Mekehiko.
Ko tenei whenua ko Mekehiko (Mexico) kei te taha whakarunga o te whenua-nui e karangatia ana ko Amerika Whakararo. Ko ona tangata e neke atu ana i te iwa miriona, no roto i aua miriona e tae ana kite toru miriona nga tangata Maori-Iniana. I mua i te wa kahore ano taua whenua kia takahia e te waewae Pakeha, he nui atu te noho rangatira o nga tangata i runga i te koura mete hiriwa e kitea ana ki etahi waahi o taua whenua. I muri i te matenga o Koramupahi (Columbus), te Pakeha i whiti tuatahi ki tera whenua, ka puta te mahara o nga Paniora o te iwi e noho ana ki tera kingitanga ki Peina kia kauria te moana, kia whaaia atu taua whenua o te koura raua ko te hiriwa. Ano i te unga o nga kaipuke o nga Paniora ki taua whenua, ka whakaaria te haki tohu-ma o te Kingi o Peina, e hui ana hoki nga Paniora me to ratou rangatira me Kotehi (Cortez). Ko te ingoa o te Kingi o taua whenua i taua wa, ko Monetehuma (Montezuma), he tino tangata rangimarie, a, i aroha nui ona iwi katoa ki a ia. Ka rongo te kingi ra, kei te whakataka-haere nga Paniora i nga tini takiwa o tona whenua, ka kareretia atu. "He aha ta koutou % engari, tenei he taonga hapainga atu; haere mai e hoki ki to koutou whenua ake," otira kihai rawa i hoki nga Paniora, i mea a Kotehi, kia haere ratou ko tona iwi kia korero kite kingi kite take i tae mai ai ratou ki taua whenua. Haere ana ratou kite pa ko Mekehiko ano te ingoa, kei reira hoki taua kingi e noho ana. E whakatata ana a Kotehi ma kite pa, ka puta te kingi ra ki waho me nga huruhuru o ona waewae. He mea kauhoa mai te kingi ra i runga i te papakoura, arai rawa te pane ki nga mea whakauira, korekoreko ana nga kanohi i te tirohanga atu, ano ko te ra e whiti ana. He ropu kei mua me nga tokotoko he koura kau,
he ropu kei muri, he ropu kei he ropu kei matau. No te kitekitenga ka tonoa e te kingi Ida haere a Kotehi ma ki tona whare kia whakamaimhiritia e ratoti ko tona iwi, ano ka tae nga Paniora ki taua whare-whakapai-pai, ka puta te ngakau kino o Kotehi ma, i wheau mau ana te kingi ra ite herehere. Whakatika ana te tangata whenua kite w\hawhai, otira kihai rawa i toa ki nga Paniora, mekamekatia ana te kingi ra, whakamutua ana tona mana, a riro rawa atu te mana mete whakahaere mete kingitanga i a Kotehi ratou ko ona hoa Paniora, otira inaianei kua wehe taua whenua i te mana o te kingitanga o Peina.
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Korimako, Issue 43, 15 August 1885, Page 9
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469Mekehiko. Korimako, Issue 43, 15 August 1885, Page 9
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