. Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealand race, as furnished by their priests and chiefs . rder them to chargeagain. He cried out: Turn on them again, turnon them again ; for a long time the enemy andHatupatu were hidden from each others view; atlast they saw him. Then rushes forward Hatu-patu from one party, and a chief of the enemy,named also Karika (like his brother), from theother, and the latter aims a fierce blow at Hatu-patu with a short spear ; he parries it, and strikesdown Karika with his two-handed sword, who dieswithout a struggle; motionless, as foo
. Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealand race, as furnished by their priests and chiefs . rder them to chargeagain. He cried out: Turn on them again, turnon them again ; for a long time the enemy andHatupatu were hidden from each others view; atlast they saw him. Then rushes forward Hatu-patu from one party, and a chief of the enemy,named also Karika (like his brother), from theother, and the latter aims a fierce blow at Hatu-patu with a short spear ; he parries it, and strikesdown Karika with his two-handed sword, who dieswithout a struggle; motionless, as food hiddenin a bag, he draws forth his whalebone mere,cuts off Karikas head, and grasps it by thehair. It is enoughâthe enemy break,âfall back,âfly ; then his brothers and their warriors turnagain on the foes, and slay them; many thou-sands of them fill. Whilst his brothers are thusslaying the enemy, he is eagerly seeking forRaumati; he is found ; Hatupatu catches him, hishead is cut off; it is concealed. The slaughterbeing ended, they return to their encampment;they cook the bodies of their enemies ; they devour. WEEPING OVER HEAD OF DECEASED RELATIVE HATUPATU AND HIS BROTHERS. 199 them; they smoke and carefully preserve theirheads : aud when all is done, each makes speechesboasting of his deeds; and one after the other,vaunting to have slain the great chief Hatupatu said not a word of his having Ravi-matis head. They return to E,oto-rua; tliis time he goes inthe canoe with them; they draw near to the islandof Mokoia, and his brothers, as they are in thecanoe, chant songs of triumph to the gods ofwar; they cease; their father inquires firom theshore, Which of you has the head of Raumati?and one, holding up the head he had taken, said,I have; and another said, I have; at last,their father calls out, Alas, alas ! Raumati hasescaped. Then Hatupatu stands up in the canoe, andchants a prayer to the god of war over a basketheaped up with heads, whilst holding up in his
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