He Ru Whenua.—Kua mate i te ru tetahi o nga taone ki Amerika i te marama i a Maehe kua taha uei—ko Rounu Paina (Lone Pine) te ingoa, kei Kareponia. Ite weheruatanga otepo ka oho whakamataku ake nga pakeha o taua taone i te harurutanga nui, mete mea he mano tini nga pu huri whenua e paku talii ana, a haere ana te ngateritanga o te whenua ite taha tonga puta noa kite taha tuaraki. Here ana te whakamataku i te pakarutanga ake o te whenua itepo ! Ki hai i whai meneti kua hinga katoa nga whare ote taone. Katahi ka haere ake kite rangi te auetanga o nga tamariki, me nga wahine, me nga tane hoki, e matemate ana i raro i nga whare hinga, e horomia ana hoki etahi i roto i nga matatatanga o te whenua, mete mea he waha no te Parata e tuhera ana. Ko nga mea. i puta e hamama ana te waha kite karanga kite tane, kite wahine, kite matua, kite tamaiti—tau ana te pairi mete whakamataku kite katoa. Ko te pouri hoki tetahi, te kitea nga ara atu ki nga wahi watea i nga whare. Ki hai i taro ka puta ano te ru, ka ngateri tonu ano te whenua, a pera tonu awatea noa—rurerure ana nga whare mete taewa e rurutia ana ki roto kite kete. Eki ana e rima rau nga oioitanga o te whenua i roto i nga haora e toru te kau! Kotahi te matata ote whenua i tae kite toru te kau ma rima maero te roa. Ko nga toka nunui i hurihia haeretia ite whenua mete mea he poi tamariki. Otira ki hai i tino nui nga tangata i mate —e rua te kau ma toru i mate rawa, e toru te kau i maru noaiho, engari i ora ano. Tena ano nga ru whenua o mua i etahi wahi i mano tini noa nga tangata i mate.
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Waka Maori, Volume 8, Issue 11, 5 June 1872, Page 79
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