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easy triumpli. This inspired them for the conflict^ and made 
them more confident and obstinate in battle than they 
would otherwise have been; but the tide of conquest, which 
had rolled with them in the onset, and during the early part 
of the engagement, was already turned against them, 
and as the tidings of their leader’s death became more 
extensively known, they spread a panic through the ranks 
he had commanded. The pagan army now gave way 
before their opponents, and soon fled precipitately from 
the field, seeking shelter in their pari’s, strong-holds, 
or hiding places, in the mountains; leaving Pomare, 
Mahine, and the princess from Raiatea, in undisputed 
possession of the field. 
Flushed with success, in the moment of victory, the 
king’s warriors were, according to former usage, pre¬ 
paring to pursue the flying enemy. Pomare approached, 
and exclaimed, Atira! It is enough !—and strictly prohi¬ 
bited any one of his warriors from pursuing those who 
had fled from the field of battle; forbidding them also 
to repair to the villages of the vanquished, to plunder 
their property, or murder their helpless wives and 
children. 
While, however, the king refused to allow his men to 
pursue their conquered enemies, or to take the spoils 
of victory, he called a chosen band, among which was 
Farefau, who had offered up the public thanksgiving 
at the festival in Eimeo and Patini, a near relative 
of Mahine, who had been his champion on that day, and 
sent them to Tautira, where the temple stood in which 
the great national idol, Oro, was deposited. He gave 
them orders to destroy the temple, altars, and idols, with 
every appendage of idolatry that they might find. 
In the evening of the day, when the confusion of 
