WANGANUI.
Private letters form Wanganui state that they are in considerable fear of the Taua, and* the natives of the district are very ill prepared, . having neither arms nor ammunition. They (the natives) say, that when they became Christians they gave up war, that now they are the Queen's children, and it is her place to take care of them ; in fact, if they are to derive any advantage from being British subjects, it is now they should receive it. On the contrary, it^ppears, the more faithful the
natives ar»> and the more quietly and consistently they live, the less advantage they derive ; only those who bluster most, and are most troublesome, get well paid and well treated.
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 53, 11 October 1845, Page 3
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118WANGANUI. New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 53, 11 October 1845, Page 3
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