New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-23
TIE MASSACRE At POVERTY BAY
trpO,l ON srgCTAL CORRESPONDENT

,hi,, -, ~. ,,,I,o,t lie world, wherever the dire
full Intelligence VIII Do read. \ most co"'OVou'" ""I
arcciOus massacre committed al Poverty pay "'oH
the sennfy settlers IN that region The scenes enacted III
this doomed settlement defy description lniasine
noaeef settlement 81 tho hour which prccedes the dawn
The inhabitants ao wrapped in slumber tho little CHI
dren rcpose peacefully in cots by the bedside OF lleF
parents; the fathers and mothers sleep Ia ah'ieu ~
curity. Suddenly dark forms emerge from me b '
bush, climb over Tho palisades 49,, ',,o Then
demoriac veil, rush the houses o,ui,r.n
ND ~ boins women a1,. heard above the noise ara
tumult WIN n dreadful fUICp'hE tinr, ri {or tEe
crack OF HE IGe ia heard. and some nice III ~ 80
while Others are mastered nulcr TeltH ploWS W io
Tic heads and limbs Of the murdered victims are chop
Poi, drink tic booI from papiiating corpses and
tbe b1rging of Wonaa's body finishes the terrible
drama Tarty.iour Colousts and n large number OF
FRIENDLY natives were cruelty hutchered. The Maoiies
WHO committed this dreadful butchery were 60 PITS PITS
oners taken drHng the iaIe @ar anu + s1 bod man.
Chatham Islands for confinement: Dut h1u . Ii"n-
aged 10 enda tho VIZ idhce OF Inctr $1,000 horpco,
aud months ago cscaprd lhe desperate ehaiao,e
OF these Savages WAS well known "a the Government ana
t huSI ana eo,s~ouSntly active measures
adopte To secnre M colony fom outraces; but no I'm,
district tnat tho q tns barbaroHs mass.el9
hesi tho province Of Auckland some 20 miles or,h w.
the boundary Cf tie province Of Hawkes. Bay ana cg
co NIL IN sragh; nc northeast Of the town OF ha1
pier The Poverty BAY brings forcby to nina
fbc etrGritv Of Mana saib ut Cawnp0re. The
immediate scene uf The mas tcrc was MhlcWEtIF, -
tlem1nt abort seven miles from TarauRanni Tho Ioi-
Irog tbe native, clne into the Poverty Bay district is
had had The lfrSt wggug alarm. There had been
no preparation, made Tor Defense ana me settlers were
all living, with their wives and Children ut Their scat
tered hunesJcGds The settlers believed that the reOe
were miles anu ,nieS away ana on e' f 10 TyC T
Shortly after O'Clock ON Tuesday the 10th OF November,
Maoris for nrpfcs-sIor Biegs appears to have beeu
awakened by hearing Maors outside tho mouse, sup
b boT Es oCod thcp in Maori The boy Charles James,
VIII I afly Of
the tale says the Major seemed to be guesonnS
Ing him severely lie into the house. calling out to
his WIFE, Emly, Is fer your he am shot lac asked
loaded and the Major seized the weapon aud was in the
re "a natives er TO have rushed into the house. and
commenced 10 dryour whatever provisions they could
Birgs standing BY her wounded husband all the time
with The cld in her aims MAJOR bgs now 6ohIG cr
determination to remain by hm untu the last Win true
mako her escape whilst there yet time; but the
servant had determined to remain with her mistress,
and obstinatey refused to attempt TO save her own lie
When the hoy last Major Biggs and the
women Mrs, Biggs was stmaing near her husband with
the child in her crying, while tie servant also stood
close by We may mention tlat Mrs BS{s had repeat
she should die with her hus9dud Ihe boy seeing 'at
the front crowded with Maos ran TO the back but
cTawled below platform and got into fax bush and
thence into the scrub LnGerns for some time near the
spot he saw native, doubt recognizing their old pur
Bucr, standing over Major Biegs aud beating 9ut MS
brains with the mti-Snd q MS mnSEeS, k0oetE A,Sy
went to the honse between four and I'VE o'clock and
found Major Bcgs his wife, and their child. lying dead
me house of Lieut. Wilson is little further M. about
two or three paddOrls distant, and probably another
party ~ the same time as Major Bgcs house
