FULLER PARTICULARS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 553, 21 August 1865, Page 5

FULLER PARTICULARS.

Cuuip Tauranga, August 14

The 'oval mid brave Arawas who loft Maketu about a week asxo, under the sanction of the authorities, to proceed to the Matata, Te Awa a te Atua, which is situate i eighteen miles south of Maketu, for the purpose, if pos-ible, of securing the ringleaders and murderers of Mr. Fulloon and the others on board tlie hate, who are living in a etronj* fortified and impregnable pa about three miles from the hearl of the river, have returned, bringing the int<:llig«ncQ ot their having shot Jloira, who was tiie miudeier ot 'aptain I'ringle, and another native called Kalunvni, mid also of tlieir having captured and brought with th-m two old chiefs, Te Wh-ninc, of the Ngatcikahino tribe, aiul llakaraia, of the Ngatcrangihoubira tribe, who are now sufely lodged in the Colville Hcdoubt, at Maketu, cnjoyuig the hospitality o! Major Kirbv, fJSth 1..1., commanding. Only sevenlV men could be epared Irom the lu<iketu pa to j>)-■ <((-(-( 1 on this expedition, but they were to have been joined by an immense torcc ir';m the inland district's, Rotovua, Tarawera, Te U >toiti, and the friendly natives of Taupo, who are at pre-ent sheltering themselves in Tarawera, but who, owme; to some misunderstanding as to the time of meeting, had not arrived when the Maketu people left tie! M;itata. it is, I understand, supposed that th'-v hail reached the Kokohinau settlement on the hanks ot ill- river, anil were consulting; with the yjowerfuf loval chi- f Tukehu as to how they were to iirocee ', in order the more elh dually to secure tin,rail g • f'aich demons ar.d Ravages, who imagine that it is utt-rly impos-iblc for lifles or guns to touch •hem in their str- ngbi-ld ]t appears that thev have seventy men rcconnoi-,.,-in" and very carefully watching the manmuvres the enemv, and also w, re aiixiou-ly awaiting the •iriivnl of the boilv of <he Arawaa, Whilst in this umertain state of suspense, two small canoes were s-eri eominir tlie river, which aroused tlieir euriosii v, and plans weie immediately adopted to intercept" these ■ anoee, and, if possible, to take all pri-oners without the etl'nsion of' blood. On their landing on the hanks ot the river, it was soon manifest that they were on a planuns visit, and that the grounds upon they wen: planting corn at the back'of Te Ifu a's old pa, calle l le Kangatapu a distance ofabout half a-mile from the river, parties of the A raw-as were then told off, and their respective duties allotted them to perform; and from.information which 1 have received, it was ve.v prais.-worthy (hep.rtoftho leaders ot the osp.-clition in miP rcß-ing upon the minds of all engaged, not to shed blood if it wu, possible to secure tl,-.u without it. This I believe was strhtly earned out, which i--Meets gr.at credit on the part of the expedrioi, especially where there are a body of youngthoughtles men amongst them, whose wh lc eoul is having satisfaeiion, not only lor the livis of the Europeans who have been sacriliced m cold mnocoir blood, but alao for tlie eiYsge butdicry which tool

place at Whaiiti, in cutting up the bodies of the five Arawns who tell in battle, and who-e heads nre now being exhibit >d in the neighbourhood of Wliakataue by these I'aubau demons. Tt appears that these two cano's contained only four elde ly men and six women and a boy - tho men were all armed. Hakarai and Te Whinine led the wav, and oo getting to their planting grounds unperceived as they thought, they laid down their arms and were about to commence work, win n a rush was made upon them, i, nd theirarnisat onee seized and themselves safel> secured ; whilst this was going on, another ut tho party seeuro ' the women, but, the other two men would not give themselves up, but ran to tho canoes and were endeavoimnn; to make llieir escape, when thov were instantly tired on, and so eflW-tually that Hoera s jaw was shot oil and a ritie ball sent through iu> gioin le Kithawai shot, through the arm and through the body nei hei* of them are expected to li.e Ifoira is wmiiMed the worst, which was a pity, inasmuch a-, he brins; the actual murderer of Captain l'linele, it perhaps mialit have had a better effect upon tho niimis of ,he body of these fanatic wietches had he been broimlit to a Court of Justice, there to be tried --nd executed ; he was wearing poor Pringle's coat, and it is said that he cut him (Pringlc) down with his tomahawk, when he was afterwards shot by lloani of Ittamauru. 