakatane settlement—Te Kooti's withdrawal to the Rangitaiki—Pursuit by Major Mair—Te Kooti in Tauaroa pa—Escape to the Urewera Mountains.
• CHAPTER 31: TE KOOTI'S ATTACK ON MOHAKA 327
• The guerrilla leader's swift movements—A dash across the Urewera Country—Sudden descent on Mohaka, Hawke's Bay—Massacre of European settlers and Ngati-Pahauwera Tribe—Te Huke and Hiruharama stockades besieged—Capture of Te Huke—Gallant defence of Hiruharama by the Maoris and Trooper George Hill—Withdrawal of Te Kooti to Waikare-moana—Colonel Lambert's futile pursuit.page xiv
• CHAPTER 32: WHITMORE'S INVASION OF THE UREWERA COUNTRY 337
• (1869) Colonel Whitmore organizes an expedition to the Urewera Country—Two columns used in the attack—Whitmore's advance from Fort Galatea—Capture of Te Harema pa and Ahi-kereru—Whitmore's Guides ambuscaded in the gorge at Manawa-hiwi—A veteran scout's story—Difficult mountain and forest march to Ruatahuna—The bugle in the mountains—The “Officers’ Call”—The advance of the left wing—Lieut.-Colonel St. John's march up the Whakatane—Capture of Whataponga—Death of Lieutenant White at Te Paripari—Burial under fire—Heavy bush skirmishing—Fighting at Hukanui and Tahora—Arrival at Ruatahuna—Attack on Orangikawa pa at Tatahoata—Captain Travers killed—Capture of the pa—Arrival of Colonel Whitmore—United operations against the Urewera—Intermittent skirmishing—Fights at Orona and Wai-iti—Captain Mair's narrative—Peka Makarini and Te Kooti's advance-guard—Ambuscade on the Waikare-moana track—Arawa auxiliaries decapitate Urewera slain—Proposed march to Waikare-moana abandoned—Whitmore's return to Fort Galatea—Carrying out the wounded—Major Mair's hazardous march via the Horomanga—Colonel Herrick's expedition to Lake Waikare-moana—Futile operations.
• CHAPTER 33: THE SURPRISE AT OPEPE 362
• An expedition to Lake Taupo—Lieut.-Colonel St. John's cavalry escort—The camp at Opepe—Fatal carelessness of St. John and the cavalry subaltern—Te Kooti's advance-body surprises the camp—Nine troopers slaughtered—A survivor's thrilling story—George Crosswell's marvellous escape—His flight naked across the Kaingaroa Plain—A despatch-rider killed near Heruiwi—Peita Kotuku's narrative of the encounter.
• CHAPTER 34: THE TAUPO CAMPAIGN (1869) 371
• Te Kooti's arrival at Taupo—Horonuku te Heuheu joins his forces—A visit to King Tawiao at Tokangamutu—Skirmishing on the east side of Lake Taupo—Te Kooti defeated on the Pononga ridge—His last redoubt, the Mahaukura pa at Te Porere—Attack by Armed Constabulary and Kupapa Maoris—Capture of the pa, with heavy loss to the Hauhaus—Death of Captain St. George—Peita Kotuku's narrative—Te Kooti's flight to the bush—Friendly Maoris’ brave scouting expedition to Taumarunui—Te Kooti retreats to the Patetere forest—The fighting at Tapapa.
• CHAPTER 35: DEFEAT OF TE KOOTI AT ROTORUA 387
• Te Kooti's dash on Ohinemutu, Rotorua—Lieutenant Gilbert Mair intercepts him and saves Ohinemutu—Pursuit of Te Kooti by Mair and a small force of Arawa—A gallant running fight—Hauhaus chased for twelve miles—Skirmishing at Wai-korowhiti and Kapenga—Peka Makarini, Te Kooti's bugler, shot by Mair at Tumunui—Te Kooti's flight to the Urewera Mountains—Mair receives his captaincy and the New Zealand Cross—New policy in Government military operations—Only native forces used in the bush campaigns—Pursuit of Te Kooti and Kereopa—Ngati-Porou, Arawa, and Wanganui contingents.page xv
• CHAPTER 36: OPERATIONS AT WAIKARE-MOANA 401
• Native expedition to Waikare-moana under Mr. Hamlin and Lieutenant Witty—Skirmishing on and around the lake—Mr. Large's scouting enterprise—Successful operations against the Hauhaus—Occupation of Matuahu pa—Retreat of the Urewera—Surrender of some of the hostiles.
• CHAPTER 37: THE CHASE OF TE KOOTI: EXPEDITIONS TO THE UREWERA COUNTRY (1870) 409
• Ngati-Porou expedition to the Urewera Country—Ropata and Porter march on Maunga-pohatu—Porter captures the Ngati-Kowhatu Tribe at Horoeka pa—Complete surprise of the Hauhaus—Ropata engaged at Te Kakari—Fighting with the Ngati-Huri mountaineers—The first Government expedition reaches Maungapohatu—Ngati-Porou march out to the Bay of Plenty—Junction with Kepa and the Wanganui contingent at Ohiwa—Expedition to the Waioeka Gorge—Defeat of the Hauhaus at Maraetahi—Escape of Te Kooti and Kereopa—Te Kooti's raid on Tolago Bay—A fruitless pursuit—Further search expeditions by Ngati-Porou, under Ropata and Porter.
