COVETOUSNESS OF THE NATIVES.
"Why do we see so few European travellers now at our Native villages?" is a question proposed by many tribes in the interior of the country. We are glad to hear inquiries on this subject, for it has long been our opinion, that the natives are singularly deficient as respects their treatment of travellers. The most exorbitant charges are made for very trifling services, and there is a disinclination to render any assistance at all. J The great mass of the Maori population profess to be more or less influenced by the principles of Christianity, but mere professions, whether of an individual or a nation, are so many words only, something more palpable therefore is required. Do the natives indeed know that the religion by which they are said to be swayed teaches us that all things whatsoever" we " would that men should do to us," we are to do "even so to them ?" Not only therefore are we to be obliging, respectful. and attentive to others, but we are to suffer actual loss for the benefit of others. The adoption of this principle, will tend to annihilate the spirit of covetousness, gaining such ground among the Natives, and which is so justly censured by every European who is made to feel their avarice, i
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 43
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219COVETOUSNESS OF THE NATIVES. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 43
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