The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-03-13
Terrible Massscre in New Zealand.

Terrible Massacre N New zealand.
\ correspondent Of the Panama Sor, under
date Of Wellington. December Sth. give tire fol-
lowing particulars 1i tlc tragic affair
Daring the past month cvent- have occurred in
New ICELAND which viii De long remembered
WIKI -hudIerin- hI-rpr. Only two days after
tic last steamer left here lr Panama. a whole
settlement was destroyed. ami the Inhabitants
tortured and pat - death by the rebel Nlories.
The native. who Won viii remember lad e-raT-l
from Jhc Chatham Islands and landed in New
Zealand lu tie east cn1--. some people here (thc
Government among tire LGllgr5 were Insane
enough o. imagine would forget al thoughts 81
vengeance ami settle down quietly cuit!yating
potatoes. They ce5,1.uiy did remain quiet for a
little. bat 10 wac only gl they mad obtained all
-.Erlie- they required. and lad JAILED all sGsTi-
C..u. ON thc 10Th Jf November. tIcv suddenly
attacked the settlement 90 Natawlcrn. near
Ilruu-anui. iu Poverty Bay. where CAPT. Cook
Er-- landed boz New Zealand. At 3 O'Clock iu the
morning tbc iiau lau attacked MAJOR BIE--
house. The MAJOR bearing q noise outside. went
o. the dor % see who was there. The reply was
q vy.iev. which. however. only wounded tire Ma
pr. lie called out % awaken bis family. and
told them q run for their lives. or tie house was
attacked By IiIu Hlus. One little boy. Charlie.
managed. by crawling underneath tie yeraudah
boards. o escape ont into the fax. in the immc-
date Ici.GI.rLopi 90 tie house. from whence he
saw the whole Proceedings. MAJOR Bi=ss was
held down On tie ground while they smashed h-
AHNtA Az Win A-I44 4AA-GtAr- Wa 80 bNAAl-
held near and forced 10 see the brutality. She,
n baby and the nurse were subsequently, murdered.
The boy Charlie managed 20 escape 70 "a house a
short distance of. where Me- Bloomfield. the
widow o: q captain In the army. with her four
children v.> living. and giving the alarm the
inmates Immediately ran for their lives 70 tie
rcdgubr at IuTGugluui. Other residents were
not 90 fortunate. Wilson's house was attacked.
and he, Dis wife and four children were murdered.
House after house was thus visited by these say
. n-I -naa1 HNa nn-Ha-- HLHn.w Hnw 30.
death IN many Instances with friehtiul %tIrtures.
y Mrs. Mann was dragged by tac hair Of Ter
head outside Ter h8g-c and Jicu burned 10 death.
>lIGc few Of the settlers managed u escape 70
TGrlnganui. from Whence thcy went in two small
clastiug craft which happened 90 PASS the bay ut
the time. To Napier and Auckland. The follow
ing i, / believe, = correct list Of those murdered,
though II i impossible 10 SAY If IL contains all
the victims Of this savage massacre Major
wife, child and servant Captain wilson,
four children and mau-scryant DJdd and Pep
Vard and two mcn-scryauis Padburv. Cadle and
Manu-. wife and child; Lieutenant
Walsh. wife and child McCull0ch. wife. child
niece two Of G,ilsmith's children r.
NewnlIaIa, wiir. child and mau-sc-yant friendly
natives. about ~: total 50.
Every house in the settlement Is destroyed,
crops. stock and cycrythin. gone in fact, one
IT the most PROSPEROUS little settlements ON the
coast has thus been blotted out of the map.
Those who c>caTci have done 50 in a state Of
NtlstEt l'~tllIltul. Ollt ltHlE NFtlEtN. inc VIC
Of Captain Wilson. after being stabbed seven or
times with n Layonct, and left Wing sense
and n IL wIs supposed dead, managed, when
the fcnds LEFT her house. 70 crawl into a neigh
,oring swamp and hide herself. She was, with
lie exception Of her uightdrc~-. completely with
iut clothing. and 80 she remained for seven "
days. One Of her little children, u noble
title fellow about eight years old, who had
.Juagci 20 escape from the house. found her
on the evening OF the dag Of tie massacre.
md kept her alive On eggs which ire hunted about
OF. vt length. after making several Intellectual
attempts, hc succeeded in reaching Turanganui.
distance Of seven miles, across a country that
q had never before Travelled. Here he found
-aptain NcstruTP and q small guard, besides
.pIuc II tire settlers who had c>caIei to the re-
and assistance WIS Immediately sent ont
20 the poor lady, who wns sent down O. Napier
nd j. HOW - far recovered a. 90 be ont OF danger.
This frigIt'ul tragedy was the work Of cy-
latham Island prisoners. who lave been ioincl
" other di-a.cctcl natives I'LL their force now
caches 100. under tn leadership Of 4 yOlr,
Maori named 1e k19ti. They are still in tie
anne district. aui. with tire exception Of having
.crn twice attacked and defeated by friendly
.ativcs with q small loss. are uumOiestcd. In
.ccd. there i no European force here to cope
With them. OF course, on tic news reaching
rJmc stir and excitement took place. but the
most ~culIahlc apathy seems t. have taken pos
-zipH 81 the authorities. Three classes of tie
militia We're called out and sworn in. but as vet.
Though four weeks have passed. that l. all that
aS been done. The men have not even been
into companies. have not been given
lrs, have not lad ouc single days dull. In ,
he ui-cDuutry districts certainly. during the
Fix days some little attempt las been made
% drilling men. bat IL j. little indeed. Ia Napier .
DC militia have been made 20 Gu garrison duty, ,
at ns for fighting, that seems to hayc been left .
ntirciy % friendly natives. Thee it,. fricudlics +,
al managed tie other day o. dive lie KDoti aud .
= land into q corner, where, as II was known
.ey were getting short Of ammunition. il WAS
'Iei that short work would be- made Of them. :
Just 20 this critical moment our Authorities !
~ tie very thing tie rebels have wished. They !
mt n supply Of eight kegs (somc 5000 pounds) ,
ammunition up from Napier tp tie .. friend :
through a hostile country. under the escort I
twelve men. DfcIur-c the escort WIS attacked, "
&c men driven away and the ammunition carried j
D. The rebels were thus supplied with the !,
.eans Of carrying ON their murder, raliHc and y
q little longer. y