THE MAORI ACCOUNT OF THE LATE EARTHQUAKE.
On the night of January 23rd, at half-past nine, we were sitting by the fire. There were six of us, namely, Toka, Ngawini, Shadrach, Mary Betsy, Miss Watara, and self. When the earthquake came, I looked about strangely, for it seemed as if I were stupified, and I thought I was about to die. The women then said it was an earthquake j and now we all understood that it was an earthquake. There was an iron pot on the fire which swung about, and baskets were tied to the roof, and all the baskets and the iron pot swung to and fro, which made us all afraid : all
of us were striken with terror. This resembles the olden times, when the angels of God visited men.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 2, 1 February 1855, Page 30
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134THE MAORI ACCOUNT OF THE LATE EARTHQUAKE. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 2, 1 February 1855, Page 30
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