WINIATA.
It was fortunate that Barlow possessed the bulk and strength of a giant. When he sat on Winiata at Kihikihi the captive's feelings must have been something like those of the burglar who was helplessly squelched under the weight of Mr Phillips. Winiata is anything but a small, weak man. He would be more than a match for the majority of Europeans of average height. Wine years ago he was " wanted " by Sergeant Green on a charge of horsestealing, and the gallant officer essayed to arrest his man in Onehunga, with the result that he speedily measured his length in the road. Fortunately a bystander came to the rescue and stunned the horse-thief with a blow on the head with a weight, when Winiata was easily secured.
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Observer, Volume 4, Issue 96, 15 July 1882, Page 275
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128WINIATA. Observer, Volume 4, Issue 96, 15 July 1882, Page 275
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