AN OLD BATTLE. A REMINISCENCE OF HERDS WAR.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 263, 12 May 1888, Page 3

AN OLD BATTLE. A REMINISCENCE OF HERDS WAR.

At ( M.\M>, Mil\ u J Fou'iN -riiui t _>e.n •• a^o 10-da;> w <\- iou^ht ] (he action .X Okaihau, liay ot l-la.uK be t.ween Mir Kiiti-di toie<"- and llu tiaiiu-j umlci the « h.eti> lloiK! lleke, .nul kawili. Heke was vi command or the ioif,i!>cd p.ih. ! wlui h bcloiu;ed t,o K.iw it i The al i.n kin^ j toiee ccimmi (I ul |iai( ot tlie.iGth Regiment I (undt i Wa|oi i»i id^e), ;i >li ( iclunciit. ot Ihe j %tli Ro;_m incut, the -ailo'-aml m mm-- ot 11 M Mitp- Noith St,ai ami H waid, in all ' iboitl, 400 men. under the lotuniand ot (. olouel I lulmi . iiOl a l'\n>l . A'tii landing it |i>ok ioiu (I.ijn tti »il In the pah. although the di-lauec w.e- only | h out li) to IO hiile^- Tlu lam duiint; j [ |u> \\ holi Ml I Kid it 1 111 tOl 1( 111-. .mo the t mops haxinn 'oecu -ii\ul 1 (nit with ttiHt dii\^' cooked pi o 1 \ lsion- \\i u toUul, ni aiidllion to (he IJO loumU in then poneiw -, to ol.ue oO n\oie \n I hen li,i\ ei -aelv-. ruvii(\ toui hout - ' hea\\ lain de^tioyed i'mlm aniiuunition .mil iifon- 'liumc u.i-. no i omuu--- u \il oi It ni- in t li'i«v iia} -. 1,, onl\ ini-*oli - t \eept mu-k( 111 1 \ , wei u i iciket-, ii>ul !iiu;ie--h in (lie -•» i loi - andoi laeuienant J'^iiton. ll M v Noith '~.t.u, a tin eoinnii'iH Lincnt oi tin Ui^.t^c nil n,w Ik n >\\ x cid'-i \\a- r 4i\t nio ,i-^aull thi nah I'\ liii -I oi nu l-, w iih h edi-i-ti d oi . li.'-adoi- ui,u iiu-, ami n^lit i oinp.mN ut i l«t ,il!l i Ui L,itiii nt mt on, fait hud ..'i\ , Famal N\ ak.t \t lie, would no! ailo»\ it. Ill' -(oiimi- (lining !!((> • nj^tim mt lit lOidii i«iii\t mi i-i-iiiiM 1 liiiin the main i)od\, a- tln \ oet'ipud m alnio-t. isolated p Ml ion iioin alout hall \u\-\ C, in ihi lnoitiinu till mi-L 'fin natniduiitiL; the das (ontinndi\ s,|lud tiom ti\e pah on iliuMuiimi-> Uln n lie'vC-iiun iha'^ed, iva\\ n l -iinultaneoii-i\ l-Mied tioin mi auiiiUM'i in tin. leal (toi ( unatel} till ua> di-i om u d 11 1 4 ) a ntli\ i n.inu d -I.it k I lolihin nine to In. paitl\ ti tiMi.iti tl i, tin tioopt lv n di\ ided i hai m il with tin l>a\onet- and di o\ . hot hp. u t ie- bar k, 1 1 eke -tot he pah, antt l\a\\i i- to the bu-h The c tat tit > wcie continued dtinuu 1 tin <ia\ . If*. Ut -l^nallm: I" Kawiti tioin hi- ll.t'i^tall Two -on- ot kawiti w.vt. kdKd in the-e ( h.iiue-. and in linn-ell, it wi»w i»- atteiwaid--aitl had ,i na 1 low t -cape a- lie la\ oiu ' actead,.ind wa- pa--t.d b\ -t \t lalot tin ntt noil ii tiuuinu, bi ton lv could ii!t)in hi- nun 'i hi- he luni-i It toln Ma|oi r>ndu;c at \ n t'Mia Hill, atlei jr. tee wa- n i