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Mythology of 
All the above were fought with native weapons alone, 
previous to the introduction of any other. 
Formerly there was a distinct tribe at Manukau, called 
the Waiohua, or Ngaiwi : only one man of this, I am 
told, now survives. This tribe was first weakened by the 
battles fought between them and the Ngatiwatua; the 
particulars of which I must defer till another time, as I 
am not in possession of them now. Another large and 
powerful tribe, which used to reside in Paroa Bay, in the 
Bay of Islands, was broken up about fourteen years ago, 
and very few now survive. That large and powerful 
tribe at the North Cape was broken up about thirteen 
years ago, and many of them are now living amongst 
the Rarawa. Two considerable tribes, which used to 
reside at Wangaroa on the eastern coast, have ceased to 
exist as tribes. 
About thirty-eight years ago a disease visited the Island 
which the natives call Rewharewa, an epidemic, perhaps 
influenza : comparatively few escaped its attacks ; but it 
does not appear that very many of them died from it. 
About four years subsequent to the one just mentioned, 
a dreadful disease visited the Island, which, to use the 
natives’ own term, swept the land of its inhabitants. It 
made its first appearance at the northern part of the 
Island, and was, it seems, mild in its attacks at 
its commencement, but gaining strength by its pro¬ 
gress, it became dreadful indeed as it approached towards 
the southward. It is related as a fact, and that too by 
natives of different districts, that out of a family of ten 
only one survived; and this is by no means given as a 
solitary instance, but as one of frequent occurrence. It is 
supposed by the natives that half the population was 
swept off* by this disease, the symptoms of which were,— 
sore-throat; pain all over the body, more or less; severe 
headache, attended by a loss of all the hair of the head. 
