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Title: The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. Wood... With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, Zwecker... 1871
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, John George, 1827-1889
Subjects: Ethnology. Manners and customs. Savages
Publisher: J. B. Burr and company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
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by storm, the pah appeared tobe empty and deserted, the natives havingapparently escaped, according to their cus-tom, when they found the place no longertenable. They had, however, laid a trap,into which the assailants fell. When thelatter had scattered themselves over theinterior, and were quite off their guard,picking up arms, utensils, and other objectslying carelessly about, a terrific musketryfire was opened from under their very feet,the natives having constructed pits in whichthey hid themselves until the enemy wereattracted within their range by the weaponsand implements which they had laid on pur-pose to act as a bait. The men, who wereentirely off their guard, and many of whombesides were but raw recruits, were struckwith a sudden panic, and, with a few hon-orable exceptions, rushed out of the pah, fol-lowed and cut up by the fire of the wily foe. Of course the repulse was but temporary;but such a stratagem as this is sufficient toshow the military genius of the Maori, who,
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THE MAORI WAR DANCE. (See page 846.) (847) THE CHIEF EHONGI. 849 if he becomes an enemy, is one that cannotbe despised with impunity. This system oftaking the enemy by surprise is the usualmode of fighting among the Maories, whodisplay wonderful ingenuity in contrivingambushes, and enticing the enemy intothem. When we were first driven into warwith the natives of New Zealand, we werefrequently entrapped in an ambuscade; andin one case the hidden enemy were so closeto our men, their dusky forms being hiddenin the shadows of the bush, that many of thesoldiers who escaped with life had theirfaces completely tattooed with grains ofunburnt powder from the muskets of theenemy. If the assailants succeed in taking the pah,a terrible massacre always ensues. Everyman is killed who is capable of wielding aweapon, while the women and children arecarried off to become the slaves of the con-querors— a doom from which, as I havealready stated, there is no escape; the un-fortunate women, their chil

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