ade hi all ilit .ii tion- attei w,u il-, whethti .it tin l>a\ o! I-laiul-. Taianak;, \\ aikah . oi i'.a-t. ( u,i-i, Okaihau l- the onl\ m-laint ol the ii,iti\i- >t, tinting 1 1 io (h.tiui vi I'iiti-h Hoop- It w.i- a hand to hand \ oiii'm I the old Lnlicld (then a new ami wondeilul wiajion) }!iown lie-- (liinti. and tin ba\ otitt. au I'n-t tin tomahawk on lonu handlt -, and ''oiibU b.n 1 1 lie 1 |»nt < t - ot t Innative- Tin laaiidliL- wuc ht.i\\. tall in 1 . 1 pinn tpalh tin tht -t< iinei-. \i/ , 14 men killnl. .! -i l 'j;i ant- and oil woundi d

'fill tat IIU oi Ml II \ alt - , U) ut (1 , lit I'.u nrll, wa- oru oi tlu ->l.mi At du-k ilic tioop- letuattd, mi! on tlu 10th thr Uolliulul WOU toi\\t \o( lO ill HH'II dl \\ai lioat- at kaw ik,i\\d l>\ \\ aka "Ni'iu - tut n, tIuMH t lo Am klaiid In 11 M - .\oith Mu, a hou tlu'\ ut'ir utu\id \w\\\ tin' L;! aU-i -\ nip.ii h\ 1»\ the ( it i/i n% . ithmi'jli with ( ( m-Li i nat inn .iii'l di-m i\ , a- li u.i'i \|H'(l(il i li.it ileke would .ilt.uU AlicA ian I Utit men N-H on tlu tit Id on tlu' ')th wt 1 1 dtiintl^ inlinul li\ unlfi ot liclvi, tl'O C I nu t^ii ot lai'^iand Inn ial »t i \ ice hoinu i owl vii tli< tii-ca-ioti. In 1802, on .i (huuh lit. urj; hailt, and '^lonnd ( on-cctaU'd tot '_ia\ (\\ at dat Okailian \>\ Ui-hop (n« if tlu ¥ nat i\l» li. id tin' l)oiu ut ih -( hi. iii.iutnlK < \liunu'd ami with di i-p n m kin l h til tlu in luialU inlLtud jn th' iuw (LMiiitiis tlu liint'ial -ei\l f V on 1 hi- n< i a -um I " ' i i i u i oiuiiK (< d I>\ \k h lU'.iinii ( laikc a \,i-l tom (»iu ~t ot natiw.ii t tMiclin'_r. a- well a- .'-I 1 (in Mitiu- m i ho di-ti k ( Tlii- t- a lt>— on wliii Is wo inr_di( taki to hcau : the h(ii|iti'.u si\- *<•(> Hunt and do hkrw i-c. Ot all tlu (itlii'oi- \\lio-Li\td .it 'hi- ,\c turn but oiu KMn.iin- ihu\ the Mi.i.an.tti ha\ t'Kj ]o\tu'd the \a-t uiajoiitN 1 1 1 1 1 f*l\ n i u in Ai.< kland L r iti\('^<tid- , t!u ot In i > l i_-»l- in t ho -now- of Canada ; t.ho plain- <>i India: the -and-ot Ahita at S>dtu.\ : and two. onl\ \ %•• o. 111 1 -tin;.: in thru n.ih\ t- l.imian (in \ h i--it nd< - uf a -oldi* i - UU . It t- onl\ iiuht, w Inlc on (In- -hlmocl, 1" add that the Am< Ulattd l'io\uu'ial Coum ll oiu o pland on I lie INtiniali- tlu -\un ot lldO toi tho |ihi|iih ot oKihn-j, a ic-h nioiiia! to the nun vho toll in tin I'.av of I-kind- wai (oloml lialiwavi- and Mi latno- W i i^k \ (both -im o d( ad), lock thiln hand, hut, ' !ii<ue_rli -onu mini inalii \ it lap-id, juhl tin ti.m-foi ot I'l o\ mciali-iii Id (In (Irnoial ( i.noi nnioiit pitsmttd Midi -tun hiinji aj_rain planted. " 'I'lic kmiclMs an' <lu-.t \nd then l'cickl sum ils .n . mis) . The n M)iil-,iic with tlu saints we ti list.

