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The Adventures of Kimble Bent
Contents
page xiii
Contents
| Chapter I
The Deserter On the banks of the Tangahoé—The runaway soldier—A Maori scout—Off to the rebel camp |
pp. 1–6 |
| Chapter II
Kimble Bent, Sailor and Soldier Kimble Bent's early life—An Indian mother—Service in the American Navy—Departure for England—“Taking the Shilling”—British Army life—The flight to America—A sinking ship—Rescue, and landing in Glasgow—Back to the Army again—Soldiering in India—The 57th ordered to New Zealand—The Taranaki Campaign—A court-martial—At the triangles |
pp. 7–21 |
| Chapter III
The Camp of the Hauhaus In the Maori country—Arrival at a Hauhau pa—Maori village scenes—The ceremonies round the sacred flagstaff—“Riré, riré, hau!”—The man with the tomahawk—A white slave—The painted warriors of Keteonetea—The blazing oven |
pp. 22–33page xiv |
| Chapter IV
In the Otapawa Stockade The return from Keteonetea—The hill-fort at Otapawa—A korero with the Hauhaus—Bent's one-eyed wife—“The wooing o' 't”—Bent is christened “Ringiringi”. |
pp. 34–42 |
| Chapter V
Te Ua, Priest and Prophet Te Ua and his gods—The Pai mariré faith—“Charming” the British bullets—Bent's interview with the prophet—His life tapu'd—Preparing for battle—Life in the forest pa |
pp. 43–54 |
| Chapter VI
The Storming of Otapawa British forces attack the stockade—The bayonet charge—Flight of the Hauhaus—Through the forest by torchlight—Doctoring the wounded—The tangi by the river |
pp. 55–65 |
| Chapter VII
Bush Life with the Hauhaus Wild days in the forest—The Hauhau hunters—Maori woodcraft—Bird-snaring and bird-spearing—The fowlers at Te Ngaere—The slayer of Broughton—Another runaway soldier, and his fate—The tomahawking of Humphrey Murphy |
pp. 66–77page xv |
| Chapter VIII
The Hauhau Council-Town Life in Taiporohenui—A great praying-house—The ritual of the Niu—Singular Hauhau chants—“Matua Pai mariré”—Bent's new owner, and his new wife—The tattooers—Another white renegade |
pp. 78–91 |
| Chapter IX
A Forest Adventure The two eel-fishers—Bivouac in the bush—A murderous attack—The Waikato's tomahawk—“Ringiringi's” escape |
pp. 92–101 |
| Chapter X
The War-Chief and His Gods The war-chief Titokowaru—Ancient ceremonies and religion revived—Uenuku, the god of battle—Titokowaru's mana-tapu—Bent makes cartridges for the Hauhaus—A novel weapon |
pp. 102–107 |
| Chapter XI
“The Beak-of-the-Bird" The stockade at Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu—In the Wharékura—Singular Hauhau war-rites—The “Twelve Apostles”—The enchanted taiaha—The heart of the pakeha: a human burnt-offering—An ambuscade and a cannibal feast |
pp. 108–118page xvi |
| Chapter XII The Attack on Turuturu-Mokai Redoubt Hauwhenua's war-party—A night march—Attack on Turu-turu-Mokai Redoubt—A heroic defence—The heart of the captain—Touch-and-go—Relief at last |
pp. 119–133 |
| Chapter XIII The Killing of Kane Bent and Kane brought before Titokowaru—Kane's flight—Captured by the Hauhaus—A traitor's end |
pp. 134–138 |
| Chapter XIV Adventures at Te Ngutu-O-Te-Manu In the midst of dangers—Bent stalked by Hauhaus—Old Jacob to the rescue—“Come on if you dare!”—The white man's new Maori name—Government forces attack and burn Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu—A new use for hand-grenades |
pp. 139–144 |
| Chapter XV A Battle in the Forest; and the Death of Von Tempsky The second fight at Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu—Titokowaru's prophecy—Tutangé and his sacred war-mat—Bent's narrow escape—Government forces defeated—How von Tempsky fell—A terrible retreat—Colonial soldiers' gallant rearguard fight |
pp. 145–179page xvii |
| Chapter XVI The Cannibals of the Bush After the battle—The slain heroes of Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu—A terrible scene on the marae—What Bent saw from his prison-hut—The sword of “Manu-rau”—A funeral pyre—Priestly incantations—A soldier's body eaten—Why the Hauhaus became cannibals |
pp. 180–194 |
| Chapter XVII Skirmishing and Fort-Building Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu abandoned—On the march again—Skirmishing on the Patea—Pakeha in pickle—A new stockade—Bent the pa-builder |
pp. 195–200 |
| Chapter XVIII The Fight at Moturoa Stockade Kätené's vigil—Attack on the stockade—Major Hunter's death—A Hauhau warrior's desperate feat—Over the palisades—Government forces repulsed—A rear-guard fight—An unanswered prayer—Scenes of terror—Tihirua's burnt-offering—A soldier's body eaten |
pp. 201–225 |
| Chapter XIX The Tauranga-Ika Stockade Another fighting-pa built—Scouting and skirmishing—The watcher on the tower—McDonnell and Titokowaru—How Trooper Lingard won the New Zealand Cross—Hairbreadth escapes—Pairama and the white man's leg |
pp. 226–239page xviii |
| Chapter XX A Scouting Adventure The passage of the Okehu—A night's vigil—Mackenzie the scout—“Maoris in the bush!”—The watchers in the fern—A race for life |
pp. 240–254 |
| Chapter XXI The Fall of Tauranga-Ika Shot and shell—The fort abandoned—Flight of the Hanhaus—The chase—The fight at Karaka Flat—Mutilation of the dead—The ambuscade at the peach-grove—The sergeant's leg—Rewards for Hauhau heads |
pp. 255–261 |
| Chapter XXII The Forest-Foragers Fugitive Hauhaus—Hard times in the bush—The eaters of mamaku—Bent's adventure—Lost in the woods—Rupé to the rescue—The tapu'd eels |
pp. 262–269 |
| Chapter XXIII A Battle in the Fog The surprise of Otautu—An early morning attack—Kimble Bent's dream—“Kia tupato!”—A gallant defence—Brave old Hakopa—Flight of the Hauhaus |
pp. 270–276page xix |
| Chapter XXIV The Head-Hunters The skirmish at Whakamara—Hauhaus on the run—Government head-hunters—Major Kemp's white scout—Sharp work in the bush—Barbarism of the Whanganui—Kupapas—Smoke-drying the heads—A present for Whitmore—The heads on the tent floor—End of the war |
pp. 277–292 |
| Chapter XXV The Land of Refuge The flight from Rukumoana—Retreat to the Waitara—The Kawau pa—Life in the Ngatimaru country—Rupé and his white man—A Maori Donnybrook fair—A tale of a taniwha |
pp. 293–305 |
| Chapter XXVI Bush Life on the Patea The return to Rukumoana—The forest-village—Bird-snaring and bird-spearing—Bent the canoe-builder—His third wife |
pp. 306–310 |
| Chapter XXVII Hiroki: the Story of a Fugitive Hiroki, the slayer of McLean—Strange faces at Rukumoana—A forest chase—A meeting and a warning—Hiroki's wild bush life and his end |
pp. 311–320page xx |
| Chapter XXVIII Out of Exile Canoeing on the Patea—The voyage to Hukatéré—The white man's world again—Bent the medicine-man—Makutu, or the Black Art—Bent's later day—The end |
pp. 321–332 |
| Appendix | pp. 333–336 |