LATER FROM PATEA.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 78, 29 June 1868, Page 155

LATER FROM PATEA.

(FromthGiGorrospondent of tlie New Zealand. Her- ... ; , \..ald.) r i:V: c ■:, to 'inform?;you, >that l the;-natiyM; 'inland; df ■ KetemaraeV h ayjci re-commenced •; hostilities " add' ; 'colors' r in' .ttte ’: tlieir proceeding tr • :: ..V-'J' j* * j not yet.known*'; /,, :*hat ; lias !re^she<J..us is'^foßpws'drr.?, y, •' : i is proceeded ?this morning in with Sub-Inspector - :v Edsai.'tOjaf.Tidag'e some six miles inland 1 of Keteuiarae; r /i’his -.Tisit -.was by- inyitiaitioh, •- ■ and its objdctjfo discus? matters relating to the. late ; robberies-in?;,the. distvii*t. --

?;• After , staying .with .the natives a : short ~ time, Mr Booth (Resident Magistrate), re ■ futned'bb’ WaiMy ! ' . are* .stationed, and frbm~thenbe came to Pav tea.* Before reacbing.his destination^'how* , over, j.he '; was overtaken ,by a trooper with ;:tlie melancholy; intelligence that the natives had come down to. the Ketemarae clearing - : . and brutally miirdered Sergeant Cahill, late •No. 9 Company Military Settlers, who had * settled ihthelocaity, and who was one of the princi]>al-victims in the late robber ies. '’. •'/' ' .. > .; The portujn of 4h’e< Armed Constabulary ' sjbatioiie.df .Patpa,^leave for Waihi to 1 . night.lt ; is to be.lioped that Tjietit.-.Col: McDonnell . will be enabled to inflict summary chastisement before, the flame-of rebellion spreads farther. '•* ' June 11.. ; - Some further particulars have; reached us ; • respecting themurders at Ketemarae, which : I hasten to send you, .-. ' News reachedWailii on the afternoon of the 9th inst., that Sergeant Cahill had been killed by, the natives whilst working on liis landj aiid a partj' of Cohstabulary imriiedh ately went out. '. On arriving, at the ’wliare ' occupied by the deceased they found that tlie ; contents had . been rifled and. proceedin g a little further came ;upon a horrible, Bight' ; It appears that Sergeant Cahill and rtwo men named Clark and Squire bad* been, sawing on that afternoon, and tlie bodies of all three had, been found close to the saw-pit. They; were fearfully mutilated an ! d tomahawked, tlie heart ofone; man liavhia .been taken. The bodies were brought into , Waihi for interment.' •.. •. - . :

. Lieut.-Colonel M‘Donnell : (who was on leave at Wanganui) arrived at Patealast . night, and : proceeded tor Waihi. It is , feared, however, tliat' he. will be unable to ' do anything, .the. force under his command ; -«ot (bbing sufficierit to undertake auy inea ; sure to; punish the .natives. 1 .; - f ' :/s . ; I aiuglad to, be able to add that this rising appears to be- confined to. the .natives north of. Waihi, lettershaving'been received by Mr Booth, K> M., assuring him of the sympathy and assistance of the leading ' chiefs and their tribes from Pokaikai to r - Waitotara. 7 . '.

The tragedy'which has been enacted will nevertheless,"prove;a severe blow to the advancement of this promising district, but it is to be hoped-that the Government will come forward' and do -everything in their power to restore confidence;'

V Jone 13. _ .On Monday, last, Bth'June, was struck the first .blow .by; a section of thb Ngarualiine tribe, living to the. northward and .westward, of "Waini, announcing; the com- - mencement of hostilities by these savages. Por some months:'past’ great uneasiness has. been felt 'by the settlers in. the neighbourhood of Waihi,o wing to lHe repeated

