Native News.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 140, 24 November 1884, Page 3

Native News.

A correspondent writing to the Otago Daily Times from Opunake on Wednesday last, says the native gathering, at Parihaka is j rapidly breaking up. "This morning I paid a visit i<* Parihaka under the guidance of Major ■ Patris. _', A number of Maoris wiis playing football, putting the stoMi" &0., and" entered with >.-. great heartiness m the aifriisemems. < Wending our way among the vaupo wb,ai-es, and among the large numbers of' Women And children (some of them m cos'tumea of the scantiest character) we were sllown Tte J Whiti's whare, and on entering -found the prophet amid an assemblage of about forty rfaxi\fef^ii*their midday meal. Wi Parata was amongst the .number, also fSafinke, the native ! w'b#tied up : 2£r Huwthouse. ' Te ' Whiti greeted Major.r Parns. a* s an old friend m a cordiaf manned; jbls indeed did'all the natives wer met* , men . and womeu v Thej.TisjfeW.as. jpureiy a friendly one,,; ; Wrl speeches being ■ made ' either % j Jfajo* Parjasj °F ?e ■■ W¥JM« -§ u ,¥°f .'. queiitly' wo: entered a -teifat _. occiipied byT/>hu, n<si ' sa ' rs * ''cordial welcome .; fxjg eiron . . In ; Te Wbiti's wjhare tea, .were placed ' h befeire, us, which we partook. This moriung piokofcaru. ■ left jwith , .all his. ; jtrjbe, including .about eighty maidens, Who a few days since danced ' the haka, M .white., The? \VaiMq ; natives htill . ..remain, but return home shortly.' v r i'he. epidemic recently H . now .WM^" 1 ' there .nave been a number of deaths, principally g>t old people. There was one buriaUy&terday and- another to--day. The%viUage ! w on^lfee whole t»lemUyfleini and the ; Mw)ris all Henl coryten^ aud qu^t/Vir