MAORI andSETTLER
MAORI andSETTLER
A STORY OF
THE NEW ZEALAND WAR
BY
G. A. HENTY
Author of "Redskin and Cowboy" "In Freedom's Cause"
"Bonnie Prince Charlie" &c.
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PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION
In the following story I have made no attempt to give anything like ageneral history of the long struggle between the brave tribes of NewZealand and the forces of England and the colony. That struggle lastedover a period of some years, and to do justice to its numerous incidentsin the course of a single volume would have left no space whateveravailable for the telling of a story. It was divided into two distinctepochs. In the first the natives of the north of the islands fought fortheir independence and their right to have a king, and be governed bytheir own laws. Nothing could exceed the courage with which theystruggled for these ends, and it needed a very strong force of Britishtroops to storm their pahs or fortified camps, and overcome theirresistance. The second epoch embraces the struggle brought about by theconversion of a portion of the tribes to the fanatical belief called thePai Marire (literally "good and peaceful"), whose votaries weregenerally known as the Hau-Haus. During the earlier war the nativesbehaved with great moderation, and there were but few cases of themurder of outlying settlers. The slaying of all whites was, however, theleading feature of the Hau-Hau religion, and many cold-bloodedmassacres occurred during the struggle. The Bri