( >i tin hoop- \\ ho wtie engaged .'t | Okailiau main ot tin ooth Regiment aitel ' w.iid- obtained then di-ihaigo^ loi llu ! pnipiw' ol hi ( (iniinii --iltict^ hi Ntw Zia l;md, .miui"i-l the -ui\i\oi> ot \\ horn ,111 Ihi follow ing E. Hu»])li> 4 •! I: If.tt fsiu.-iN , IS. McDonald. I' \l< Malum, (. Tayhn, M M.Ltl'M^, 11. Ldwaid<* (uouiidi il), (' Kl.innen, \\ . iluni<-, .1 Shanahan, A. Wniskei, andC. Stapp (lioih ot whom ,ii(( lU.Uds obtaitu d < ihhiui-moiiM .1. lirllin-et and W -I. Sought (wounded). lnlßs6tluj I'loxinci.d ( ouncil oi Auckland pa^-iii the i\a\,il iind Mililaiy Soij) \tl, whiflt punted scup im toil) aeiotoan\ •^oldifi, M.MtiMii or maiinu o! lici M<i|c^i\ .- foict.- n\ iio Jiad --oixcd dunnu. the wai atli)u Bay ot Kland^ In IBbo, (Ik; I'lmiiieial ( ouncil ol Auck land jia^sed the Land Kcnulation Aei, one clause of which »ianl.> to h(>i<;c.'inl-, 80 I aciu-, U> \ank .uul ido 60 aero, on (he ' condition Uiat Uiey obtain tJicii th^jhai^es toi the puipo-eo! becoming s-ettl-ji.s m the piovuiCL ot Auckland, and that then chatactui was £ou<\ whiKL 111 the ai my. i n ,illup\s at dsot l,ooomonw ci edi^cluii ;^ed 11 0111 the shth iciiumml, l)cLu(cn Ihe 1^ Januaiy U&\ <md 30th Otobci 1858, ioi the puipos-j ot becoming New Ze.iLiud. the main poi Lion of whom selected the pioMnee ol Auckland. Thy high uete dLsehai^ed monthly 111 Miiuids ol 20, 30, 40, and sometimes 50, eaic being always taken not to ovei crowd iho labom maiket^. That Lhc'^o men weie a desirable addition to the ))opulaLion is ])iovcd by Lhe facb that one only of these of these men hpired as a prisonci in a Supiome ('ouit- of the colony, and at the present they 01 their dc-f-eend'anth pei nieatc all clashes of society from the mansion to the Old Men's Refuse. The men discharged remaining in the piovincc icceived, on application at the Waste Land.s O/lice, scrip tor 40 aciob. When the Land Act of 1858 came into force, which oa\e mci eased grants to the disclmigod soldiers, men who liad alieady leocned the grant undev the Bay of Inlands Act applied lor the land under Clause 81 oi the Act of 1858; a tew, two 01 tlnee, received it, when the Waste Lands Bonid discovered some Haw which precluded the i-sue of the two grants, /.(., the 40 acios under the Ael of 1856, and the 60 or 80 under the Waste Land Act ot 1858, to the same individual.

The men who hud undergone l,ho hardship* and prhation.s oi the. |>ay oi Ihlandh Wai ol 1845 - 1856 ielt, this keenly, a- con.sequent on the loci-ipt- oi diatis from Knylmul to leplnco ''.imijilahes, these new arrivals on ohiaiuiiiL'' Lhoir disciplines obtained oi (>0 oi 80 {.tjies j aeeoidim/ to their rank, wdicieas tho.se thai Irul l)uino the heat and lunden ol the day had ieeei\ed only AO acieIf. IoYVI, one i)l tlie.se men who had licencd the 40 .icies, petit iemed the I'unuuaal ( 'oimed em fhe MtDjee't . 11. was I lehiH'd ; he appealed a^am in the nevt J h^moi), „iiih! i ej >l> . The ihnd nine lie I .ippln d, when Mi W. Nwanson united lliat Ihe peliUon hereiened loi the opinion ol the law aiKi-ei to the dowmment. Sn i''ndeii(k W Intake: s opinion was, (h,il (lie 1,1 ml tot the Ba\ o| Mand.s was toi ' pi rial and spe«t ■,t, t u • >-ci \li c and th.it hi euihsideied thai tin p'Utionei h.i- i iii illi . I■> the benehl sol )))« Aiukland \\ a -.to Land A< tof J(3, l >!J ll( i on-, <j>n iiti\ I 1I 1 i ei\ cd Mi lp ioi 80 aeies, with which he m kt h,d land m (lie OLukau i >i-i i ie| The di'iieial < Jowi nnieiit s aic W'ik ol this and \e t ,ses,-u>n -dlei "-ChMDii tl.