IMPORTANT NATIVE NEWS.
We have been obligingly shown a private lelter from > >potiki^ dated the 16t.h instant, which contains some important items of native intelligence The writer states that there need not be the slightest apprehension of a general risingl on the East Coast, as the great bulk of the natives there so far from sympathising" with Te K')oti, regard him with the greatest abhorrence, and have determined, wlun an opportunity occurs, to take utu i'onhe murders he bas committed upon friendly natives. A meetingof the Ruatahaua natives has been held, at which feelings of indignation were expressed at the atrocities perpetrated by the arch-rebel, and it was determined to call a general meeting- of the natives of that district, to be held next month, in order to decide as to the course to be adopted to obtain utu for the barbarities committed by Te Kooti and his band upon neutral as well as I<>y»l natives. The natives appear to be somewhat apprehensive that Te Kooti may make un attack upon them, and it is probable therefore that thi) meering- will he a numerous one, and that some decisive stops may be resolved upon.— Weekly News, Jan. 3,
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Wanganui Herald, Volume III, Issue 503, 12 January 1869, Page 2
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198IMPORTANT NATIVE NEWS. Wanganui Herald, Volume III, Issue 503, 12 January 1869, Page 2
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