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The Maori War

           "Well,"saidPaganel,"sixlongmonthshavegonebysinceweleftEurope,andIcannotsaywhatmayhavehappenedduringthattime,withtheexceptionofafewfactswhichIgatheredfromthenewspapersofMaryboroughandSeymourduringourAustralianjourney.AtthattimethefightingwasverylivelyintheNorthernIsland."

           "Andwhendidthewarcommence?"askedMaryGrant.

           "Recommence,youmean,mydearyounglady,"repliedPaganel;"fortherewasaninsurrectionsofarbackas1845.Thepresentwarbegantowardthecloseof1863;butlongbeforethatdatetheMaorieswereoccupiedinmakingpreparationstoshakeofftheEnglishyoke.ThenationalpartyamongthenativescarriedonanactivepropagandafortheelectionofaMaoriruler.TheobjectwastomakeoldPotatauking,andtofixasthecapitalofthenewkingdomhisvillage,whichlaybetweentheWaikatoandWaipaRivers.Potatauwasanoldman,remarkableratherforcunningthanbravery;buthehadaPrimeMinisterwhowasbothintelligentandenergetic,adescendantoftheNgatihahuas,whooccupiedtheisthmusbeforethearrivalofthestrangers.Thisminister,WilliamThompson,becamethesouloftheWarofIndependence,andorganizedtheMaoritroops,withgreatskill.UnderthisguidanceaTaranakichiefgatheredthescatteredtribesaroundthesameflag;aWaikatochiefformeda‘LandLeague,’intendedtopreventthenativesfromsellingtheirlandtotheEnglishGovernment,andwarlikefeastswereheldjustasincivilizedcountriesonthevergeofrevolution.

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