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It
seemed
possible
that
the
"
taboo
"
might
be
forgotten
,
and
they
might
rush
upon
the
prisoners
,
who
were
already
terrified
at
their
delirious
gestures
.
But
Kai-Koumou
had
kept
his
own
senses
amidst
the
general
delirium
.
He
allowed
an
hour
for
this
orgy
of
blood
to
attain
its
maximum
and
then
cease
,
and
the
final
scene
of
the
obsequies
was
performed
with
the
accustomed
ceremonial
.
The
corpses
of
Kara-Tete
and
his
wife
were
raised
,
the
limbs
were
bent
,
and
laid
against
the
stomach
according
to
the
Maori
usage
;
then
came
the
funeral
,
not
the
final
interment
,
but
a
burial
until
the
moment
when
the
earth
had
destroyed
the
flesh
and
nothing
remained
but
the
skeleton
.
The
place
of
"
oudoupa
,
"
or
the
tomb
,
had
been
chosen
outside
the
fortress
,
about
two
miles
off
at
the
top
of
a
low
hill
called
Maunganamu
,
situated
on
the
right
bank
of
the
lake
,
and
to
this
spot
the
body
was
to
be
taken
.
Two
palanquins
of
a
very
primitive
kind
,
hand-barrows
,
in
fact
,
were
brought
to
the
foot
of
the
mound
,
and
the
corpses
doubled
up
so
that
they
were
sitting
rather
than
lying
,
and
their
garments
kept
in
place
by
a
band
of
hanes
,
were
placed
on
them
.
Four
warriors
took
up
the
litters
on
their
shoulders
,
and
the
whole
tribe
,
repeating
their
funeral
chant
,
followed
in
procession
to
the
place
of
sepulture
.
The
captives
,
still
strictly
guarded
,
saw
the
funeral
cortege
leave
the
inner
inclosure
of
the
"
pah
"
;
then
the
chants
and
cries
grew
fainter
For
about
half
an
hour
the
funeral
procession
remained
out
of
sight
,
in
the
hollow
valley
,
and
then
came
in
sight
again
winding
up
the
mountain
side
;
the
distance
gave
a
fantastic
effect
to
the
undulating
movement
of
this
long
serpentine
column
.
The
tribe
stopped
at
an
elevation
of
about
800
feet
,
on
the
summit
of
Maunganamu
,
where
the
burial
place
of
Kara-Tete
had
been
prepared
.
An
ordinary
Maori
would
have
had
nothing
but
a
hole
and
a
heap
of
earth
.
But
a
powerful
and
formidable
chief
destined
to
speedy
deification
,
was
honored
with
a
tomb
worthy
of
his
exploits
.
The
"
oudoupa
"
had
been
fenced
round
,
and
posts
,
surmounted
with
faces
painted
in
red
ochre
,
stood
near
the
grave
where
the
bodies
were
to
lie
.
The
relatives
had
not
forgotten
that
the
"
Waidoua
,
"
the
spirit
of
the
dead
,
lives
on
mortal
food
,
as
the
body
did
in
this
life
.
Therefore
,
food
was
deposited
in
the
inclosure
as
well
as
the
arms
and
clothing
of
the
deceased
.
Nothing
was
omitted
for
comfort
.
The
husband
and
wife
were
laid
side
by
side
,
then
covered
with
earth
and
grass
,
after
another
series
of
laments
.
Then
the
procession
wound
slowly
down
the
mountain
,
and
henceforth
none
dare
ascend
the
slope
of
Maunganamu
on
pain
of
death
,
for
it
was
"
tabooed
,
"
like
Tongariro
,
where
lie
the
ashes
of
a
chief
killed
by
an
earthquake
in
1846
.
JUST
as
the
sun
was
sinking
beyond
Lake
Taupo
,
behind
the
peaks
of
Tuhahua
and
Pukepapu
,
the
captives
were
conducted
back
to
their
prison
.
They
were
not
to
leave
it
again
till
the
tops
of
the
Wahiti
Ranges
were
lit
with
the
first
fires
of
day
.
