Sir George Grey, governor, high commissioner, and premier : an historical biography . n years had passedsince Grey had informed the Colonial Office of the com-parative increasing strength of the colonists and theincreasing unlikelihood of a successful rising on the partof the Maoris. They had risen, but they had been every-where defeated. Their brave fight and flight at Orakau—the fight and the flight of the lion—were considered tobe their last stand. After the capture of Wereroa thewar was held to be virtually at an end. The campaignin the Waikato was deemed to be brought to an end bythe Maor
Sir George Grey, governor, high commissioner, and premier : an historical biography . n years had passedsince Grey had informed the Colonial Office of the com-parative increasing strength of the colonists and theincreasing unlikelihood of a successful rising on the partof the Maoris. They had risen, but they had been every-where defeated. Their brave fight and flight at Orakau—the fight and the flight of the lion—were considered tobe their last stand. After the capture of Wereroa thewar was held to be virtually at an end. The campaignin the Waikato was deemed to be brought to an end bythe Maoris evacuation of Maungatautari in April, 1864,and leading chiefs—the indomitable Rewi, the ChristianWaharoa, and others desired that the war should be con-sidered as being at an end. In anticipation of its ending,on September 2, 1865, the Governor gratified the confis-cationists by annexing large blocks of specified landsbelonging to the Ngatiawa and Ngatiuranui tribes,which were to be duly set apart as eligible sites forcolonisation. Yet, in a proclamation declaring the war. SIR Wkld. GOVERNOR OF NEW ZEALAND: SECOND TERM 157 at an end, the Governor stated that he would respect thelands of all the loyalists and restore those that had beentaken from them, Tvhile commissioners would be sent toplace them in possession. We read with profound regret---that these and other repeated promises remained unful-filled. Awards solemnly made in the new Native landcourts were never carried into effect. A Disagreeable IncEdent. Proclamations might declare the war at an end, butthe troops were still kept on a war footing. General^Chute marched down the west coast storming anddestroying the pahs. Indeed, some of its ugliest incidentswere still to excite horror on one side and simulatedindignation on the other. An English officer on duty withthe troops in New Zealand—Colonel Weare—wroteletters to his brother in England, a clergyman, denounc-ing the war as being conducted in a
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