A SHORT HISTORY OF A GENTLE ABORIGINAL

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2663, 6 August 1889, Page 3

A SHORT HISTORY OF A GENTLE ABORIGINAL

Gknesis.—Maniapolo was born of aristocratic parents, and in the beginning Rave promise of being a sturdy specimen of the race, a promise which was amply fulfilled, for the child grew in stature and in wickedness. He contracted an unholy passion for the lire water of tho pale faces. This was. tho beginning °f h' 3 course of sinfulness. Exodus.— When in his cups and the mood for painting the town red, there was a general exodus of the native strangers in the city of Kihikihi, for tho young man became very violent and " wen'." for them in a very impartial manner, so they used to migrate to escape his wrath. Now and then a pakeha- used to club the young aavago and beat him so that he felt bad from the poing down of the sun until tho rising thereof, but it did not convert him from the error of his ways. Leviticus.— Now the peelers had their oyo upon this young man, and they -vatchod him whenever they could, and at last, when about to rnvel in tho gora of a brother native, they pounced upon him and brought him boforo'two judges, to whom the.y told the wickedness of thi-i savage, that the law might take its course. NuMBl'.HS.— The peelers counted before the judges the number of time-; he had been before the beak, and tho number of charges laid against him, and behold they were eight. For ho had not barkened to the voics of the peeler in days gone by, but had defied him, and mocked him, and tore his coat, and otlicrwi.su resisted him, and got roaring drunk. He also cruelly illtreate.d and sorely wounded a woman of his people, and blackened her face, for she was fair to look upon, and was known throughout the land as the "white Maori." The beak therefore fined him heavily, and stopped his grog for tho space of one year, Deutkuoxomy.— Now, therefore, tho peelor prayed the judges that they would not inflict a line upon this young soi of Anak— for he was in stature about six feet llireo —as his father had to pay tin line, but that they would send him to the lions.; of correction, for ho was disobedient and would not barken to the voice of the elders, but, would "gang his ain gate." And behold tho judges listened to the voice of tho peeler, and spake sternly to (ho prisoner fnr that he would always "gang his ain gate," and they sent him within the gale of Mount Kden, where ho will sojourn for the space of one month, and behold now there is rejoicing in tho tents of his people at his entering the land often promised to him, for they feared him greatly.