class="c2">195-200
CHAPTER XVIII |
THE FIGHT AT MOTUROA STOCKADE |
Kātené's vigil—Attack on the stockade—Major Hunter's death—A Hauhau warrior's desperate feat—Over the palisades—Government forces repulsed—A rear-guard fight—An unanswered prayer—Scenes of terror—Tihirua's burnt-offering—A soldier's body eaten |
201-225 |
CHAPTER XIX |
THE TAURANGA-IKA STOCKADE |
Another fighting-pa built—Scouting and skirmishing—The watcher on the tower—McDonnell and Titokowaru—How Trooper Lingard won the New Zealand Cross—Hairbreadth escapes—Pairama and the white man's leg |
226-239 |
CHAPTER XX |
A SCOUTING ADVENTURE |
The passage of the Okehu—A night's vigil—Mackenzie the scout—"Maoris in the bush!"—The watchers in the fern—A race for life |
240-254 |
CHAPTER XXI |
THE FALL OF TAURANGA-IKA |
Shot and shell—The fort abandoned—Flight of the Hauhaus—The chase—The fight at Karaka Flat—Mutilation of the dead—The ambuscade at the peach-grove—The sergeant's leg—Rewards for Hauhau heads |
255-261 |
CHAPTER XXII |
THE FOREST-FORAGERS |
Fugitive Hauhaus—Hard times in the bush—The eaters of mamaku—Bent's adventure—Lost in the woods—Rupó to the rescue—The tapu'd eels |
262-269 |
CHAPTER XXIII |
A BATTLE IN THE FOG |
The surprise of Otautu—An early morning attack—Kimble Bent's dream—"Kia tupato!"—A gallant defence—Brave old Hakopa—Flight of the Hauhaus |
270-276 |
CHAPTER XXIV |
THE HEAD-HUNTERS |
The skirmish at Whakamara—Hauhaus on the run—Government head-hunters—Major Kemp's white scout—Sharp work in the bush—Barbarism of the Whanganui—Kupapas—Smoke-drying the heads—A present for Whitmore—The heads on the tent floor—End of the war |
277-292 |
CHAPTER XXV |
THE LAND OF REFUGE |
The flight from Rukumoana—Retreat to the Waitara—The Kawau pa—Life in the Ngatimaru country—Rupé and his white man—A Maori Donnybrook fair—A tale of a taniwha |
293-305 |
CHAPTER XXVI |
BUSH LIFE ON THE PATEA |
The return to Rukumoana—The forest-village—Bird-snaring and bird-spearing—Bent the canoe-builder—His third wife |
306-310 |
CHAPTER XXVII |
HIROKI: THE STORY OF A FUGITIVE |
Hiroki, the slayer of McLean—Strange faces at Rukumoana—A forest chase—A meeting and a warning—Hiroki's wild bush life and his end |
311-320 |
CHAPTER XXVIII |
OUT OF EXILE |
Canoeing on the Patea—The voyage to Hukatéré—The white man's world again—Bent the medicine-man—Makutu, or the Black Art—Bent's later days—The end |
321-332 |
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Appendix |
333-336 |