1 fie. women were released and the two dving men hand- d over to fiem. I think here tlie" Arawa'.s erred, as it is said two or three of these women we're the wives of t ie murderers, if such be the fact, it is more than probable that these women will yet perish along wit h their husbands inasmuch as tbev are infatuated with tlie belief that tho murderers were only instruments in ;he hands of tho Hauhau god. The Miiketu portion of tile Ar.nv.is on their return handed over the two old chiefs to Major lvirbv, and were to have returned to the Matata to-dav. l'robab'v to-morrow's mail Irom Mak"tu will bring intellieeiiee of the intentions of the large body of the Arawas, wh i are headed by t lie chief Adam t larke of the lal'awera lake, if so, I may yet have a chance of appending it to this communication. '1 he two Maori prisoners are thought not to have been accessories to the murders, the fact of their havinii guns with them is customary on their part on account of tho dread whi"h they have always had of the Arawas, ever since tho engagement at the Matata in April, 186t, when the Arawas drove the southern tribes out of that quarter and slaughtered a number of their chiefs, besides ransacking and plundering all tli-ir property. The chief Te Whinine is very communicative and does not conceal the names of the murderers of poor Mr. Fulloon and h's companions. le Ilura, the head chief of his tribe, was the very man who ordered all on board tho Kate to be murdered, and was at Whakataue heating up recruits to come and attack the Arawas at Maketu. peril ips he may yet be saved this tr mble as tho Arawas are preparing to attack him, if tlioy actually have not done it before this. What a disgrace it is to the Government of this colony to leave us in this district in so helpless a condition, that Wl ' are compelled to call out our friendly natives to inflict punishment upon all those concerned in the murders rit Mr. Kuiloon and others, .-uch a eircuniftance is unparalleled in the history of her Majesty's colonies, and calls for Imperial interference for the punishment of our rulers for leaving us unprotected, at, the mercy of a gang of savages who would, if they could, kill man, woman, and child, and afterwards cut us into mincemeat and eat « An inquest u\n held this morning in tho Kcsident Magistrate's Court-house, before 11. K. Kiee, Esq., li'.M. on the body of a plicate of the tl.Sth L.1., who had been found on the Hat near the crossing of the ford leading to the Camp .ludea. A respectable jury was emp iime'ded. consistiiu; equally of military and civilians. Mr. Dalv was chosen as .'heir foreman. Mr. Commissioner H. T. < 'arke, U.M , was also pre sent watching the e>se. Mr. Gill, of the Commissioner's ' ourt, acted as clerk to til" Court. '1 he following evidence was adduced, the jury having in the first place been to the hospital to see tic h,,dy : — ,John Kowlev, being duly sworn, said: T am a private of H M.'s (iSth Kegiment, now statio .ed in Tauranga, but doing duty at .ludea. On the night ol'the li71:l ,1 ulv 1 le.'t. Tauranga for .ludea. When we got into the stream —the tide was coming in at the time —I got hold of private MeAmanv s coat bv the sleeve. \\ hen we got into tile centre of the stream MeAmanv thr-'W h m-e f on his buck and got loose from the boll I ha I 'Ui his coat. T did not see him a'terwards. lie ma le a tew answers. After lie cave over an-wenng me, I went up to the camp and repored to I'a v -sergeant 'arr t.'.at MeAmanv was drowned 1 lrive .