. New Zealand settlers and soldiers; or The war in Taranaki: being incidents in the life of a settler . RS AND SOLDIERS; tinctly to come from that cross-road. Ithankfully came to the conclusion that thenatives had abandoned their original inten-tion of proceeding on the main road by thestockade to town. I may just state that ahill between my house and the stockade onthis main road could be so distinctly seenthat foot passengers were plainly distin-guished. I set the boys to watch this regarded the reports of guns as mere salutes,which the natives are fond of giving in merebravado. From
. New Zealand settlers and soldiers; or The war in Taranaki: being incidents in the life of a settler . RS AND SOLDIERS; tinctly to come from that cross-road. Ithankfully came to the conclusion that thenatives had abandoned their original inten-tion of proceeding on the main road by thestockade to town. I may just state that ahill between my house and the stockade onthis main road could be so distinctly seenthat foot passengers were plainly distin-guished. I set the boys to watch this regarded the reports of guns as mere salutes,which the natives are fond of giving in merebravado. From my house the stockade couldbe seen very plainly, and as we watched themovements of the men in garrison, we could seethat there was excitement amongst them, butseeing no indication of actual collision, I con-cluded the natives had passed up the roadabove-named, I anxiously awaited the returnof my son William from town, and was gettingvery uneasy about him. The boys at onetime thought they saw their brother ridingover the hill, and said, Here comes Willie ! I waited the space of time sufficient, as I. OR, THE WAR IN TARANAKI. 65 thought, for WilHam to reach home. I didnot feel any serious alarm on his account, ashe was well known to the natives, and not twohours before I had seen the son of the Brown pass by, and I knew he had comeby the same road by which I expected my William did not return, I felt the boys musthave been mistaken, and that he had remainedin town for safety. I had just made up mymind to this, when the same two Maories Ihave before mentioned ran up from the gate,and vehemently urged me not to leave thehouse, as the fight had begun. Mr. Brownat this moment had very kindly come acrossthe fields to tell me that a native had been tobis house to say the fight was commenced;that he and all his household must keepwithin his own fence, as the Maories werenow about in the bush, and on all the cross-roads. Mr. Brown, with an hospitality grate-fully to be reme
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