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A Momentous Interview

           IntheMaorireligionthepossessionoftheserelicsisregardedasindispensabletothedestiniesofthefuturelife;nottheperishableflesh,butthebones,whicharecollectedwiththegreatestcare,cleaned,scraped,polished,evenvarnished,andthendepositedinthe"oudoupa,"thatisthe"houseofglory."Thesetombsareadornedwithwoodenstatues,representingwithperfectexactnessthetattooofthedeceased.Butnowtheirtombswouldbeleftempty,thereligiousriteswouldbeunsolemnized,andthebonesthatescapedtheteethofthewilddogwouldwhitenwithoutburialonthefieldofbattle.

           Thenthesorrowfulchorusredoubled.ThemenacesofthewomenwereintensifiedbytheimprecationsofthemenagainsttheEuropeans.Abusiveepithetswerelavished,theaccompanyinggesturesbecamemoreviolent.Thehowlwasabouttoendinbrutalaction.

           Kai-Koumou,fearingthathemightbeoverpoweredbythefanaticsofhistribe,conductedhisprisonerstoasacredplace,onanabruptlyraisedplateauattheotherendofthe"pah."Thishutrestedagainstamoundelevatedahundredfeetaboveit,whichformedthesteepouterbuttressoftheentrenchment.Inthis"Ware-Atoua,"sacredhouse,thepriestsorarikistaughttheMaoriesaboutaTriuneGod,father,son,andbird,orspirit.Thelarge,wellconstructedhut,containedthesacredandchoicefoodwhichMaoui-Ranga-Ranguieatsbythemouthsofhispriests.

           Inthisplace,andsafeforthemomentfromthefrenziednatives,thecaptiveslaydownontheflaxmats.

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