FIVE MILES' RUNNING FIGHT. (From Auckland Star, April 11.)

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 255, 14 April 1888, Page 5

FIVE MILES' RUNNING FIGHT. (From Auckland Star, April 11.)

In Monday'- issue a short cable was published in which it wa- slated thai thoic had boon some li^hlin^ in Nnv Biilaiu, during liio course of which tho U.S. Consul pat ty had been In od upon. It was not then known tliul t,ho lonian relerred to was an Aueklander, iMvCeoino K. Stu.ul, whose iel.ilues ic-ule at Kingslnnd. Mr Stuart is 26 years oj n^v, and will bo lcmcnibeicd by in. my ciLi/cns who li,uc nut him in Mi ()' \Y. (Inflm's oliico, u lion that uentleman was United States Consul ioi Auckland. Sub-equontly, \lf Stuail was natuiahsed a•in Ameiican oiti'on .md sent to Now Kn#l.ind to open up a consulate in that island. While then* he hid to wait some months nuoi to bemif locognisod by the (lei man Consul, because his papers wcie not signed by the (in man («'o\ei nmeiiL This \\:h, howcxer, leotiiied in duo course, and Mr Stuail tiavelled lomid amouust the islands. At ISew Bulain then had boon sonic li^htniH Ik tv oon Iv o 1 iibes, u Inch 10-uHed in lo^- tst lite on both sides. AfUiwaid- the n.'ti\t=! a-ked the Uniied Suit s Consul to ai bit l.tte in the mat tei undci di-pute. Mi Stu.ut consented, ;md decided to attend a meeting otnat.nt- on New \i,u - l)ay. It wa- win!" aUuidinu tins mutiny that the alt.iek look pla< c. The i( suits in iv b. -t he j_;i\t nm Mi Stu.n t's own l.in^ua^c. r J In following i- ,i top) or .1 lci,t< i ioi wauh'd b', him to 'it- ichitive- in Auoklaml . UniU d Slate- Coiwdai A^enc) . l»a dune, \<>w I li it ,nii, .l.iiiii.u v 2nd, 1888. Ms dear , c \\ i ltnr^ nn list lettt! lujniioi tii r>Ut. ullo, 1 h,r. i j^one tin i hi '4 h an a- l\oil iih- w hii h I ti u>(, it in.i> inun In iu\ lot, I o o\p> M' n i acMin a-. ]o>r.; a^ 1 In o, and tth ml ( ■ni> Ili it I and thoM who weie with me .lie ,i!no to da\, and th.i' 1 am abli (juiofK tode-mln Ihe *.:.o-t, hoi i il»lfi l »lf -it u.tt i< hi 1 hd\c c>c! iitcn m I told }ou in m\ 1 i-t letli'i rhat ( u.h 'j,oinji Mmn 1 mm niiie^upinlo tlie bu-h \e~teid.i) New Wai- ba\ will) Mi and MiI'.ukiii'- n to make peace between two lio-tile In bos who ha\e bicn at w.u lad 1) and Killed -ome men on both side-, and it w.i- Mid tlui* thai what. I am uom^ to i elate took pl.'u c We-taited dl -cxiii o clock in the nioinin^, and our little paitN con-i-led ot Mi .md Mj- I'aikinon, in \-l It and some (went) black bo\ -, and a- we did not anticipate finj tioublt, only tlneo ol the bo\ - ueic .uined willi Snidcis. t uu\ th<^ le-t with sjicais : and tho-o with the lilies onl\ had toui lound- ot eaitiid<j,e taih. Mi l',ukin-on was c>n hoi-tback and had a lepeatmu liiie, and I had ni) oaibine and tiltcen rounds of ammunition, md Mi- i'aikm-on and I al-o had u\<>l\eis M\ little boy Tabai' in<_ra was wit h me, and a- \ou will -el' ,t- 1 <j,o Kuthei on, pi>)\cd hmiselt to b< a bia\e little tellow \\ c look 1 1n unn- nioio ioi the puii«K i ot In inn aldi ik ace had hem made than ain'lnnu el-o, a- the nttne- had .»sked us to '^(i up, and c* roui-e we rlioviylvt. i li.it. tiouble witli thoni \\a- the Li-t ihinic to <j\poot, otlu i w l-o wo would hue aimed h ciow dot bo\- and been u\id\ ioi tin attack made upon u- Mi- V u Lin-oti -peak- tlu» l.m'.uaue li! c a n'iti\e, .mil went to lnteipiot \\ c le.iched (he liisj \ lllaue all ii^dii , and hawnu '_i'»t the amount ot dewaiia, oi name inoiu>,tioin the chief to pa_\ the otl.ei -ulc toi the men killetl by him, we pi oeceded to the otiii i \illano to <;et the amount due to the In -t oluct toi the men ol his tube who had been killed, and it was hole that out 111 1 oiibh> commenced The c luci wa- not U home, and a- we weietoldth.it/ he washichu<_>, we uol the amount u\ dew an a horn hi i wito and staitcd toi the othei \illaye ai^ain, oi latliei the place we had ayieed with them to meet, at, and leteno and yi\c tin n pa^men"-; but we had not none tar beioie we -aw that theie wa--omothin<i wiouo,, and m a few minutemoii 1 the cluer taint attci u- and called to u- to <^o no i.nthei . but, .1- c <on Id not fjo back a'_,am, hvinl; whit, wa- (ho in.it t ci , we hunted on to the V;ia— plain «o a- to Ljt. t clear ot the bu-n, a\)'l we had nc -.oner done .-o than he called out that wowoic uoiu<f into hi- tinlumir uiound. and to -lop The tiaek- lluou^h thc-e pkun- aieonty w ide enough tor people to walk -ni^ie Jilo, and the i;i.i^ loacho- up !•> \our cne-t.and oi coui-o thcie was nothiuu, toi it but to pu-h on, a- we could not walk it we iott the tiack, and to ;^o hack moan* <join<i into the thii k of the native-. lie had seated^ called out to v-, when thieeoi foui -llni4--tone- and two nik> ball- w hi-tled o\cr oui head-, and the natne-