aggression of the' natives, but' however un

safe where property was concerned, it was not generally considered that life itself was . In jeopardy.. . .-//’/ ,; V .-*. I. deeply, regret to have to inform you ■ that four valuable dives- "have. been sacraficed, and that such a terrible cbeck.’to the . progress perhaps, the finest agricultural ; and pastoral: district-in New Zealand has '.takrii/place.-/.,/./ ;///-_.:-' ,/'../' 1 . /ldm.account of .tlie/eipenditipn under- _'/.', faken';by366th> B-M., and -Lieut.r Col. M'Donnell, has. alr.eady appeared .in your columns. -W-hat^follows' must be looked f upoii as the disastrous ‘finale of what we : ■ l>ad fondly hoped was' a decided success. l! Forsome days alter tlie' feturn of the A rmed .Constabulary /and-Militia Trbra the ’^naUye^l^e'orTe^JSf^tti 1 !), te : Mahu,- all . / , stolen pro- . perty was' restored, and on Monday -1 as t; s Mr Booth/accompanied bySub-Inspector -. t Boss, A.C., /proceeded to ,meet-.tbe natives by invitation, at the '-village -iu. the. bush, Bome,Bix : ,miles;fr6m'Waihi and ueaif what ‘ is : called Greneral Chute’s/rbad.' ;'/: : ' / . ’ ./From-the /general/;,bearing.of the natives // absehd 0 --^9,?^ \ ITU r///Booth’,/who:is.,experiehced/;ih/.native' /' to-remain ; in the ; pa, ?and:/frbm after occurrences,- it , v . turned out-most fortuhate that he. saw .how - -'-the:** . thereby his life. ; / r ‘ c :;i i ‘ manner.; % {; .// ; s : riff Vi'* '

/. ir Ti/Men/were as /;#^iph^ege^h^?sy^aihuteiehffta/fi6^hhs>' : hr

on the jhdrhihgjqf/ ithe "/Lith -^eh -route! to. tor,/'.’ ?•<? ;j : \ . /©n. Fridajr -lalst ; (i2th)yah6tii/ep .-nmn/wal /mhrcl&ved, this,time xa’ sight/' of the' tßedoubt at' 'Waihi./ ' Tlie u poor '" fellow, .a trooper, naim ed' Smith, 7 was lout looking for his ? hoysej: Which had strayed/tovrards/t-li'e’ bush." The.'‘nativeß , apparently watching their chance', suddenly rushed out and fofWanawked him; . ! It' is ! said/that the of the.toinuhaWks was seen through gh/sses from /.the Redoubt./ ‘ Men werp sent, out at but were too. late to render any assistance^. The wretches had carried off tile body oft heir victim, leaving only'the‘legs.* Ir ‘ - v ;; :''/ ;

• . • .S rea t.§loom has fallen over the,whole districfc at these terrible bccurren'*es.'/ “'/.As Boon;as the news was c oininunicatied to the.natives a ni.'•eting'was'held,'an'd ; the native* chiefs have :l is'siie’d' ; a/ r notice lovi/be guaranteeing *their ■ safety, between Matengarara and Waitotara',' and' protesting that they are iu no manner Diiplickte/d in the {murders committed by the natives under Tito Kowuro! : • ; ; i .

It . would,, therefore, appear that .this outbreak is'entirely cot tided to the'natives ou the nor them boundary of the tniliiavy settlements—to those’natives, in'fact,'who remain in undisputed, possession of" their lands, whilst on the other hand those whose land we have confiscated arid how occupy, guarantee our safety f It. was undoubtedly the policy of the" Government wheii iliey had a strong; force at Waihi and Waingppgoro, wheii they had a large ptaff of surveyors' on the spot, and.' wheii the Puriarehii affairyin which the natives suffered so' severely,- was fresh oh ; their' minds, to occupy and- Vurveythe-confisca*'-ted' lands north of the Waiiigongoro River. Sad that been done promptly and 'effectu* ally! au .d the land put into the market, 1 doubt whether Tito E/owaro- and /iiis bloodtllirsty-ci’e iv would ever h’ave" figured in these-pages/ I have ho doubt that the idea*in the native min'd was, and is :, riow, that we f ar to diaspossess- them of the land.--This in t urtt has given them/con. fidence fo act on : the offensive, nd hinc illcß lachrymcs. ' - ' June To /

