Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-10

Xo~rrDfN. New Isthihibt bbA1 90 W ilhI
,,sns are to America the Mnnris arc
w zealand. These nborigines arc
-, very rapily, but you sec Thorn In
INNER portions Of New Zealand.
n. ceuntry was once theirs, and they
q nave Kept It, bat from whaling
,be foreigners alighted to furnish
I y rnnl and vices OF all sorts to Kill
1 Taoris. They are said TO be q superior
assayares, but ths nobility of them I
csee Their faces are plowed up not
49, but by tattooing which they
w nletorinlizes and beautifies. Shnrp
\. seooped out those burrows OF tho
Is..nanoe. Their greatest fun was mas.
when some Of thom adopted Chris
~ they received the Old Testament.
riccted the New Testament. They
INA war scenes OF the old, but not the
II a tho new, On occasions they inndd
4 ,tlsas Of the New Testament. When
| onld not cat all their enemies, they
srsed them in tin cans and sent them
aslIeate presents TO their friends. Tho
Boyd, bound for England, put In at
4 Il ,ho New, Zealand harbors, and all
|' Assrd were slain and eaten, except y
An and three children, who hid away,
4 ruly survivors to tell the story.
Y course all ships know that II they
4 vrcked on these shores they would
me part Of the diet OF the people.
Of their chiefs taken to London In
sroused much interest, and they were
M with presents OF all sorts, but be.
starting for homo these recipients OK.
Erd the presents for muskets, with
I Il they drove BACK and destroyed tho
4Aboring tribes who could not afford
krts. Some OF these savages won't sd
/. TO lend clubs and powder and knives
ttr enemies that lively fighting might
&ept up, On one occasion they refused
Rapture the trains carrying food and
|arnition to tho opposing forces, and
n the chief OF the Maorls was asked
,ause OF this he replied, why. You
4 we had captured their ammunition
= food, how could they have Fought"
! d the missionaries says that he hold
&lgious service at n place between two
&ung tribes, md from both tribes tho
sncc was made up on Sunday, but on
day they resumed their old fight, II
4 bad had plainly put to Thorn the fins,
J slon of the catcchlsm, "Whnt Is the
Mend Of mani" their reply, il frankly
4 ID would have been, "The chief end
an Is 10 mako an end Of him.
4 Quincey wrote an essay on "MnrdCi
! Fine Art, but to the Maoris murder
ElpAstime, Assassination was for uges
b gladdost recreation Massacre was
sport 1t was to thcm what the ton.
8nprt and croquot ground and baseball
y many moderns. No hunter over en-
dshootiug rcedbirls or fetching down
EE0euck, no fisherman better liked
Hlng fly and watching spotted
rise and snap IL, thnn did these Ma
lhe Slaughter Of u man. Give beef OF
bon to others, but the appetite OF the
h wanted something human In tho
81 fare Many Of the Maoris may be
and kind and noble, but their nnccs
were without nobility Of nature un
stlness and heartlosSpess and rcvonge
malevolenco DO noble. What an ap
IL they must have had for soup Of hu
heANsf AVA " lAANA AlitAAl ViA NNtAnA AAAh
pare rib Of missionary
search Now Zealand in vain from
N the North island 10 foot Of South
4nd to fnd among the Maoris anything
noble than seon in the American In
seated by bride path Of tho Rocky
fnAins, wrapped in filthy blanket, hair
X sd once la 10 years waiting for
A by to toss linn rusty cent These
saNsrc tho representation Of cruelty
iabolism II was to them rare sport
a they could talo an enemy and SCALP
.nn from tho bottom Of the foct--ii
in apply to the lower extremities tho
Etnsunlly applied to tho upper extren'
'-ahd make tho victim walk on q
n place, and tho shrek Of pain would
those noble savnges laugh till you
bear them half q mile away. Some.
4 they would, in order TO havo fresh
cut the flesh from their victim just
nv needed it, by nico tidhits, and day
day Back Of Osborne, New Hea'
70 make flne peroratlon Of Their
4 1flishncnts, they killed all tho mon,
'n and children, 10 that tho author.
inot DO charged with lack Of thor
auess.
nv tell tho most enormous stories OF
nlayefy Of their ancestors. These an
eH they say, killed the two great war
at Waterloo, Wellington and Ma
4 g and the tribe believe it too. With.
lew days ono Of their chiefs was buried
aNild scenes OF lamentatiou, and after
noaywa put In the ground tho chiefs
~ blanket and umbrella were thrown
~ him, and then many Of the tribe
= upon the grave with howls and
'ns Not satisfied with deeds Of cruelty
Ewing, these noble Maoris'in olden
expected their wives to strangl'
selves, and whilc twisting the flaS
Ie Npe tho sister Of the dead chief IS
''ea by recent wrltOr as looking up
y moon and saying.
Ven with thee. O noonl You return
aalng your light on tho little waves. Men
+. Behold the moon reappears"
W eead Of this world return 20 more.
' pam spring up in my heart as from
~-sHHtlfl,
! hasten TO death for relief.
y. =. AZ night eat those numerous sooih'
| Who could not fortell his DEATH
"a ! might eat the governor.
~ bis was the war
'sI me most terrible things In all tho
~ o. the Maorlsis their law OF Tapu.
N ene breaks that, he must die When
\ ~ Is said to be Tapu, no one must
y employ 1t. Fer instance, d man
a. : save knife; forthwith that knifo
~ .lepu, yet some one dared with
!, -u'ie 70 cut the bread for the chief :
ana the man who used tho kIdia
~ purpose was butchered. Thas
sssclity Of Tapu has left Its victims
N " sAa down New Zealand
IA. l'et Is that barharisms arc 50 70
~ m every form, that thor, ig nOth-