was attacked The sane boy Charles , James whii ,
crouchng in the scruA. heard yoGy fired at Lieut. WI
sons house. and In few SECONDS ater me HteS DuIs
out and every part OF 10 was burning brightly NO one
will ever tell the details Of horror here for there can be
little doubt thar Lieut. Wilson, his wife, and four chill
dren aud the servant john Morren, we're shot az TIE
door, or burned ia the house. The body OF John
Norren was afterward found. cut In three pieces. The
eldest Of tho children was aged about nine years
nat natives H0 Of the Pa. who had lost several Of
their s'asq n T f eTe n% o O S pSd
men, who were on his run. third made his escape. but
MT DodI ana ms palmer TSg a ord o nc prr
his store Mr.. Blair his partner escaped Major
his wife was Wing inside dead and stripped Of all her
oOthing her little infant itS brains GasheG out yng on
her breast Ore OF the most horrible murders was mat
Of Mr. Mann. military settler. and his wife Mr.. Mann
out t9nP& f sos ga f r s aa ra a So 1s to
her tJo GE bn n named lanes brothers Of the one
already mentiOHcd), who, with their mother escaped
along the river bank, saw number of pigs deyoung
one OF The bodies Another narrowing case was OF
three Of a family named Goldsmith; little boy and an
elder brother and sister. The two elder children could
not remove the youngest, who chung enacOusly 10 the
house The daughter who mounted horse was shot
down while riding away, but the brother managed to
effect escape. Tho MaOr then set tho house fire,
little boy inside ealing peously for his sister MARIA"
Capt Wilson's house had also been burnt
himself his wife, and four children. were
init. The body Of servant who had been killed and
found IN the On the roof being searched numer
Gus other bodies were found Mrs. MCuloch (whose
her SON. little niece, and infant daughter, shot
down, the niece also shot, and tae infant horribly mutt
the township cryng bitterly o Mr benson his wife
Two unmarried sisters OF the family, with their
father and mother escaped from the assassins' and
Mrs. walsh. her infant found in a, dying, state
on the breast Of its dead mother er husband mssing
Robert Noouan wife, and infant child burned in their
house, and william Brown Of Makaraka When the
Tawera left eight houses observed to DO IN flames
The rebels are said to be finely dressed clothes
stolen from the stores. Capt Westrupp had formed a
company Of district TO meet the rebels and
element in Napier on receipt OF the awful
very painful description most Of the murdered people
proyidentiay escaped with their lives we're utterly
ruined their wool, their sheep, and their beautiful
are deserted and splendid district OF Poverty Bay
VIII. doubt, be utterly devastated
Maores clip from The Hawkes Bay Herald; at this
meeting upward Of 500 friendly natives present
band fanatics under lie Kooti They only, they said,
wanted authority to be given them, and they would
overru1 It. council Of followed, at which, was
supposed the conclusion arrived at that native
force uBaccOnpaDied by any Europeans. should start to
find whereabouts OF the enemy and attack HIM"
inc bad news from tde notIn a a @ D
the 7th Of November, Col. Whltmore, with force OF
nearly men, composed OF Europeans and Maories at
lacked pah at Okutuku TINS pan was strongly tOru1ed
with earthwOrks and had rifle pits in large numbers sur
rounding It. Tito HOWARD, tho Maori chief, conducted
She defense Of the pah himself At the moment when
Col WhtmOre the point OF capturing IT, the rebels
were strongly reinforced aud compelled the assaants to
retire The retreat was conducted In good order and
with small loss The effect The colony however, mas
soming danger, and great preparations are being made
20 wipo altogether the native Maori element at least
1hat portion which Is hostile TO tho whites
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