< 1 loii.se> ol tU pit -cnv.it i\es is ni\i dated with pilidoiii lioin .siu'h ol llh'm men .is (dl ( sisi Two fioyal Connni ---ions haw- m<|iuied inlotlu'-e and sinnli, claims, and Nit ( in \an mil. \i I a<t | u-- 1 1 d Sn (n v n w<j i ( li i \ h.-i on slant 1\ ,md pel -isl intly ad w>jcalidtluii i lanns, m whose hinl-lnps he him ell pai tie lpali d, calling i'u dillnnltiis Ihi own m tin \\<i> o; -. 'iit nn lit ' nuio | Ko.d ijiwlil.li's " Mi llol)!,s . ni (l Mi I Alo-s, and indeed all the Auckland le I pie-entat i\ < s, aie -4ead\ .uKueate- ol |ii- ! lie. Ihm n 14 done to ' hese old -oldies I ihe (io\i i linn nt Inou^hl in a lull !,»s| I-i -sion lo di al wit li all - u > i!, mi- It pa-se I pi (In I lons, , | hi I was'hi ow n oat hy tin Li^!--iati\i ('onriil It i lo'im liopul I that tin Ik mill will Knew i! in the . ail\ ! pail ot il'. iii-nin^ -is- ion, with -nth j aineudiiK nVs added (In nto a- mi.i\ hi dienud ad\i-al>li <)iu tl in 1 ,; mi,i\ lie I'inaiked, 'hele .lie md will l<e lull leu lcll to t ike .chantage ot it . W.uiin I l.tstm^.s' 1 1 i.d hi Km th« House ol ( npuiiiiii- last (dl\ i ai - Tin pi os ( iujlois, I'.ih ke, Shci ii!,in and olhu~, wueall |diadw In n i lie \i i<l it I was <jiu n i| i-, |he I hi .it t o! ii|,m\ that tin mil' ot the ~i\)\ h j Ui nt who toi upwaidsot twi'iM \eai- ! h i\ c atipeali (! aiiani and a^aiii to t .o\ei n I mi ill , w ill he tunic thew a\ o> all lit -h )h tin i Ihi \ • i i en c l eliet .\s a i a i Hi pom I , adi i ill t . i u.n ol <i\ ol tbe-e men waitid on Mi Hi m nhi n he w is Mmistei lit hi'.ud thip - tai nicnls most ii tent i\ i'l\ , and told them thil he i oiisidi ml then i 'aim a |Us| one and would j haw it attended to l!i- nniiis|i\ shmlh j atui w.nds w tut out Ot tln-i si\, |j\eaie 1 s]( epin^ in \in k land '_;ia\ 0\ ai d.\ ■/ , A'e -, ( o\ ii . '- lai ki , Mi Mahon, Muni oand Sul ti n I Ioi ', _\ thiii* Neais auo 'maihau wa- a i Vi dd- i ne-s , now , liom uiloi inai ion ierei\ i d [ >i~ wi II as tin siaUmeuf- in l'iett - Alma [ \u\< , it 1- tlu li wise "a In lutilul -ettlt j iii.nl, boasts ol it- Anthem and [ \\ esli_\.m ( lunches, I'uhh, 11, ,11, u- in -t ill-- distini s( hnoi- I'mMk iiiliiaiv, Mutual Impi o\ c nil nt So(iil\, \oluntai\ i -lnum^ i la--. it- Hoi tn idtunl and | A<ji n ult vi d "-in it t \ The 1 Im mci hold- it - I -how in ihe month ol Novciuhfi, <md t\u i laiti i in aul nmn . t l<i t -->w i nmenl ha \ n^ 'j.i a lit i d the iim ot tw o at 1 1 - 'oi --'k h < \ hihihon I'ln pastilles an no id loi thui -iilendid (|ual\t\ . i 1 iv mills <_;ood, will tin tailed and l.ej>t m onu> Tin in ul ioa "lies iiom Kaua l\awa, to llokian^a, pass t hi ou<jh I he set lit mt nt Tl iwlh i - .md \ l-itoi s (o (lit nei'_;lilioiii in>4 Snlplmi Spimtr- I'^u ha\t In -i < (a-- ,u eouimodation it Mi .1 I I ouiilh- who i has j ( >tt the siuiinj^ lilt ot a -oldn i toi the | mole pc .u etui one ot a -t 1 1 1 - in \ew Zeaj land ; hut who cm -o well di-oant on (he si i ni sot Ihet aw upon. I h Ihi.anc Liv know diMiU'4 tin Indian Mutin\ a- wi II a- tho»<rii'.^iei lioim and nmic ie ( enl I 1I 1 Hm Wa'K.i'o I amjiaiun ' It is (o In add i d I hat t ln u i- ao hole! oi iiiilihe hou-e in I lit entile --c 1 1 I<mim itl . and thai -nth pmhdution .idvanee- lln di-hici > jln |,i in Ik In I of I ht -e( f !e'i- ot Ol aihau