THE PAKEHAMAORI.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8375, 22 July 1905, Page 4

THE PAKEHAMAORI.

TEN YEAES AMONGST

CANNIBALS.

THE AWFUL EXPERIENCES OF

JOHN RUTHERFORD.

SYNOPSIS

PART I.— John Rutherford, born at Manchester in 1796, goes to sea at »iho age of ten, and encounters various adventures. In 1816 he joins the American brig Agnes, which, intending to touch at the Bay of Islands (New Zealand), is driven by a gale into Poverty Bay, near the East Cape. The Natives are allowed aboard in large numbers and finally seize the ship, killing the captain, mate and cook and_ taking twelve others prisoners. The ship is cast ashore, plundered and burnt. PART II. — Next morning six more of tne vhite man are tomahawked one by one. The nine bodies are then placed in Miaori ovens. On the following day a cannibal orgy ensues, and th-s survivors are offered part of their shipmates' flash. They get other food, and romain bound and guarded. PART lll.— The Agnes is blown up and the prisoners, with five chiefs and an escort, are marched inland. They arrive at th© village of the Chief Rangadi. After another feast the captives are examined critically by women. Next day the wife and two daughters of the principal chief arrive. Thei two young women seem particularly struck witli Rutherford, whose life is spared, and who is, as a high mark of favour, tattooed like a chief. There is a description, of this painful process, •which lays him up for six weeks. PART IV.— Description of Rutherford's portrait. His experiences of the tapu. He acsoinpanies the Chief, Amawahi, into the interior. The fate of his various comrades is told as one by one they are scattered amongst the Maoris. The arrival at the Kainga of Amawahi is marked by the sacrifice of a slave girl, who is cooked and eaten. Notes on plants, animals and Native life, and further adventures.

PART V. — Rutherford has scum earthquake experiences. His last comrade ia murdered, owing to the superstitions of the Natives. He marries two of thu daughters of the Chief Amawaki. The wedding festivities are described.