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Bush Advocate, Volume XIX, Issue 778, 27 July 1907, Page 8

I •*;; roll '" vlu, '„ taken from the Watlf 0 V ,na , 1 •-"•' should ho of interest '.!.!""• a s lia - v Vf ' tf ' r: ">* : A p.-u-ty leeon*^;.. penetrated into the rugged ( ' ol \utry at the .source of tbe fMoiiaka river. They came upon Ngatapa, the place where Te Kooti kept all hi.s foes at bay. Xgatapa is a veritable fort- ' ross. and rises up like a (Jibraltar in ! the wilderness. Tho Te Hoe river Hows on one side of it, and tlle Mohaka on the othor. The unscalable cliffs of Ngatapa rise sheer all round aud only in one spot is it possible by a narrow passage to attain to the phi lean. On the top tliere is a Hat ot CO acres. Here tliere are many w bares of the old warior chief left, and the remains' of a large wharepuni. The uprights iv tlie front are magnificently carved, and on them aro engraved tlie names of To Kooti and the warriors who accompanied him in his retreat inland. It is suggested those should be secured for the colonial iiiusemn. Ngatapa is a most interesting phice. It stands out for miles. Both fords to it are .T.pid and difficult to Cross. The party say a few men could keep nn army at hay here, and the difficulty of capturing Te Kooti is apparent to those who see this formidable retreat of his.