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The Maori War

           TheEnglishnewspapersbegantonoticethesealarmingsymptoms,andthegovernmentbecameseriouslydisturbedatthese‘LandLeague’proceedings.Inshort,thetrainwaslaid,andtheminewasreadytoexplode.Nothingwaswantedbutthespark,orrathertheshockofrivalintereststoproducethespark.

           "Thisshocktookplacein1860,intheTaranakiprovinceonthesouthwestcoastofIka-na-Mani.AnativehadsixhundredacresoflandintheneighborhoodofNewPlymouth.HesoldthemtotheEnglishGovernment;butwhenthesurveyorcametomeasurethepurchasedland,thechiefKingiprotested,andbythemonthofMarchhehadmadethesixhundredacresinquestionintoafortifiedcamp,surroundedwithhighpalisades.SomedaysafterColonelGoldcarriedthisfortressattheheadofhistroops,andthatdayheardthefirstshotfiredofthenativewar."

           "Havetherebelsbeensuccessfuluptothistime?"

           "Yes,Madam,andtheEnglishthemselveshaveoftenbeencompelledtoadmirethecourageandbraveryoftheNewZealanders.Theirmodeofwarfareisoftheguerillatype;theyformskirmishingparties,comedowninsmalldetachments,andpillagethecolonists’homes.GeneralCameronhadnoeasytimeinthecampaigns,duringwhicheverybushhadtobesearched.In1863,afteralongandsanguinarystruggle,theMaorieswereentrenchedinstrongandfortifiedpositionontheUpperWaikato,attheendofachainofsteephills,andcoveredbythreemilesofforts.

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