| Show S S m Till Tho famous Maori Chief To Te Whitt 2 5 j 1 death d nth was announced recently ly 41 0 Is ii sold to have been tho most mOlt remark remarkable remarkable fAn 1 able Maori M rl ot or which history has hM any record According to o an In account in a I Ij j Chicago paper he ne was Instructed ted fn In the h hg g ij of ot tho Iho ho Christian religion butt but he heI I f modified the thu doctrines of ot Christianity j 2 10 io suit the tho genius of his lits people and andi i lF tR revered as n a prophet a Messiah Mc lie He had bad the sift Itt of ot lofty ala elo eloquence quence and nd hl his koin intelligence and character b gave him a 0 sway sa that 5 was patriarchal All AU his great gifts ho he housed heined used ined u ed for peace When tho the other chiefs chief 1 Nr had engaged ged in hostilities against the theS S government To Te remained quie quiescent yr scent s nl lie flu declined to make war In 1565 i c k end and al l restrained re his people ople I from Joining th In When en surveyors n marched through his hili land mapping out outI tt rIOU I for sale Te Ta opposed o a 11 strenuous i in f He was nas right t i in resisting iff the I he surveyors but the he gov J z rn ent determined on ono coercion An ti r ri i 1 1 i army romy ot or t hundred l men iv s and anti Ont nt In 1881 81 to Invest Te Tet t ih lat or laager tI The Tho Invaders 1 t h V M met by two hundred d little chil children dren n dancing n t dance of I and K I i 7 them their mothers with five J e ej j i hundred I 8 of at n breu for tor Or the tho noU eol 1 peaceful i I welcome cirome To re and ohu were ar al arp ali art i ii t i i i p and handcuffed and d afterward t f It J to prison After Altel sixteen months I were ere roI and nd restored r tOI d to 10 hoir 1 t oIle wore el gl given von n to 0 llio h na 4 i Jj and nd Te Ta o o tn ln m H try ry 1 Is now iia a peaceful iy We l pro rouk te i J It 1 was Wall Ti Tv 1 tulle not tu be by b the while whits tAt t j Hf Uv was uon lIllon by U them tham themon thamm m 1 on as fomenting i l lIndor tin lilt gul guise 0 jh of It l t wo o oti ti |
