THE PARIHAKA GATHERING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4517, 20 November 1884, Page 2

THE PARIHAKA GATHERING.

Visit to Te Whiti and Totin.

(UY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT),

Opunakb, this day. ;.' Tub native gathering at Parihaka is rapidly ,! breaking up. Yesterday morning ip'ajtt a visit to Parihaka under the guidanoe.'of' Major P.irris. A number of Maoris were -/'. playing football, putting the stone, etc., ' entering with great heartiness into these amusements. Wending our way among the raupo wliares, and among large numbers <of ': women and children, some of them in ' costumes of the scantiest character, A''A. wo were shown To Whiti's whare, and i % on entering found the prophet amid.:-"■ I an assemblage .of about forty natives ' v: at their mid-day meal—Wi Parata being; >• amongst the number, also Mahuki, the native who tied up Mr Hursthouse.oTe o - Whiti greeted Major Parris as an old friend in a cordial manner, as indeed did all the natives wo met, men and women. The visit waa j. urely a friendly one, no speeches * being made either by Major Parris or, Te ' Whiti. Subsequently we'entered extent occupied by Tohu, the same cordial wet- "A come being given. Food and tea wer^pre-; pared before us in To Whiti's whare, of . ! which wo partook. Yesterday morning Titokowaru left with all his tribe, including about oighty maidens, whoa few.days since • .! danced tho-haka dressed in white. The -..$ Waikato natives still remain, but return

homo shortly, The epidemic recently pre-. Vailing is now ceasing, but there have beenv a number of deaths, principally of •-.old"; people, there having been ono burial yesterday, and another the proviousday. Thei village is on tho whole tolerably cleaniS jj The Maoris all seem contented and quiet, * Major Goring, in charge of tho Gonst«bu» ;H lary camp, was exceedingly kind, cordial, '_ and hospitable, and showed us over the en- - ■;. campment. •