-con the body, bt I eanmt swear to its being M. Amaiiy's b >dy. lie had his blt on when be was lust. A belt was taken from him after •eiiig found. I do not Know wli.tlier it was Me.Cinnnv's ' elt or not. When the deceased let go his hold, the current seemed to carry him away. (In answer te, the (.'ourt, witness said that he could nt swim himself.) When w_- wilt into the water, lie a-ked nit* if I was all right. 1 told him yes, and to make towards wh. re 1 was. The »ater was up to my chin. MeAmanv did not tell me that he felt himself going. At the time we separated I was walking "in the water. ] got into the water first. MeAmanv was drunk, and 1 ha 1 had a little drop Tho last'person I saw at Te fapa was l'at Kelly. GStli LI. We bad no dispute on the way. I knew he had money 011 him when he was drowned. His inom v was in his trousers' pocket. It was between eight'and nine o'clock at night when wc crossed the wiiter. "When 1 e left bold of me I was walking, and was able to walk across the stream. I was drunk at the time- I had been drinking with deccu-ed at Te I'apa. "\Ve were to the right of the bullock track. It was a very dark night. Wo ea h paid for the drink we had. I have no doubt but that MeAmanv was drowned. He was a (rood swimmer. John 13 iskerwell : I am a lance-corporal in tho fiStli LT. I was crossing to .Tudea this morning 011 dutv. I Saw 11 dead body lying on the sands 011 the Tc rapa side of thr stream. I reported the same to Major Tivnt, 6Sth L.1., in command at Juiea. C •mill" back we put the body on a bullock dray and brought it 011 to Te Papa. I cannot say whose bo tv it was. The b 'dy was not searched in my presence. Joseph Bawling : I am a lance-sergeant of the ti.Sth Kegiment. I was orderly sergeant 011 the night of the 27th July. Privates .\icAmany and Kowlev weie absent from roll call, they should have returned at 0 o'clock p 111. I saw Kowley about 8.35 p.lll. ;he told me that M"Amany was drowned. I saw a body this morning, wliieh I believe to be tho body ot MeAmanv. ° I took off his waist-belt. I found tho number 02G, corresponding with the number of lus accoutrements. I searched in his right hand trousers pocket, and found one sixpenny pieco ill his left pocket. I found a bag containing two shilling pieces and two sixpenny pieces and a penknife, here produced. lam certain I saw Kowley at Judea at S3") p.lll. oil the 27th July. It would take about i :',5 minutes to walk lrom the centre ol the stream to J.idea. He said he came by way of Peach Island, lie appeared to be sober when lie reported himself to me. 1 have no idea what amount of money (he deceased had 011 him when he left the camp. I have seen the deceased with a bag similar to the one taken from his body. . Augustus Applin. "M.D., assistant-surgeon to the (iSth Kciment : Between ten and eleven this morning it was reported to me that a body had been found on ilie sands b-tween Te I'apa and Judea, and had been broii"ht to the hospital. I proceeded to examin" it,, and found it in a stale of decomposition, the features had be 11 totally destroyed. I could not discover any 111 .rks of violence or injury, and l ave no reason to infer that, the deceased met his death otherwise thau bv'dr wing I minutely examined the body. 'Patrick Ivelly, sworn, stated: I am a private in the tiSth Kegiment. I knew MeAmanv. It is over two months since T.saw him last. On the night Me ' many was drowned Kowlev came to me He a-l ed me'for a fatigue cap. He came to my hut in the 08th lines. I gave him a cap. I heard Mo Am - . v . all out, " Kowley, come 011 " Kowley was the worse for liquor. It was about a quarter to H p.m. I could not savhow the state of tide was. It was so dark that. I could not sec ten yards in front of me. The words Me 1 many used wi re " come on." The jurv then brought in the following veulict: — " The jury have every reason to believe from the evident; •that t e body of the deceased is the body of •lames M'eAmmy, and that the deceased came to his death bv drowning while crossing the Ju lea stream at Tauranga.