MURDERS BY NATIVES.
Yesterday the natives attacked Captain Calvert's house, on the high qround near the Maori position oji Pukekiweriki, and in the Wairoa district. They fired into the house. Captain and Mrs. Calvert fled into the bedroom, it is stated, and Sylvester Calvert, aged 18 years, son of Captain Calvert, was shot while endeavoring to get into a place of hiding. Captain Calvert then came out armed and drove the natives away. . Yesterday a party of Maoris shot at Mr. Charles Cooper, settler, Hunua, and killed him. They then lighted his clothes and roasted the body. Ihere is a refinement of savagery in this act, showing what the " civilised " and " friendly " Maoris will do when they once get the taste of blood. The details of both these tragedies are meagre. Captain Calvert and his family have removed to the vicinity of Papakura, on the Great South road. Surely no one will now say there is no danger to be apprehended from the Kirikiri natives.—Southern Cross, July 25.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XX, Issue 1120, 5 August 1863, Page 3
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