Patea gone Mad.
This is what " Wanderer^ in the Egmont *"?'////•, thinks of 'i'itokowaru aid th'e -Patea people :'■ — Patea m entertaining- Titokowaru and ; his -tribe- -has done a notable thing: To eat, drink, and be merry with murderers, cannibals., and outlay is ; , to say' the U:sst, stfikinu;. \V,nen Te ICoo'ti expressed his inieiition of returning to his old haunts, Poverty .Bay — the 1 stenes of ''his murders,, human l^loocl-drihldng, and, Jieart"eathig^the people 'iliere 1 gaVe ; him to undersUwid.fchat fhey would . not allow him "to make such a visit. ;<H'ad he gone^Aie may-tHa^e. •' had a warm reception. jSoine years ago the settlers on this coast were ktar-j ■ tied by the murder of Brady, 1 on the/ ■. ■ Harriet Hoacli; 'by' the murderers '•of Gahi'H, tibar • 'Norinahby. ! The flesh of Von' ; T6'mpsky r ai)d soiVie of : ' his ibll'oweVsjiV is' said was 'cooked and eaten at Te Ngutu-o-te-Mjmu. ..Tjhe settlers ; from the Waingongoro /to.tl'ieWes'tmere were ;,driven jinto V^Jingaftuii, tlieir. houses destroyed and ,/ica.ttfe 1 ., .takeiif ;; A ..r 4 ew,ard of . .^IO.OO, •Avasj.o#l'red. for., the.- chiefs. jigadj^live or .dead.' ,,, ; An;ct yet iidw,' f qn.Jijs first. I'oturn: through, the S ! strict again, he is feastedi anid ipetted. iiVe'rUy,- theJittl'd dtjgsi iJLap j Slie inas-.ter'sfeiet'.-I^O'hj? i>a«ea'!'^sh l ame! on^ ' yobi'makihg' so m«t;hUido^M)outj the pobr,i lialftciviiiii'ed M aoris' i; w l no> on' their last yisiV- sbipe 1 .^Vii^s '^ince caused •sik&fd&iistsjiion 1 iliA>vig^iou(;the.district.., JPleascH'iitij 'JL,''t)l'Voii^.. \A^\ire'^(t^^^^ J express a ctc'^ire wrjpeacp'j j|ql^no^]iclge the error (if their wiivsv T( liw down the ;f ar r i ebel^on»;.-.. ) aijcr so . f oVtbv': ite (jfan&i ■ ft;.xiflfi* • transfoi"TV-WlPWi;>ni«/bproesi!?>» Oiher lMfcQ.ah;!€ land friendly towards therniiltjuii'apefins,"' have received no. such treatment. iTi* ; uLy,' -Pjatbhslms -^hownv-tKe spirit •.ofithe old ;rh anii nuhe' parable— jhas ■ kfiWlheifattßeVfialf in'iTqnbr-of 'the^ %uilawV(Titokow'kra's i y rettivn; i
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Manawatu Standard, Issue 42, 20 January 1885, Page 4
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287Patea gone Mad. Manawatu Standard, Issue 42, 20 January 1885, Page 4
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