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in"^ battle, and have followed you up with the intention of fighting, but there 

 you are, sitting in your fa like owls in the supplejacks." Pareihe, answer- 

 ing, said,- " Are you not satisfied with the great heap of dead men you have 

 slain — enough to keep you and all your force in food for twelve months ? 

 What more do you want ? Go, return to your own land." Te Heuheu 

 replied, " When you see the clouds all red in the sky you will know that I 

 have returned with all my party (a threat to burn all the fa as he returned), 

 but the thunder of my footstep will I leave behind for you to hear." 

 Pareihe again answered, " This is a foreign land, not my own home. Why 

 do you wish to fight in a strange land ? But listen : the thunder of your 

 footstep will I follow, and may be you will then obtain the satisfaction of 

 fighting me." Te Heuheu lifted his arm, so as to signify his acceptance of 

 the challenge and terms. 



When the harvest of kimiara had been gathered in, Pareihe and Nuku 

 went on to Taupo to redeem their promise — to follow the sound of Te 

 Heuheu's footsteps. They conquered the Taupo people at a battle called 

 Omakukara, on the west side of Taupo, where they killed four hundred, 

 and piled them up in a great heap, presenting the pile to the daughter of 

 (here the narrator's memory was at fault). Then on the war-party went 

 to the southern end of the lake, in order to find Te Heuheu himself. Te 

 Heuheu was at this time on an island in the lake (probably Motutaiko), 

 and when he saw the great war-party at the side of the lake he said to his 

 people, " Who can stand against that forest ? It is not policy to throw our 

 lives away when we see danger " ; and turniag to his daughter, Te Kohu, 

 he said, " Go to the people of Ngati Kahu-ngunu, for my life must be saved 

 through you." His daughter answered, " Why, would you give me up to 

 be killed ? " Te Heuheu replied, " Not so, my girl, for your mother is 

 closely related to them." So he sent Te Rohu with six men ; but before 

 they went he caused to be tied round the forehead of each the symbol of 

 peace (the broad part of the flax tied round in a circle for the head, and 

 finished with a sort of bow in front). 



Then the seven left the island and met the war-party at Tauranga- 

 Taupo (a river on the eastern side of the lake), and, after the greeting was 

 over, Te Heuheu said, " Come hither Pareihe, Nuku, and Te Wera ; you 

 have fulfilled your promise made at Nukutaurua, for you have followed me, 

 and have made your mark in my lake. No other tribe has ever been able 

 to establish such a mark, so now we will make peace for ever, for our 

 daughter made peace, and a woman's peace is a lasting peace. Remember." 



Pareihe, noticing a kawau (shag) sitting on a stump in the lake, said to 

 Te Heuheu, " Is this true what you say ? " Te Heuheu replied, " Yes." 

 Then said Pareihe, " If I shoot that shag with this new weapon [he had a 

 gun] it will certainly be a true peace." He raised the gun, and the shag fell. 



After this the taua returned again to Nukutaurua, and shortly after 

 they reached home they heard that two men and a woman had been killed 

 by Rangi-tane. The names of those killed were Paia (Te Moana-nui's 

 mother), Pae-rikiriki, and Te Hau-waho, and they were killed by Whata- 

 nui in revenge for Te Momo. When the news reached the peninsula Pareihe 

 stood up and said to Nuku and his people, " I shall want your help, for 

 we must obtain ulu from Rangi-tane." So off they started for Hawke's 

 Bay and other Rangi-tane lands, and as they went along victorious they 

 captured the principal women of Rangi-tane as slaves, and killed many 

 of their men, the principal slaughter taking place at Te Ruru, on the 

 Manawa-tu River (near Dannevirke). 



