Complex sentence: Although the Waitaha, unused to war, soon succumbed, a considerable amount of inter-marriage took place; few records of strife in Otago during this period survive, and as Stack acknowledged, Maori did not accept this construction of their traditions.
Split into simpler sentences: Although the Waitaha, unused to war, soon succumbed, a considerable amount of inter-marriage took place. In fact few records of strife in Otago during this period survive, and as Stack acknowledged, Maori did not accept this construction of their traditions.