88 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



Baicl on the South. 



The sons of Turakautahi, who were eager to emulate the brave deeds of 



the Hataitai warriors, determined to follow up their successes and complete 



the conquest of the 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 mancBuvre 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, Eaweriri, 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 Tute makohu turned and asked who 



it was that was following him. On hearing the name and recognizing it, 



he asked vfhether 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 yom- mother's kinsman." In the meantime 



Parakiore 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 a 



steep hill-side, and abeady 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 : remindmg 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 