• CHAPTER 38: THE UREWERA COUNTRY: EXPEDITIONS OF THE ARAWA CONTINGENT (1870–71) 419
• A special corps of Arawa Maoris enlisted for service—Captains Mair and Preece in command, Nos. 1 and 2 Companies, Arawa Flying Column—Patrol-work on the border of the Urewera Country—Surrender of the Ngati-Whare Tribe at Fort Galatea—Tamaikowha makes peace with the Government—Paerau and other Urewera chiefs break away from Te Kooti—Mair and Preece march in search of Te Kooti (1871)—Arrival at Ruatahuna—March over the Huiarau Mountains to Waikare-moana—Scouring the Urewera Ranges—March to Maunga-pohatu—Te Kakari pa surrounded and occupied—Narrow escape of the murderer Kereopa—Meeting with Tamaikowha at Tauaki—Return of the column to Te Teko via Waimana and Opotiki—A month's rough campaigning.
• CHAPTER 39: NGATI-POROU'S SEARCH FOR TE KOOTI 427
• Further expeditions of Ngati-Porou, under Ropata and Porter—Te Kooti reported to be in Te Wera forest—Ngati-Porou search that country—Visit to Waimana Valley and Maunga-pohatu—Return to the Upper Wairoa—Te Houpapa and other places searched—Description of campaigning conditions—Living on bush foods—Primitive customs among the Urewera mountaineers—Masters of bushcraft—Picking up the fugitives’ trails—Fourth expedition of Ngati-Porou—Te Wera forest searched—The column divides.
• CHAPTER 40: TE KOOTI DEFEATED AT WAIPAOA 432
• Captains Mair and Preece renew the search for Te Kooti—March through the Urewera Country—Snow on the Huiarau Mountains—Stormy weather at Waikare-moana—Scouting around Lake Waikare-iti—Severe wintry conditions on the ranges—Letter from Te Kooti found in a camp—Smoke seen in the Waipaoa Valley—Capture of a woman—Te Kooti's forest camp surprised page xvi —Mair and Preece rush the pa—Three Hauhaus killed in the encounter—Te Kooti's narrow escape—Execution of a prisoner, Wi Heretaunga—Preece reports the engagement to Porter—Ngati-Porou follow up the trail—The Arawa column returns by sea—Another Urewera expedition—Scouting, marching, and counter-marching in the bush.
• CHAPTER 41: PORTER DEFEATS TE KOOTI AT TE HAPUA 447
• Smoke-signs in the ranges—Captain Porter's Ngati-Porou on the trail—Te Kooti's retreat discovered—A bush camp at Te Hapua—Porter attacks at dawn—A premature gunshot saves Te Kooti—Eleven Hauhaus killed—The leader once more evades his pursuers—Porter and his men snowed in at Opokere, Maunga-pohatu—The fugitives retreat to Ruatahuna and the Waiau country—Ropata builds redoubts at Maunga-pohatu and Ruatahuna—Capture of Kereopa at Te Roau—His execution at Napier—Ngati-Porou return to the East Coast.
• CHAPTER 42: THE LAST UREWERA EXPEDITIONS (1872) 458
• Captains Mair and Preece again search the Urewera Ranges—March to the Waiau region, west of Waikare-moana—The fugitives' trail found—Preece's Arawa encounter Te Kooti's party on the Mangaone—Firing across a gorge—Last engagement in the Maori wars (14th February, 1872)—Government men's defective ammunition—Te Kooti's final escape—Arawa column returns to Fort Galatea—Preece's last search—The Urewera Country traversed once more, from Ahi-Kereru to Waikare-moana—Scouting the western border of the ranges—No further sign of Te Kooti—He crosses the Kaingaroa Plain to the King Country Captain Ferris's search expeditions—Captain Rushton scours Te Wera forest—End of the Maori wars.
• CHAPTER 43: FRONTIER PERILS AND THE FINAL PEACE 468
• The Upper Waikato border in the “seventies”—Hauhau raids threatened—Murders on the Aukati line—Purukutu and party kill Timothy Sullivan—Alarm among the out-settlements—The frontier farmers' cavalry corps—Patrolling the King Country border—Blockhouses and redoubts garrisoned—Moffat killed at Taumarunui—Towhiao and his followers make peace—March through the frontier settlements—Armed Constabulary sent to Kawhia—Trouble on the Taranaki frontier—Te Whiti, the prophet of Parihaka—Ngati-Ruanui's ploughing campaign on the plains—Redoubts built and garrisoned by Armed Constabulary—John Bryce's march on Parihaka—Constabulary and Volunteers take possession—The prophets arrested and Maoris dispersed—Te Whiti, a man of peace and a restraining force—His character and teachings much misunderstood—Te Kooti pardoned—His last years—King Country fanatics make trouble—Mahuki's raid on Alexandra Township—Constabulary and Te Awamutu Cavalry arrest Mahuki and his band—Later military expeditions—The Urewera oppose surveys and roads—Armed forces despatched to Ruatoki and Te Whaiti—A peaceful ending—Honi Toia's outbreak at Hokianga—H.M.S. “Torch” sent to Rawene—March of Colonel Newall's column to Waima—The shots in the bush—Surrender of Hone Toia and his men—Good work of the Maoris in the Great War.