SET UP THE RHCUL Yl5 WAI! CK\ . Those who wcic iiuni> Vine only about -,ixf y y.uds away horn us, ami j\li Pa'lvinson and I called. tM- ho^s who had uIU-t-, wlnlc the \)()hi'is ran on \\ iili Mi -< I'ai Uinson. It «cb now ih.it, the hot work be^an. My i.iithtul htlle hny c anic runmncr to mo with my earlnne, and letu-cfl to |oin I'.u kinaonV ciowd, but stood behind me and handed me t ho cai tvidue-- a*- Lined I tliouulit the natn e^ weie only aimed Vtit'u mu//le-loadiuy <^uiis, but 1 .soon found, out my nn.staLe.

Ai\ facitim; duel. A nnfchc f-lood up not lilt)' y.trd 1 - liom me and levelled his lonj> 'Snider. "U c both in 0(1 fit< the muik: moment, and then chopped do 1 v n into the uia^.as usual, to load. L Mas up a^ain ma moment, tind thounht to haw tlie b'-sl ot him while lo.idmy ; hnl,, (o my lioi ror, he was up a.*, soon fu-> L \va^, and we a^'ain lued at/ each other. lie dropped into the <i- hit bullet, whirled jvi^t me, and seeing th.it tney wore aimed a-> goad a 1 - oui>el\e^, we run on until we came up with i\lr.-> PiiikiiihOii. 'L'lie bullet.- avo. e now M'hw.lui^ amon^ us, and a» t »in easlin v u tl^o hoys to us we niiido a for a minute 01 two, toyive Mrs Piukiii'son a ehanee to yet) on. The Snider balls were not to be di ended like the hoirible .'linn Mones, which come like a gun hhofr, and you cannot &cc iiom whcie. Tlie boys were CNcited, and tired their ammunition away without lesorvo. and when called upon to lire ic[)liecl that they had

" NO CARTRIDGES LEFT. Yon can perhaps picture to yourself the dreadful position wo were in, with Hvo long mile-- before us to run before we could pet help, and the kanakas howling; liko wild beasts as they came through the lon<£ grass, and us with our ammunition nearly exhausted, AyS wo ran alons> the nnriuw track and they were to bo »eon with just their head and shoulders on*-, of the loner grass, and the continual crack ot thai" puns rang out, my heart leaped into my mouth as 1 thought of the horrible position

we wove in. had yet to cross two deep gullies, and L thought there was nothing for it but to give in - 1° wake things worse, Mr .Parkinson'-; repeating rifie I choked and he could not. use it, and T was I the only one left with ammunition except M).^ I'.'s revolver. J kept neat to Mr Parkinson, as he could see tlic natives better trom hi« elevated position on the horse, and lie directed mo uheic to look for them. In thi.s way wo ran on and on, and I sc;u cclv know how we got along, t could not help thitdemg that Mrs i'aikinson was the bravest woman lover saw, and J was nnpnssed all the more as J saw her urging the boys alonu: «f> ( ' speaking encnuiaginjf woidn to them as they went, although .she heiself was nearly exhausted.

