Reported Blackmailing by Natives,
Two men who arrived in Waikato a few days ago from Napier, overland, report a rather unusual occurence. They state that when between Rotorua and the Waotu, the exact locality they are naturally unable to determine, they lost their track, and presently came upon a native settlement, the denizens whereof bailed them up and marched them into a whare and proceeded to levy blackmail. The men were searched, and their money and other valuables confiscated, one of them only saving his Oddfellows' sash which he carried with him, with the greatost difficulty. No reason was given tor their conduct by the natives, who, after the plundenng, appeared to relax their vigilance, so that towards early morning, after a twelve hours' imprisonment in the whare, the victims managed to make good their escape. We give the story as it was told, but we are inclined, ourselves to accept it with a certain degree of caution. It is a most unusual thing to find Maoris acting in the manner described above, unless it be that some political motive lies at the bottom of their conduct, and even then they are not known to be theftuously inclined.
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Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1387, 24 May 1881, Page 2
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198Reported Blackmailing by Natives, Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1387, 24 May 1881, Page 2
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