HE ORANGA-ITITANGA.
He manu nui te Ikara, kei etahi o nga kainga o luropi e noho ana—ko Amerika hoki tetahi nohoanga o taua manu. He manu nanakia rawa taua manu. Tana kai ko nga kuri pakupaku ote koraha; he mea nopu ki ona matikuku ka kahakina ki tona kolianga ki runga pari ki reira ata kai ai. He mea ano e kore e orate tamariki tangata nei i taua manu, hopu ai ano ki ona matikuku ka mau atu ki tona kohanga i runga maunga. Ka tuwhera nga parirau o taua manu he mea ano ka taea te tekau ma rua putu te whanui. No te ra i mua tonu ote KLirihimete 1 te tau 1868 ka kahakina e te Ikara tetahi tamaiti tane i te takiwa o Tenehi, ara he kainga kei tetahi o Porowini ote taha Tonga o Amerika. He tamaiti taua tamaiti katahi ano ka ako kite haere. No taua rangi ka ngoki haere atu ia kite marae i te roro ote whare o ona matua. Tera te Ikara e rere ana i runga, no te kitenga mai i te tamaiti ra katahi ka tuku whakarere mai ki raro, ka kapohia iho n P" a . k&hu 0 tamaiti ra ki ona matikuku, katahi ka liikitia atu ki runga ka whakaarorangi haere i runga tonu ake o nga rakau o te ngaherehere e tu ana i reira. Ka kite te kai hiki, he wahine, katahi ka rere ka whai haere ma roto i taua ngaherehere, ka ahu whaka-te-walii i rere ai te Ikara ra. Kotahi maero mete hawhe e haere ana taua wahine ra, mete oma tonu te haere, katahi ka puta ki tetahi parae iti marire, ko te tirohanga i titiro ai ki runga, aue ra! ko te manu ano tena e heke mai ana ki raro mete tamaiti ano i nga matikuku e mau tonu ana! Tau rawa iho te Ikara ra i te taha o tetahi awa paku i taua wahi parae. Tera te tangata e pupuhi manu ana i reira. Tupono marire te pakutanga o tana pu kite taunga iho ote manu ra; katahi ka oho, ka mahue te tamaiti, ka rere ki runga mangi ai i runga ake o te tamaiti ra, mete mea e mea ana kia tuku iho ano ki tana kai. Katahi ka hamama te waha o te wahine ra, raua ko te tangata ite pu, kite umere, mete puru ano te tangata i tana pu, katahi ka mataku te manu nanakia ra ka rere tonu atu, kaore hoki i hoki mai. Haere rawa atu raua kite tamaiti ra kaore tahi he mate—na ona kahu i ora ai i nga matikuku ote Ikara ra. Katahi ka hikitia taua tamaiti e te wahine ra ka whakamarie kia mutu te tangi, muri iho ka whakahokia kite kainga hei whakaharinga mo ona matua.
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Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 9, 4 May 1875, Page 102
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470HE ORANGA-ITITANGA. Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 9, 4 May 1875, Page 102
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