The Westport Times. SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1869.
Reference was made in our last number to the flying rumor that our once friendly allies, the Arawas, had become disaffected. This, it appears, is a mild term for the extent of their defection, for it has transpired that 400 of their number—more than half of the fighting man of the tribe—have gone over to the enemy, taking with them our guns and ammunition. They had not, according to the latest information, effected a junction with Te Kooti, nor is it certain that Te Kooti's mission to the Waikatos would end in an alliance or a with that powerful tribe. The latter would certainly, at the present moment, be an acceptable alternative. At the latest dates Te Kooti was hourly expected to attack Orakau, and another barbarian in name and nature, Tamaihowka, was ravaging the Upper Whakatane Valley, destroying or driving off the horses and cattle of the settlers. Altogether the present state of affairs is anything but reassuring.
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Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 537, 31 July 1869, Page 2
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