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then cast the twigs with the hair bound to them from him, as did 
the warriors with theirs, and all joined in this puha, or war song, 
Tupeke! tupeke ! rua tupeke ! 
Karo tirohia mai taku kotore : 
Ac miro-miro, he weta-weta, ki te kai a te ika : 
Ka pepekc ruaki i te kai a te ika, ka tupeke! 
Then standing quite naked, they clapped their hands together, 
and struck them upon their thighs, in order to take off the 
tapu from their hands, which had been imbued in human 
blood. When they arrived near their own pa, they marched 
slowly, and in order, towards the house of the principal to- 
hunga, who stood in his wahi tapu, or sacred grove, ready to 
receive them. As soon as they were about one hundred yards 
from him, he called out, “ 1 haere mai i hea te tere o lu? ” 
Whence comes the war party of Tu ?—Whereupon lie was 
answered by the tohunga of the party, “ I haere mai 1 te kimi- 
hanga te tere o Tu.” The war party of Tu comes from the 
search.— “ I haere mai i hea te tere o Tu ? ” From whence comes 
the war party of Tu ?—“ I haere mai i te ranga-haunga te teie 
o Tu.” The war party of Tu comes from the stinking place. 
“ I haere mai i hea te tere o Tu? ” From whence comes the war 
party of Tu ?—“I haere mai i runga; i haere mai i raro; i haere 
mai i te huru manu; i haere mai i te takitaki; i purongo ki 
reira; i korero rongo ki reira.” It comes from the south ; it 
comes from the north ; it comes from the thicket where birds 
congregate ; it comes from the fortifications ; it made speeches 
there ; it heard news there. 
When they got near the principal tohunga, the warriors 
gave the remaining locks of hair to their own priest, who 
went forward and presented them to the chief one; he offered 
them to the god of war, with many prayers. I hey then pei- 
formed the tupeke, or war dance, and clapped their hands a 
second time. 
The slave of the tohunga belonging to the war party then 
made three ovens, in which he cooked a portion of the hearts 
of the principal warriors of the conquered party. When 
they were done, the chief tohunga took a portion, over which 
he uttered akarakia, and then threw it towards his god, as an 
