THE CAPTURE OF HIROKI

Hiroki shot McLean, against whom he had a grievance, when the latter was working on the survey of the Moumahaki Block, in the Waitotara district, in 1878. Scouts were sent out from Hawera in pursuit of him, and one of them, William Williams, fired at and wounded him, but Hiroki escaped to Parihaka. When that native town was occupied by the troops on the 5th November, 1881, Hiroki was captured, and was tried, convicted, and hanged.