THE NATIVE REBELLION.

Marlborough Express, Volume IV, Issue 177, 29 May 1869, Page 3

THE NATIVE REBELLION.

(From our Own Correspondent.) Important News from the East Coast. Attack on Ruatahnna. Ten Hauhaus killed. Express Office, Saturday, 3 p.m. Lieut.-Colonel St. John attacked Ruatatahuna on the Bth. The loss on our side was Lieuts. White and Travers, and five others, and seven wounded. Ten Hauhau bodies were found on the ground. The Arawas have refused to continue on the expedition. The Constabulary are bootless, and weak from potato diet. Lieut. Travers is a nephew of Mr. Travers, M.H.R.

(Erom the Independent.) Napier, May 21. The following despatches received from Col. Whitmore, and which ought to have been recived yesterday, are on the whole very satisfactory. He writes :

St. John took Ruatahuna on the Bth. The two columns got there on that day. We have not been vigorously opposed, and have taken and burnt every pa and kainga to be found anywhere short of Waikare and Mauugaporohatu. He had great trouble to move the Arawas, and at last, in attempting to go on to Waikare, all decided to go back except 60 natives, with whom he marched for Waikare.

The remainder, with the Whakatane natives, went back towards Horomanga, the latter undertaking to carry out the wounded. Ultimataly the 60 would not go on, and he was obliged to leave that part of the programme undone.

He returned unpursued to Ahikireru, which the Arawa line would have left uncovered if he had not gone there.

He was anxious about the bulk of the Arawas and Whakatane natives, who seemed to be pursued by the IJreweras, in no great force, however.

Their column is large, but they have a dread )of this country. Having entrusted the four wounded to them he was sending a European force to meet and support them when they came out of the bush. They had fought Te Kooti and driven him back with some loss towards the lake, but whether he went there, or remained to defend the road, he could not say. Our loss has been seven killed and eight wounded.

We have got ten bodies of the enemy, but many others were hit.

We have destroyed large quantitities of food. Our Europeans have behaved very well, but they are bootless and weak from living on potato diet.

The names of the officers killed ai - e Lent. Whi-e and poor Travers, both well known and much regretted. Herrick would find nobody at Waikare.

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