HURROUNDKD BY NATIVES. Whon we «nt into the bush l.ho boys in fiont came i mining- back, and said that, the kanaka* were waiting for us, and wo all thought, this meant, the end. I tan and asked Mis I .irkmson to call to them that we would :>i\e in to them, and her look tightened mo as she answered, "You do not know them ; they will no\ei slop now," and I could see that she felt that it was all up. When, on calling to tho natives in the bush the\ piovcd to be fiiendly, we again dashed 011 through the bush. We weio now eo\eied with diifc and dust, ami our clothes soaked with per.spiiation andtoin with running through tlie tree.-., and wo wen- no lcs* tired oat than oui ap pcaumco was st,i,,nge. We were clambering up the sleep -ule of the h'i\st gully when Mi I*, called out (.hat it was impossible to get the iioi-,e up it, and we called to him to h <t\e it, but to out sui pri-c he came along with it, all iit^ht a few minutes after. Ho Utv been ill, and I don t know what ho would ha\e done liad he not had tho hoi so to cany him. 3 Tow the hoise got up the almo.sb pel pendicular •-ule of the gully I don 1 know , but i right and excitement made it do what would be pei h.ips impossible at any ot hei time. As \\ c limned on thtou<_ r h the bush the polling ol the n.itne- tokl us that they weie close I >y and a bullet, whi-tling 1 tinoil'ill Hie dees lot uv knew that the v \ saw us still. 1 \\as\uy c.uelul \\\[\\ n.\ ( ill tndges and onl} lnul when 1 s,(\v a k.m.ika. At la-t we (jot out ot tin bu^h into the cotton ■it the t.ii the-t end of the ])l.iiH.ition, and • i-i it w.is new h -w <v Led laud and uphill, om feet s.inlv mto the nolt loam ancl the n,il i\ Cs

oitai:i> vuiv: I'i'ON us fiom the < <lm or the l)ii^h, and the bullet toic up (Ik s.mdj -'n\. Wo wore *><) exhausted (In! we could onl\ j^o at a -low walk, -viii it ihr) li.id iK'L-i) any "-mt of -]n>l- .it ,dl thc\ (ovid h;n c liiL n- ea-il.\. I hid huii c.Mhid^os loft, and -Mi.s I'.nkin-<-nti had (.he cli.'ir^c^ in hci ie\o!\er. and am uMod foi- a few nioniunU and tired into the luish w heio the little clouds ot (int'cted u^ (o the whuieabouts of om pm■Mici-*, and then went on, while Mi J'aikm->-on luid galloped oil tor help. Pooi Mi^ KuLiM'-nti was now .^o exhausted that/ I thought she would dio[) e\eiy nionient, and I and a Soloman ben talked om eithei -^ldo and her. Tho native-- did not come out of the hush and mi we walked on to Mrs Kukiiihon'- hou-c, and 1 wa^- nlad w lien I could «jcfc wmc hiandv for hti

A BRAVE hOLOMAX ISLANDER Oncol thcSolom.iii bo^s acted \ en biaxoly hlhii we lust lalUnl on him toicmam Mitb u- and keep the native* back at, the commencement ot thu attack He only had tlueo louud-- ut ammunition, but ian tioiu u^ tow ,u w- them and up 11 timit of halt a dot n ot them and dehbearch died hi> t In i c b.ill- nm\ ihev 1 an l> ick .i^.un.

Wo ha\o -nice learned tli.it the main li<hl\ ot the natne- v. out down (lie wioncr loid thinking th.it \\e«oj,dd make foi the bo it'll, and it. is to this iact that we owe oil) h\es. I'H had the) all < omo on us we should h,i\e been helplc-s. A- it was, t\\c\ would ha\e iakeu us had iho\ know n that wo had no aminuninon. Mj htUi ho\ had a cockatoo which 1 *_;ot. oil the natnes, and as it wa^ making a ni.i-r all the time I called to him to tlmm it. a\\ay, hut he would not. "Ko ho j^ood fellow, me keen him. bcloir.; )on ;'' and «o he did, hut the h'tle iellow was so done up that he iouldhaidh\\«ilk.it the end. Thebiid's now sitting in the(omei of the loom on a eh, in. and ! u>km'_r nnuh as if vonieono had st.ntcil to tal^c the leatln'is o\\ liim, toi hi- hack i-- eoinj)'etel> li.m , ami 1 think he faied the \un-t oi anjone and had a dtcidtdh lou'^h tune of it, as th>- bo_\ had seveial uthei 1 thm'j- to can; :h well It i» a \ oini<4 liii d. and I mil* I keep him as memento of (he New oai - IaN spent m Hiitain and e\ei <o he l emeiuhered. r Phe tnendl\ n;ili\is (ell us that one man u,b shot and anothei wounded, and J hope it is so. llaM 1 had a idle insteid ot my eai'.uue, 1 would ha\e addevi to the numhei. To da\ , a nuinhei ot the ho\ s aie at nlle picicdee, and I think we will <^o up in loico .iiid i;i\e 'he kanakas Mieh a le'—on that the\ ill wish the\ hail never lived on ib. Tiie\ would not have done f^o hut that the\ knew that most, ot oiu good bo^s had heen i etui ned home a iew weeks anu. As out \oui s. {U OK(JL F. StTAKT.