THE NATIVE REBELLION.

Marlborough Express, Volume IV, Issue 191, 28 August 1869, Page 6

THE NATIVE REBELLION.

LATEST FROM WAIKATO. Alexandra, August 16th. Te Kooti is at Tuhua, a settlement about thirty-seven miles from Alexandra. Rewi is with him. It is supposed that Te Kooti is waiting the arrival ofTitokowaru and people from the Wanganui district. The reports that Te Kooti was at Taupo and Ohinemuri are false They are given out, no doubt, to lead the Government By yesterday’s post we received the following communication from our Alexandra correspondent:— Alexandra, 12th August. Te Kooti’s last words to the Waikatos were that he was going, but w'ould return again shortly, meaning no doubt when the whole of his arms and ammunition reached him that is known to be en route to the Waikato; and he expects reinforcements from different quarters, and imagines that the Government will withdraw their forces from the frontier; then will be the time to make a successful raid on the Waikato. Rewi has gone with Te Kooti. Tawhiao has sent a letter to the Government, with a formal demand that the prisoners taken at Ngaruawahia, together with the arms and ammunition, should be immediately returned to Tokongamutu, and if the demand is not immediately complied with, the Waikatos threaten to attack the Waikato settlement, independent of Te Kooti and his murderous band.—N. Z. Herald. THE WOLF AT BAY. By latest advices our old friend Tito Kowaru has returned to Ngatinaru, on the banks of the Waitotara river, with sixty of his own followers. Shortly after his arrival there, he was joined by sixty of the Wanganui up-river Hau-Haus, and that appears now to be the strength of his force. He is waiting (like IVIr. Micawber), without any definite object, to see what may be turn up Some of the Waitotara rebels, who surrendered to the upriver Wanganui natives a fortnight ago have found their way to Wanganui, and walk about the streets as “ British subjects ” Here they may confront some of the settlers whose houses they burned down, whose properties they destroyed, and whose blood they thirsted for. We trust it is not necessary for us to do more than direct the attention of the Government to this subject.—Wanganui Times.