The King Natives.
(Auckland Herald.) _ ; Thpse who have recently travelledin the It in ? country, and erdeavoured to sound the natives on. the amnesty question,* state that if the European's aria un^ ..der.the. impression that the natives h umpiy - .: accept the offered p'ardon for their past offences, they are sadly [mistaken. THe Maoris simply accept the amnyß,tyaß a cry of "quits" after, a ;dr.ay/n battie-r-a formal foke'h '6f p;eacem'akihg and recbncilation. But! as to anything like the idea of pardon and they 'simply '' ' laugh ;at titv- - They' are none the less pleased,! however, at the step,"as' ' they : w£re sick and wearv of the suspense and uncertainty which hung over the relations of the two races*
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 32, 13 March 1883, Page 2
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114The King Natives. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 32, 13 March 1883, Page 2
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