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Raumati. The sisters then related that they had seen a totara in the Kai- 
tuna Stream. Early on the following morning all the people set to to dig 
up the totara. They did not fell the tree as they had no axes, so they dug 
it down and launched it with branches and roots on, which departed seventy 
twice told (hokowhitu, 140). It was by incantations and the help of tani- 
` whas that canoe was propelled. Its name was Totara-Karia (the totara dug 
from the earth). The party landed safely on the other side (Hawaiki). The 
tohungas then instructed the people what to do. They said, “ you must 
strike your noses until the blood runs "—me titoia nga ure—so they might 
look like dead men brought there. The people then gave severe blows on 
their noses, which caused the blood to flow freely. They then lay down 
on the beach, scattered, as it were, near the sacred places, hiding their 
weapons under them. The tohungas retired to the twaahus, sacred places 
of augury, to perform their incantations. At the dawn of the morning the 
people of the pa came down to the beach, and seeing the apparently dead 
men scattered about, they shouted out, * Here is a work, men scattered all 
over the beach, sent by the gods ; see, they are in our midst." The incan- 
tations had done their work. When the people of the pa had all collected 
on the beach, up jumped the war-party and attacked them. The fight was 
severe, both sides being numerous. The people of the place retreated to 
their pa, but many were killed. The tohwngas then performed incantations 
over the dead to take off the tapu. After that they were cooked and eaten. 
Feasting was hardly over when the people of the pa made an attack and 
fighting commenced again, but they were repulsed a second time with great 
loss, and their pa, named Whatiri-ka-papa, taken. The name of the battle, 
which was fought in the morning, was called Thumotomotohia. The pa 
was taken on that day, and many of the rangatira killed. Ngatoro and 
party then, after making proper offerings to the gods, returned and landed 
at Maketu and Motiti. Ngatoro-i-rangi lived at Motiti. 
A short time after this the people of Hawaiki, led by Manaia, came to 
seek revenge for their losses. Their party was very numerous both in men 
and canoes. They arrived off the island Motiti, in the Bay of Plenty. The 
old man, Ngatoro-i-rangi, was residing there alone with his wife, his people 
being all at Maketu. The whole ocean appeared to be covered with the 
hosts from Hawaiki. The voice of Ngatoro-i-rangi was then heard calling 
out, * Stay out there for the night, in the morning we will fight when the 
sun will reflect the glittering of our weapons.” The host agreed to this, 
and cast out their anchors into the water. Ngatoro-i-rangi then hastened 
to his tuaahu, and performed his incantations and auguries, and called on 
the winds of heaven, named Tawhirimatea, Pungawere, and Utupawa ; then 
came the rushing sound of the howling winds. The foam of the raging 
