Died on the 26th of September 1874.
Vine. A dangther of Urupeni Puhara age 14 years, died at Waimarama, her last instructions to her mother were not to bury her body at Waimarama, but take it to the Pakipaki, these words she repeated four times, oil the point of her death she called to release her, let her go. • After incantation was over all the people began to cry, she laid immoveable for a while, but the people were still crying her spirit returned. 20 minutes after she called to her mother, to cease: crying (I will never forrjet you,J then the crying ceased, and she . died. ' She was a very obedient child. She is a first born to us from our ancestors down to her. She was at the Eev. Father Keigner's Catholic school, and took very bad. and she was took from Napier very bad by Karaitiana Takamoana, sent to school in Wellington for a year, and she returned and went to school in Napier for four years. And then came to the school at Pakowhai, for one year. Afterward her parents took her to Bev. Father Reig-ner's school, untill close to her death. Persons that have seen her say, that she strono-ly revealed her words to God. Although in the of pains she called on to God, to rase her. °
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Wananga, Volume 1, Issue 7, 10 November 1874, Page 32
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223Died on the 26th of September 1874. Wananga, Volume 1, Issue 7, 10 November 1874, Page 32
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