88 Transactions.— Miscellaneous. 
Raid on the South. 
The sons of Turakautahi, who were eager to emulate the brave deeds of 
the Hataitai warriors, determined to follow up their suecesses and complete 
the conquest ofthe Ngatimamoe. They planned a raid on the south, and 
Kaweriri was placed in chief command. On crossing the Waitaki the force 
divided into two parts, one proceeded by an inland road, the other along 
the coast; by this mancuvre they succeeded in driving those of the 
Ngatimamoe who were not in alliance with Ngai Tahu hapus before them, 
till they reached Aparima, where, at Tara hau kapiti, or Wai tara mea, they 
were brought to bay. Both sides displayed the greatest courage, and for a 
while the issue of the struggle was uncertain. To the consternation of Ngai 
. Tahu, their leader and foremost warrior, Kaweriri, was mortally wounded 
by Tu te makohu, and for a moment they wavered, but observing that they 
rallied again, that chief dreading the consequences of his deed retired from 
the field; but he was observed and pursued by a young warrior, Te mai 
werohia, who thought to earn a reputation by avenging the death of his 
leader. , Hearing the sound of footsteps Tu te makohu turned and asked who 
it was that was following him. On hearing the name and recognizing it, 
he asked whether his pursuer was the son of Kiri teka teka (a relative of 
his own married to a Ngai Tahu). When told that he was, he said ** Turn 
back, lest you fall by the hand of your mother's kinsman." In the meantime 
Paràkiore having recovered from the shock produced by his brother's death, 
was now in hot pursuit of Tu te makohu, and this parley afforded the 
opportunity of overtaking him. The fugitive was making his way up à 
steep hill-side, and already heard the hard quick breathing of his pursuer 
when he invoked the aid of his atua, who caused a friendly mist to descend 
and hide him from pursuit: reminding us of the scene on the plains of 
Troy, when Menelaus with vindictive strides rushed again 
* On Paris spear in hand, but her involved 
In mist opaque, Venus with ease divine 
Snatched thence.” 
Ngatimamoe being defeated retired some miles up the river, where they 
took up a fortified position, and being still superior to their assailants in 
number hoped to make a successful stand. But their hopes were doomed 
to disappointment, for in a few days they were again attacked, and after a 
desperate resistance defeated with great slaughter at Teihoka, where, till 
quite recently, the bleaching bones witnessed to the numbers of the slain. 
The few who escaped fled into the forests towards the west, across the lake 
Te Anau. ` 
Those portions of the tribe scattered along the coast from Otakou to the 
sounds, were in the course of a few years destroyed or absorbed into the 
