The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-04-18
TIE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
uorrid Massacre in New Zealand.

THE wtH Nor EyDED-Captaiu winslow. Of
he vhaleship Tan,erIaHe, which arrived ON Tues
h7. from the New Zealand cruising ground, reports
,blr a most depIorlble massacre Of the foreign p,pD-
adon hal been made By the hostile natives south Of
Auckland. Our readers are aware that for many
mluths q war has been carried on between the ma
fyes and the English settlers in New Zealand. with
v4r.eI results. the natiyes frequently obtaining the
victory or committing such depreiations ~ satisfied
her anger Our last previous dates We're to Oc,o-
ts-. when = temporary cessation Of h~o.tiities f. re-
vrrteI 90 have taken place Yet the language Of the
Auckland papers, ut that date, indicates that the set
,.ers we're exposed 1t any time 10 be attacked and cut
a. - tie following extract viii show
-If tr natives had really any disposition % com. int, r,r.
son VIII ~ bntsA "o.erufn-Et- or o. disT-----s the settlers
sl7- ai u 90 th-ir power 10 any time during the I-t ,F-nrv
gsEs 0, destroy every -e'tlemeut 10 This country in -urce--isl.
rry ar masters % th" position They tabI the whole ~ h.
aarar Of th- .sitnfI- -Duth % Auckland. from whence thew
rG1- m iN i'' +--lrihi upon any settlement th-y pleased,
bore q -i1-is -'itier ~ sailor cD.I b. Despatched s.air-t
~. not 10000 or 1000 ELECT - ~
We cannot find precisely the date when this mas
ncre took place, but a. near as We can learn, IL was
hiring December or January. Capt. Wiuslow was
Il the Chatham Islands about the middle Of Februa-
", and while there, a schooner arrived from Auck-
and. bringing a paper with the details Of the massa-
ere. The natives came down from the mountains in
reat numbers and surprised one of the settlements
near Auckland, numbering in the most inhuman
nlnner about $50 inhabitants. The most horrid
tarbarties were practicei by them IN the attack,
Jfen-eless farmers butchere,l, women with child were
cut open, and small innocent children had their
hnis and feet cut off, and in that miserable cOudi-
Jon left TO perish. The Government has only about
1000 troops in all New Zealand, though more soldiers
re said to have been ordered there from China. But
o understand the nature Of the warfare, it should be
sl,ed that back Of the settlements, there are large
racts Of brake bamboo cane. We believe.J which
rows fifteen feet in height. In this brake the In
dams secrete themselves. and the foreign soldiers
have been unable to modest or drive them out. It i
Supposed that they have among them some foreigners
engaged in manufacturing powder, as the most
Stringent regulations prohibit the sale Of IL to them,
sd they appear 10 have an inexhaustible supply.
The warfare Is somewhat similar to that carried on
years ago with the Seminole Indians in Florida, who
m0k shelter for years IN the everglades, where for
sgn soldiers could not reach them. and no means Of
Stopping their attacks could be devised till General
Harvey hit upon the idea Of procuring blood-houuds
fum Cuba to hunt up the Indians This, though
denounced as a cruel mode Of warfare, was success
hl. AMI put Al end to the war. The British will
have 70 originate some more effective means Of war
are than the present. before they put an end to the
View Zealand war.