The Wellington " Evening Post," speaking ; r, f Te Kuoti, says:—" Many of our neighbours in Australia and elsewhere regard this rebel ns a myth—a fantastic creation of t\\e Maori lirain—who .never had a real existence ; j but they go to extremes." There seems to l'u little doubt that the individual in question is a disagreeable reality, and withal an extraordinary being. It is recorded that lie jTOLactually killed out at sea, and his body XV«.d up on the beach, and interred in l! >\;jt> Vmt, alas, shortly after his funeral, he appeared with a small army at his back, as fresh and lively as if he had baen taking n three months' spell in the country ; and, no doubt, " Many a wicked smile he smolo, And many a wink he wnnk," when thinking of the many wild-goose chases lin had led the Ornamental Constabulary, the Militia, and the rest of hi* enemies,
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Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 95, 5 September 1871, Page 7
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