, 1869-01-26
THE NEW ZEALAND MAS.
HAORE.


wellington correspondence {Dec. ~ of ta3 fans.
ina Star.
During The tsst tnot,it eyep,s t,s,e nv.
riirtctl III New Xra1Ahl witiuli Will bs tt,te
remembered vii shti.1ttefhg hotrur. ONLY
t,*n ,aya aItrr ths last Steamer telI here III
Panatna. t,hn1c srtirinr,it WAS tteslfnyp1,
H',,l sna, 'i,s ,httatltaht. tori ai'd put IL
mAo >otl WI fs!tiai,sr i,K r.eawii rf.,t,t liz
Chatham ltfAhds at,t lknttet1 In New XraIsili,
On tEte t'Rat tttast. ala tdhle tiafa ftlln HtlY.
ttlltttrat Hltit''E Hin hilnthrf) wnFu .Hsalls.
et,"l'gll to 'm#gthh would farget al, lhougitts
q VENGEANCE All tstsle down quietly t1 on'
4hl fstr litllr. lNs It Wa. only tlil tllay had
nhtHIntst all supplies they ke,ltltFntt, aud had
lAlletl all suspicion. Thu Tuesday, lie l0th
"f November. they suddenly attacked tie
sett!smtnt at MatAwhe7o, near TuranganuI,
Cook first landed In New Zealand.
=, At three o'clock In tho morning TIN Hun
llan attacked Major Hlgga house. The Ma.
jur, htating noise outside, went tn the ttoor
to see who vas there. The reply was a vol.
iey, WHICH. however, only wonnded the
Major. lie called out to awaken hts family.
aud told them to run for their lives, as the
house was attacked by IIau Haus. One ill.,
Tie boy, Charlie, maGagcL, by crawling uu-
deFneatll the yerandah boards, to escape out
tnto the fax ~ the Immediate nelghborhood
OF the house. from whence he SAW the whole
proceedings. Major nlges waa held down
on the ground whita they smashed hi, head
| In with their snuskets, Mrs. Bugs being Id
near and forced to see the brutality. She, q
| baby: and tue Nurse, were subsequently, mur-
The boy Charlie managed to escape to a
house short distance I'll, where Mrs Bloom
beld, the widow Of Cuptntn Iu the army.
with her four chlltrer was living. aud civ.
itg the al!rm the inmates Immediately rau
for thtir lives to the redoubt ii Turauyauuf.
ItheT residents zn
Wilson'S house was attacked and be, his ii III.
and four children were murdered. House at.
ter house was thus visited !,y these saya.es
and destroyed. the Inmates being rut to
death IN many Instances with ftiehtfal tor
turts. 4 Mrs. Afaun wa, dragged by tho hair
Of her head outside her house and l,cu burnt
to death. Some few Of the settlers man
aged to escape to Turanganui, from whence
they wtnt In two small coastlug crafl, which
happened TO pass the bay at the time, to NJ
pier mud Auckland. Fitty-thrce perso -
| 70 ail we're butchercd and manyled in cold
| blood.
Every house ln the settlement Is dcs4 royed,
crops, stock and everything gone; IL fact
| ore 01 The mcsr prosperous little settlements s
on the east cooss has thus been bfottcd ont
| Of the map.
Those who escaped have done so In a state
Of perfect destitution. One poor wouan, the
| wife OF Captain Wilson, atter.tefDr stabbed
seven or eight times with a bayouet aud left
lying Eenscless, and as it was supposed dead,
managed VIXEN the fiends had lett her house.
| she was, with the exception OF her night
dress, completely without clothing, and SO
| she remained Tor seven or eisht davs
One Of her little children, q noble little fell
low only eight years old, who had managed
to escape from the house, fouad her thus on
the es CHING Of the day Of the MASSACRE, and
kept her aliye on eggs which he hunted about
for. Al length after making several inetfec-
tual attempts. he succeeded in reaching
Turanganu1, q distance Of seven miles, across
/ q country that he Ind never before travelled.
Here be found Captain Westrupp and small
escaped to the redoubt, and assistance was
Immediately sent out to the poor lady, who
was sent down to Napier, and is now 80 far
recovered as to be out OF danger.
This frightful tragedy was the work Of cx-
Chatham Island prisoners, who hare been
joined By other dlsadected natives uIl their
toIce nov reaches 100, under the leader ship
Of young Maori named Te Kooti. They
are still In tho same district, aud with the
exception Of having been twice attacked and
lcss, are unmolested. Indeed, there Is n:
european loEcc here to cope With them.
My firm conviction Is, and am by nc
means siaA ular In this, that either some O
those who 1re at the head OF affairs, or some
who are able, those who are, have an interest
God help them, whoever they are; I woulc
rot staud in their shoes for any thing. Brays
men, noble women, aud innocent children
have fali.n most cruelty. aud some one t
answefable for them. The horrors OF tn
Indian mutlny, and the fearful scenes q
Cawnpore have been repeated here. On
mother was held While her baby's head va
dashed against the stones till It was
| pu,py mas, md then 1t was laid In be
arms. Children have been torn asunder b
been rayished, tortured, and then ,nurdcre
before their husbands.