THE WAR IN AUCKLAND CAMP, TE AWAMUTU SURRENDER OF NATIYES (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) August 9

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XX, Issue 2212, 23 August 1864, Page 5

THE WAR IN AUCKLAND CAMP, TE AWAMUTU S URRENDER OF NATIVES (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ) August 9

C'omtuit to the piognoifcicatio.is of a gn.at nvany sceptical, woull-be oiaclcs of Te A nmin, vliopicdictcil that tlie impending submission of the puty of rcbt-K described m my last eo'nttuimcation would end in smoke, oui eyes weie gl widened \^terdaj about 5 p ra jtsteiday null the sight of .a white fhg, boine in fiont of aMP ill [Mity of n.iti\cs ippunch.Tig f oin the Uurction of tlu icu outhmg picquet In'] .Soon the news lan tliioiiifb the cx.nn, and mimbai-, of mqiu>itue " son^ of M us " tame thioi'gtt q up the load aloiii,' %. hi~h fie party must cone, an 1 many and ■wuiou*, weie the co.ijeo'-iues as to the mimetic il stieugth of fie appi.i ichmg party As they neat u» tlie excitement mcibise<s, but it so ,11 becomes eudent that wlnfc we fondly tainted would pio\e ' a fine smrendoi " consists of only fne Maous, and much dis appointment is felt m consequence. Thefheweic escoited by Mi Tiunei, and tlieu names aie as follows — Maniheia (chief) Kereaina, Jlemaie, Kaiapnha, and Taie. Tiiey belong to the JNVaUmal i trine, and Maniheia, then chief, i-, leally a fine specimen ot vliafc the Exeter Hall folks aio so fond of calling " the noble sja age "—I mean the noble &a\ age who has been somenhatcuilised and polished Uy mteicomse with Euiopeans. His featmes hava an expression of frankness and honesty, and his dies-, is quite respectable foi a Miori. Although lam mfoimed bat tfie=e natives weie suffeung fiom a scaicity of oo»l, I failed to di^coiei any ttaces of hungei in then countenances. Piom what Ib id heaid I expected to see a few emaciated cieattno^, whom stanation had icdiiced to mere skeleton's, bat uas agreeabh suipused ■nhen I found thena almost as stout and well favouied as the average Maoit. G v ;rtvinly tliey weio rot tioubleJ a supei abundance of weaung appaicl, and =eemed to have resoited to mmy ingenious devices to supply a (kfaciency m mc^pieisiblci, and then countenances woie a le^tleob, uild look, whic'i is doubtless owing to the unceitam life they ha\e led since the commencement of the wai. 'J lair aims consisted of two flint-lock musket", a double barielled fowling piece, and two caitudge boxes containing only twelve ron'idi of ammunitio.i The party -weie maiched o\er to the tents of the friendly natwes cmploved ill cariymg the mail, and aftci thr custo icaiy gieetmgs hal taken place, and the now amvals had feasted upon a plentiful lepast winch hid been piepared in anticipation of then coming, we -ueie enabled to glean the following pail'culais Tlm-e (i\e men lqnesent the flailing jiortton of the paity at the village (the greatei pait of the young man aie at Kawlna on a fishing evpeditior) whiJi i, called Bainaramaapo, and is situated about three miles beyond the residence of Mr. Tuinei on the W.upa rivei, near Kopua , and besides these the following men— the majonty of whom are too old and infirm to come into camp— suirendeied and took the oath of allegiance • — Ts Winhana, Huipiitea (principal chief of the tube), Pc Tueia (chief), Hamueia, Puini, llcii Mokena, Totaia, Nairn, and Pata Theie a:e also fouiteen women and ei^bt childien at the village. Those wlio came m did so without tlie knowledge of the rmjoutj of the tube, who lia\e gone down to Kawlna to piocure fish, but it is expected that they will follow the example of their chiefs, and come in shortly. The tlnee stand of aims weie not received by the Eiigadier-Cieneral in person, but this morning the natives hid an intrivicw with him, when he shook bands coidutlly with the chief Mamheia, and infoimsd him that he and his mcc would, aftci t iking the oath of allegiance to the Queen, bo peimitted to letuin to their village, and faight come into camp whencvei they wnhed to do so General Caiey also expieased a hope that they would induce many others of then countrymen to sui'ietidei, and accept the clemency of the C'town The natives then took the oaih, and lift for their settlement at this afternoon, m company with Mi Turner. I fancied they returned richer than tho3 7 came, for 1 "aw one of them m poswsi >n of a complete suit of clothe", which h id been pioented to him by the soldiers. A Xaranaki chief named Iloiopapaia is said to have come up to Jlangati'u and persuaded Kent and tha Ngatimaniapotos to go do, mi to Tntanal'i. It i«i =aid that they took away Matut.ioia, the Recalled Maon King, with them, and w hen ltufc seen weie at Mokau Their exjnessed detoiiiutiation n to sweep the pakehas out of Taunaki, and then to loturu to Waikato, 10cover i^gaiuawahia, and reinstate the king in a palace

which shall be infinitely more spendid and magnificent than the old oue. lam infoimed that mail)' of tho Ngatiimuuapotos are desirous of giving up then aum, but hesitate to do so fiom a foolish fear that they will he put to death when m tha power of Iho ])akeha, an idea which is cncom.iged by Jtowi, who ia said toh.ive sworn to conimit suicide i.vtliei tli.in submit, uflooting to be mulct tho lmpicbion lliat ho is the special object of Uio p.ikelia's hatied. The 50fch aic to leave Mann«atautai i, on Friday, foi OKhuhii, mil SO of the Waikito jMihtii will come n\(?i fiom Ale\imh v, j.nd, puking up the small tie t.ichment of tint letfiiuont s^l.ilioncd htio, uill tlien match to Maung.ifc vutai 1 to icphpo tho logul.xis. 1 have also heaid that .i nunibei of the W.ukato Militia camo up to 'L'o l{oie, y.>s,touky. Tho ' Rangiun' c.une up to l'u Roie, yt&totday, with t«o il.its in tow.