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"
Yes
,
Madam
,
and
the
English
themselves
have
often
been
compelled
to
admire
the
courage
and
bravery
of
the
New
Zealanders
.
Their
mode
of
warfare
is
of
the
guerilla
type
;
they
form
skirmishing
parties
,
come
down
in
small
detachments
,
and
pillage
the
colonists
'
homes
.
General
Cameron
had
no
easy
time
in
the
campaigns
,
during
which
every
bush
had
to
be
searched
.
In
1863
,
after
a
long
and
sanguinary
struggle
,
the
Maories
were
entrenched
in
strong
and
fortified
position
on
the
Upper
Waikato
,
at
the
end
of
a
chain
of
steep
hills
,
and
covered
by
three
miles
of
forts
.
The
native
prophets
called
on
all
the
Maori
population
to
defend
the
soil
,
and
promised
the
extermination
of
the
pakekas
,
or
white
men
.
General
Cameron
had
three
thousand
volunteers
at
his
disposal
,
and
they
gave
no
quarter
to
the
Maories
after
the
barbarous
murder
of
Captain
Sprent
.
Several
bloody
engagements
took
place
;
in
some
instances
the
fighting
lasted
twelve
hours
before
the
Maories
yielded
to
the
English
cannonade
.
The
heart
of
the
army
was
the
fierce
Waikato
tribe
under
William
Thompson
.
This
native
general
commanded
at
the
outset
2,500
warriors
,
afterward
increased
to
8,000
.
The
men
of
Shongi
and
Heki
,
two
powerful
chiefs
,
came
to
his
assistance
.
The
women
took
their
part
in
the
most
trying
labors
of
this
patriotic
war
.
But
right
has
not
always
might
.
After
severe
struggles
General
Cameron
succeeded
in
subduing
the
Waikato
district
,
but
empty
and
depopulated
,
for
the
Maories
escaped
in
all
directions
.
Some
wonderful
exploits
were
related
.
Four
hundred
Maories
who
were
shut
up
in
the
fortress
of
Orakau
,
besieged
by
1,000
English
,
under
Brigadier-General
Carey
,
without
water
or
provisions
,
refused
to
surrender
,
but
one
day
at
noon
cut
their
way
through
the
then
decimated
40th
Regiment
,
and
escaped
to
the
marshes
.
"
"
But
,
"
asked
John
Mangles
,
"
did
the
submission
of
the
Waikato
district
put
an
end
to
this
sanguinary
war
?
"
"
No
,
my
friend
,
"
replied
Paganel
.
"
The
English
resolved
to
march
on
Taranaki
province
and
besiege
Mataitawa
,
William
Thompson
's
fortress
.
But
they
did
not
carry
it
without
great
loss
.
Just
as
I
was
leaving
Paris
,
I
heard
that
the
Governor
and
the
General
had
accepted
the
submission
of
the
Tauranga
tribes
,
and
left
them
in
possession
of
three-fourths
of
their
lands
.
It
was
also
rumored
that
the
principal
chief
of
the
rebellion
,
William
Thompson
,
was
inclined
to
surrender
,
but
the
Australian
papers
have
not
confirmed
this
,
but
rather
the
contrary
,
and
I
should
not
be
surprised
to
find
that
at
this
moment
the
war
is
going
on
with
renewed
vigor
.
"
"
Then
,
according
to
you
,
Paganel
,
"
said
Glenarvan
,
"
this
struggle
is
still
going
on
in
the
provinces
of
Auckland
and
Taranaki
?
"
"
I
think
so
.
"
"
This
very
province
where
the
Macquarie
'S
wreck
has
deposited
us
.
"
"
Exactly
.
We
have
landed
a
few
miles
above
Kawhia
harbor
,
where
the
Maori
flag
is
probably
still
floating
.
"
"
Then
our
most
prudent
course
would
be
to
keep
toward
the
north
,
"
remarked
Glenarvan
.
