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In the morning the sacred army, which had been sent for by Tuwhare- 

 toa, arrived from Puelmehu, near Tarawera-moana, and a lizard was killed 

 by them, by which means the curse passed off. The army then returned 

 to their home, where they waited perhaps ten nights, and prepared 

 food. 



Then said Tuwharetoa, " Go kill the Ngatikurapoto." The army then 

 started and marched on till they reached Waikato and on to Takapau. 

 There they divided into two parties, one going by way of Aputahou, Tau- 

 hara, on to Waipahihi, "Wharewaka, and so on to Eotongaio. On the day 

 of their arrival they killed Kurimanga, the priest, and cooked him in an 

 oven, from which circumstance the place is called Umu-kuri. 



They slept there that night, and next morning attacked two pas, both of 

 which fell into their hands. The names of those pas were Tara-o-te-Marama 

 and Pa-powhatu. Some were killed, and others saved. Those of that tribe 

 who were spared went to live on the plains in the direction of Heretaonga 

 (Hawke's Bay). The army then proceeded along the shores of Taupo 

 Lake. 



The other division of the war-party had gone by the plains and arrived 

 at the Kotipu without meeting anyone. They there smelt a fire, and, on 

 searching, found a woman named Monoao, whom they killed as a sacrifice 

 to the gods. The chief of the party which went by the plains was Eereao. 

 The other chiefs were with the party which went by Taupo. Their names 

 were Taringa, Waikari, Patu-iwi, and many others. 



The party under Eereao marched on to Tuariki and descended to Tau- 

 ranga (on the shores of Lake Taupo), where they found the Ngatihotu 

 living. They killed Tara-o-te-Marama and made a prisoner of Kurawaha, 

 a chief of Ngatihotu, at Kanihinuhi. "When Ata-iwi-kura, daughter of 

 Eereao, saw what a fine man Kurawaha was, she saved him and took him 

 unto herself as a husband. 



When Eereao and party had made an end of staying at Tauranga, they 

 proceeded by way of Onemararangi. The Ngatihotu were collected at 

 Kakapakia. That pa was then attacked and the people to the number of 

 two hundred were killed. An oven was at once dug by Eereao, and one 

 hundred and forty were put into that oven. They hung up Tipapa-Kereru, 

 the chief of the pa. Eereao's killing of men ceased here. He then went 

 about the country making landmarks (taking possession). The saying, 

 " The long oven of Eereao," has been handed down to this generation. 



After this he and his party proceeded to Motiti, the Kotuku-o, Eereao, the 

 Kowhiti-o-Eereao, the Pungarehu-o-Eereao, and to Pukawa-o-Eereao. Here 

 they stopped, and here they met the party which had travelled by the other 

 shore of Lake Taupo. The chiefs now decided to proclaim peace, all the 