A notice has been issued to the' settlers by the’ Resident Magistrate/ advising’ all persons in the district, living near tlio bush to come into ;the open couiitryi' aa : tbb friendly natives think it possible that'the Hauhaus, in their desire to the Maoris in this' part, may send parties'down to murder settlers iii isolated places, 'and thereby cause the outbreak tp\ be - iobked upon as general by the Governtnenf. “ / Aiioiher outrage'-wasi committed yasteejf day Snorning, 14th/at daybreak. The/re,doubt at the mouth of tiie ; Waingongororiver, wht-re a 'small party of constabulary, have been stationed, was lately abai.ddned, and the people living there had, 1 believe, taken shelter at Waihi. Early on Sunday morning fires were.observed - from Waihi in the direction of Walngongoro, and it was found that the Haubaus liad beeu busy in the work of' destruction. : A man named Smith, who -had a public-house there, has lost his all; they not only bumt’lhe house to the ground, but slaughtered all cattle, pigs, &c., whilst sundry feathers scattered about showed that they had breakfasted, oh poultry. In the meanwhile; we sit idly by wondering what will come next, pending

the return of Lieut.-Col; MvDonnell from Welliiigtoh. 1 I’ send you a copy of the resolutions carried at 'a public iheeting on Saturday last.' * / '•' / ■

:i At a public meeting held* day of June, 1868,at Mr Summers’ Hotel, 'Mr: Holland in ; the chair, the followin'g resolutions were' unanimously carried: —l. : That this uneeting ! deeply deplore 1 the - events which have occurred m this distriet during the past week, and*are of opinion that ; the time has arrived when a large and efficient field force should be placed at the solo dis-. posal of Lieut.-Colonel M'Dpnnell, in whom the meeting hasimplicit;conlidenc9, or such other' officer as the Government may-; appoint, to enable him l to'‘successfully cope with thie difficulty whibh'has l arisen, and to prevent its further/spread//' 2.'/That James Booth, Esq:, RM., should be requested: to take -such' step's 4or the pidtectioh of the Camp' Patea, audits immediate -vicinity, either by retaining the militia : atNfii’esent. orr pay, or Such other He may See fiti 3.'That the qhairmah' be" requested to forward" copies of -the -foregoing resolutions to' Janfies /Booth,- Esq.,/8.7M;,/with a-request that lie will forward/the same to Welling-, ton as -early as possible! 4!.t That/underexisting 'circumstances a list'should . beopenedofall /who. are willing to offer their services gratuitously for‘camp service * the same, to he forwarded to Mir. Booth, 'R.M., or to the proper authority/ pending the return of Colonel M‘l)6nnell. - :j • ">.

‘ ■ The Wahganui TimeSj June 13, says ' '-‘The colony at large a right to demand the perpetrators' of- the recent brutal murders shall not escape puuishment.: Let not the /Government plead: its inability ■' to bring those men""to j ustice.. Colonel aH<iwed,;get as many volunteersiuWanganuijWithiuafewhours; as ,I wpulcl '&vfengeiSie blbod 'bf thdse naen.‘ Uietempofißihg-I)Wicy^liich’not r pniyruins the;settleife'-ihtt;he-Pateu..distri6ti;butex-’ poaeS'the^hYes predati6riß/ofa:fewsayageß/,w^ liand. wbuld have made ; obedient v sub-

J)uri6/i' •in respohse to d requisiubu

*cbnsider r tile recent .barbarous/ ihur,* ders of bur fellow-country men iti the Patea

from*tho Taranaki Neves'office on s Ihe ihornirig of 19th/ r containing the following : We understand^on good authority, that, Mr Messenger caTne'upSouthlast nightwith the intelligence that the natives were bumjing the* houses 1 at Patea, havirg already fired’ that of Colonel M‘Donnell and Mr Smith’s, late of t he White Hart Hotel here. They are; also shooting the cattle and pigs in every direction; and declare that they will hbt'leave as'cttler in Ihie Patca district, ft is also stated that the body.of the trooper Smith 'was devoured 'Hy the 'savages!'