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A DEPARTED WARRIOR

TOllt : I'ltOl'llKT AND FKIIITLNO ! CHI MP. News reached .New Plymouth on Tuesday morning from I'aiihaka that Tohu, the chief so well known h the early Maori trobifes, had died on Mom 'lav night, lie had been ailing for some lime, but his end came soniewha'l suddenly. The didlh of the, ram'alira has caused some excitement .anion" the Ma,.ris, and preparations are being made tor a big ta.agi. to which are cxpecled najves fro,,, all parts of ihe Island.

Tohu. ~r Tohu Kakahi. was a prominent character in the Maori trouble-, in bSSI. when he wae ]',- Whifi's [i.■ Jir ing chief. For that i.-asou lie was never so prominent as the great Te Whit.i, whose works seemed to over shadow those Of his warrior chief lain. Tien, owing Io a dili'erence. they parted company ami became ri vals. the tribes di ( iding their support lielween the two. Those who followed Tohu were the Ngatiruanui called Pore (the Cuhornedi and '|V Wlliii led the 'Maire (horned) N'«aliawa tribe, liolh llics- greal Maoris have been eonspiciiiious in the makwig of local Maori hislorv. Tohu was"one of I hose Maoris arre-led in November. ISSI. for sedition, and- deported in batches on a lour of the clones gaols. The local Maoris give Tohu's age at about So years, but there is no clcliuilc information on this point, though he is generally believed to have passed the allolled span .of three score years and ten. Toim had a wonderful iulli ee among Ihe tribes, and was. i„ fad, a strong ,i vl ,l of Ihe redoubtable Te Whili. lie was a man of (•oniinandiiig persona IK v. standiim over six feet in height.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 6 February 1907, Page 2

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A DEPARTED WARRIOR Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 6 February 1907, Page 2

A DEPARTED WARRIOR Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 6 February 1907, Page 2

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