قراءة كتاب The adventures of Kimble Bent A story of wild life in the New Zealand bush

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The adventures of Kimble Bent
A story of wild life in the New Zealand bush

The adventures of Kimble Bent A story of wild life in the New Zealand bush

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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   Appendix 333-336

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Sketch Map of Taranaki Frontispiece
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Mount Egmont, Taranaki 15
A Taranaki Frontier Fort 17
Patara, a Hauhau Prophet 47
A British Column on the March 69
The Scout 85
The Ambuscade

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