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nawahe, tlie daughter of Eangiwhakaoma, and two others, young women of 

 rank, named Eakaiparore and Hmeparata. This business over the armed 

 party returned to its own place — to Uawa ; and Hauiti took Eakaumanawahe 

 to wife. One day in the summer those two young captive women, Eakai- 

 parore and Hineparata, were bathing as usual in the deep water, and there 

 they amused themselves (as women do in bathing) with causing their arm- 

 pits to make a great noise* while lashing the water with their arms. The 

 noise was heard by some of the men at work, who cried out, " Those women 

 are deeply affected ! " and then the loud taunting song was raised respecting 

 them, through which those two women felt greatly ashamed. So they both 

 together arose and left that place, and travelled a very long distance by the 

 sea-coast until they reached a place called Orerewa, where they stayed, and 

 afterwards both took husbands there. In due course of time Eakaumana- 

 wahe, the wife of Hauiti, gave birth to two children ; the first was named 

 Karihimama, the second Ngatorotahatu. Being in want of seed kumara, 

 Hauiti said to his wife, " Go to Ngatira to fetch some kumara for us." So 

 she went thither, taking another woman (lady) named Tahipare foi- a com- 

 panion. On those two women arriving at Pakauraugi, Ngatira' s village, the 

 people of the place rushed out and killed one of the M^omen, Eakaumana- 

 wahe, but saved her companion ; and, not content Avith killing Hauiti's 

 wife, they cut her up and ate her. Then the woman that was saved returned 

 to Hauiti, and related all that had taken place. On hearing this sad neAvs 

 the chief, Kahukiu"anui,i became exceedingly cast down, on account of the 

 degrading outrage offered to his wife, and immediately began to assemble an 

 armed band to go and take revenge. "While this army was getting ready a 

 woman came over from the people of Ngatira to see Kahukuranui, being 

 incited thereto through her sympathy for him, and she showed him how 

 Ngatira's place (pa) could well be taken by the army, saying, " JBy means 

 of the crawfish the fort can be overcome," for Kahukuranui's army was not 

 physically strong enough for that purpose. On hearing this, Kahukuranui 

 commanded an immense taking of crawfish to be made, and they all Avent 

 willingly about it. Crawfish were caught in great numbers and dried ; they 

 were brought from all the fishing stations on the rocky sea-coast — from Te 

 Haha, from Taoparapara, from Te Ika-a-tauira, from Tatara, from Maitara, 

 from Whangaiariki, from all the many creeks and seas the crawfish were 



* This is done while swimming, by rising and upHfting both arms, and bringing 

 them down suddenly together with the air in the hollow of the armpits to the surface of 

 the water. When well done by practised persons, it makes a loud hollow sound, and may 

 be heard a great way off. 



t Kahukuranui was the son of Hauiti, and the husband of Tahipare, the woman that 

 was saved. 



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