WITCHCRAFT AT WAERENGA-AHIKA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 270, 22 September 1879, Page 2

WITCHCRAFT AT WAERENGA-A-HIKA.

About a fortnight ago Henare, an_yß Maori probably 70 years of age, residing! near Waerenga-a-hika, was charged before! the lupu, by an individual supposed tg be half Fijian and half Maori, with hav-j ing bewitched and killed his child, anil he also reported the death of sever! other children had been caused in a lilj manner by the same person, A commit tee of chiefs summonsed from a considerable distance—between the Muriffai ami Tologa Bay, we understand—including two clergymen was held, and by then Henare was sentenced to death. The} burned down his whare, and appropriated his goods and chattels. He hid in thi bush, and at night sought refuge at MJ W. K. Chambers'. In the course oL few days the Maoris intimated to ftN Chambers that if he-harbored Henaffl they would burn hJsjffi&dmvn. Them upon that gentle! 4HHnui)icated wfi Sergeant Kidd, Who nprHenare brougwj to Gisborne, and has ijeen lodged as pea fectly comfortable as circumstances woul® permit of for the past week. The sew geant hoped to get the nativejUjiffl| over to keep the peace. Hogg|fflra arrival of the Native Ministerfffiqjm further trouble in the matter, gfj Mr Sheehan yesterday afternoon K cided to send Henare the tohungalßK Taupo, where he has seme friends,—Hl verty Bay Standard. . mS

A clergyman, in speaking of one of parishioners, who was so given to arms ment that it was difficult to converse ra| .him on any subject, said;" Brother-jj™ is so argumentative the he will disMg with a guide post about the distance tegg next town, and argue with a tombsfHß as to the truth of its epitaph." m|

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