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The Maori War

           "Madam,"saidhe,inanswertoLadyHelena’squestions,"ImustrepeatwhatIhadoccasiontoremarkbefore,thattheNewZealandersareacourageouspeople,whoyieldedforamoment,butafterwardfoughtfoottofootagainsttheEnglishinvaders.TheMaoritribesareorganizedliketheoldclansofScotland.Theyaresomanygreatfamiliesowningachief,whoisveryjealousofhisprerogative.Themenofthisraceareproudandbrave,onetribetall,withstraighthair,liketheMaltese,ortheJewsofBagdad;theothersmaller,thicksetlikemulattoes,butrobust,haughty,andwarlike.Theyhadafamouschief,namedHihi,arealVercingetorix,sothatyouneednotbeastonishedthatthewarwiththeEnglishhasbecomechronicintheNorthernIsland,forinitisthefamoustribeoftheWaikatos,whodefendtheirlandsundertheleadershipofWilliamThompson."

           "But,"saidJohnMangles,"arenottheEnglishinpossessionoftheprincipalpointsinNewZealand?"

           "Certainly,dearJohn,"repliedPaganel."AfterCaptainHobsontookformalpossession,andbecamegovernor,ninecolonieswerefoundedatvarioustimesbetween1840and1862,inthemostfavorablesituations.Theseformedthenucleusofnineprovinces,fourintheNorthIslandandfiveinthesouthernisland,withatotalpopulationof184,346inhabitantsonthe30thofJune,1864."

           "Butwhataboutthisinterminablewar?"askedJohnMangles.

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