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work hard enough they were beaten and killed. If a man had a 

 handsome wife she would frequently be taken by her master, 

 and the husband disposed of, particularly if she ran away to him. 

 On one occasion, for no apparent cause but innate savagery. 

 about fifty were roasted in one oven at Te Raki ; and on another, 

 at Waitangi, the Ngatitama, for some pretended infringement of 

 tapu, or the like, killed the whole lot of their immediate Moriori 

 slaves — men, women, and children — in a most brutal manner, 

 laying them out in a long line extending for several hundreds of 

 yards from the Waitangi River along the sea-beach. Shortly 

 after this massacre a number of the participants in it were killed 

 on board the " Jean Bart," French whaler, which the Morioris 

 looked upon as part retribution for their murdered relations — 

 the only little satisfaction they had. The incident, however, 

 was purely accidental, and arose through a mistaken scare on the 

 part of the captain and French crew, all of whom ultimately lost 

 their lives. 



Still unrestful, the Maoris kept " dropping off " and returning 

 to Taranaki till 1868, when all but twenty left for Taranaki and 

 their old homes, from which a few of their descendants have 

 returned from time to time. 



The advent of Christianity in their midst was the first alle- 

 viation of the lot of the Moriori, when they no longer stood the 

 risk of being killed. In 1855 the arrival of a Resident Magistrate 

 prevented any more ill-treatment as formerly, and they gradually 

 got their freedom, although reluctantly conceded in some cases, 

 but by 1863 it had finally terminated. Finally, in 1870, reserves 

 were allotted to them, which they have occupied ever since, and 

 on which they are fairly comfortable. 



Art. V. — The Earl ii History of the Morioris: with an Abstract 

 of a Moriori Narrative, presented by Captain (iilhert Mair 

 during the Adjourned Discussion on Mr. A. Shand's Paper 

 of the 3rd August, 1904. 

 Read before thi Wellington Philosophical Society, 1th September, 1904.] 



When Papa, the girl wife of Tama-kohuruhuru, was cruelly 

 murdered by him, her lather sought for her in vain, but his people 

 were few in number, and he dared not openly accuse her hus- 

 l>. i nd's tribe of the offence, though he had strong suspicions. 

 One day he was sitting at the door of his house sorrowing for 

 his daughter when a large rango (blue fly) came and rested on 



