. Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealand race, as furnished by their priests and chiefs . were thus engaged with their imaginaryfoe, a second column, with wild cries, advanced totheir support ; then the first column of warriorsretired to re-form, and thus column after columnfeigned to charge their THE MURDER OF TUWHAKARARO. 103 Then one body of the warriors rushed to anadjoining creek and tried to jump across it, butthey could not. A band of men under Wha-kataus immediate command were sitting uponthe ground watching the others, and when thefirst body gav
. Polynesian mythology and ancient traditional history of the New Zealand race, as furnished by their priests and chiefs . were thus engaged with their imaginaryfoe, a second column, with wild cries, advanced totheir support ; then the first column of warriorsretired to re-form, and thus column after columnfeigned to charge their THE MURDER OF TUWHAKARARO. 103 Then one body of the warriors rushed to anadjoining creek and tried to jump across it, butthey could not. A band of men under Wha-kataus immediate command were sitting uponthe ground watching the others, and when thefirst body gave up in despair all thoughts ofoverleaping the creek, this chosen band of Wha-katau rose from the ground, started forward,reached in good order the edge of the creek, andsprang easily across it (the whole body of them tothe other side). When the review was ended, Whakatau made aspeech to the warriors, saying, Warriors, all of youlisten to me. We will not finish our voyage untilthe dark night, lest we should be seen by the peoplewe are about to attack, and thus fail in surprisingthem. Just as it was dark, Whakatau ordered his ownchosen band of warriors to go and pull the plugsout of all the canoes but their own, and they, inobedience to his orders, went round and pulled allthe plugs out of the canoes, and thus they did tothe whol
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