Te Wheke.
He hanga whakamataku tera mea te wheke ki nga Pakeha o nga tau-whenua e ruku nei i ona moana. E ki ana te nupepa o te 23 o Pepuere nei, i haere ki te kaukau etahi o nga tangataMaori o Amerika. No te haerenga o nga hoa kiuta, ka whakananawe tetahi wahine kite wai, takitaro, ka ngaro te wahine. Ka rere nga hoa kite wai tirotiro haere ai, kitea rawatia ake e takoto ana i runga i te papakowhatu takatakai rawa e te wheke. Ka tikina nga tao-roa, ka werohia te wheke, haere ana kiuta i a ratou mete tupapaku hoki. Na, i tetahi wahi o Amerika, ko Arahikana (Alaskan), ka totohu kite takere o te moana he kaipuke. Ka ruku tetahi Pakeha kite titiro i nga pakaru o taua kaipuke ra. Ka heke te tangata ra ki roto kite riu o te kaipuke ra; inamata! ka takatakaia te tangata ra ki nga ringaringa o te ika ra, kihai i wheau ka takoto te pu o te wheke ra, ki runga ki te uma o te tangata ra. Kua mohio taua kai-ruku, ka mate ia, katahi ka whai tohu tera, kite hunga o te kaipuke e tau ana i te taha o te mea i totohu ra ki
te moana, e mau ana hcki te pito o te taura e here ra i te tinana o te tangata ruku. Tetahi mahara o te tangata, ko te maripi i roto i te tarau ka unuhia e ia, a, ka hauporoporoa e ia nga ringaringa o te wkeke e pepehi ra i te manawa ote tangata ruku. Ko te take tena i whakatakorokorotia ai e te wheke, i roaroa ai e kakawe ana raua. Hutia ana te tangata ra, e nga hoa; a, kia roa e takoto ana i runga i te papatakatakahi o te kaipuke e tau ra, ka hold mai te manawa ote tangata ra, ka ora. Ka wkangangatia te wheke, i koromahangatia ai te tangata ra; a, kitea ana, i te whakamarokanga o nga peke o tetahi taha o te pu, puta noa kite pito o nga peke o tetahi taha o te pu, e rua tekau-ma-whitu putu (27 feet). E ! ka mataku ano koe uaau; he tupua te ika nana koe i momi!
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Korimako, Issue 25, 15 March 1884, Page 8
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Tapeke kupu
377Te Wheke. Korimako, Issue 25, 15 March 1884, Page 8
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