The Old Frontier

THE OLD FRONTIER THE STORY OF THE WAIPA VALLEY The Early Colonization The Soldier The War in Wai kato The Pioneer Farm er Life on the and Later -D ay Settlement BY ME A G JA S COW N , FR . .S . u lished T he Wai a os rin in and P b by p P t P t g Publishing Com pany, Limited T e Aw am utu, N ew Zeal and 1922 PR E FA CE This sketch of the history of the Waipa district centreing in n Te Awamutu has been written especially with a view to interesti g the younger generation of colonists , and the now large population m ic on both sides of the old Maori bo rder , in the unco monly dramat story of the beautiful country in which their homes are set . The original settlers to whom many of the events here described were matters of personal knowledge are fast passing away, and a gene ration has arisen which has but a vague idea of the local history is and of the old heroic life on the Waipa plains . The book designed to convey accurate pictures of this pioneer life and th e successive eras of the missionary and the soldier, and to invest with a new interest for many the familiar home landscapes . Much of the information given herein is published for the f first time , and therefore should be of special value to students o New Zealand history. For the story of missionary enterprise the writer has drawn on a MS . journal written by the Rev . John Morgan , the first civiliser of the Waipa country ; for the military history use has been made of an exceedingly readable MS . narrati ve Tem sk left by the celebrated Major Von p y, of the Forest Rangers. For the rest , it has been a peculiar pleasure to the writer, as one n bred on the old A kati border, to recall scenes in a phase of life which has passed away for ever . Wellington , N Z , September, 1 922 . CO N T E N T S CHAPTE R I r — TO POGRAPH ICAL AND LEGENDARY nt Th r e A Th e b eautiful Waipa cou ry . e ga d n l ands of Te wamutu wh i il l o h ori rd r Th n o and R angiao a. H s f t e Ma bo e . e co e f Kak e uk u nci en or r es ses. aori r ibes of the ai a p . A t f t M t W p basin. - A A CH APTE R II . TH E MI S SI ON R Y E R . e B . s wel l r mi s iona Te I n cannibal days. R v. Y A h the fi st s ry in A eas on h man fles i n h ao a E n th e Awamu tu . f t u h Otaw p . d of - al wars e J oh n or an omes to Te A wam tu . int er tr ib . R v. M g c u i use ul mission wor H ow M r or an owe e oo . H s f k . M g s d th g d seed CHAPTE R III -PLOUGH AND F LOUR -MILL Mr Mor gan intr oduces Engl ish method s of ag r iculture Maor i tr ibes r o s r e T h e comin e h e become indu st i u fa m r s. g of th w eat. Lar g i ons e A wamutu R an i aowhia Kih i hi an ra u cul t vati at T , g , ki , d O kaa . “ ’ i a h r flo r - il l s s r o an r Gr ind ng the wh e t. T e fi st u m . M M r g s na na i l a e f th e wa er - mil l in a l n s t ve. C tt r o t m ny Maori sett eme t . E in h an r n n xpor t g w eat d flou to Au ckl a d. Ra g iaowh ia fl our s ent ’ t n l S ir r e r i o E g and . Geor ge G y s p act cal sympath y wi th th e — TH E CHAPTE R IV . GOL D E N AGE BEF OR E TH E WAR n a 'i o i ’ Te Awamutu a d R angi owh a in 1 852. M r Heyw od C r ispe s de - - scri i on. A land of cor n fiel ds n rui ro s h ach pt a d f t g ve . T e pe roves of R an iaowh i a. i si to the lar e ao r i il l a e ol d g g V t g M v g , ’ Kin Pota a H st ter i g t u . och et s v ew in 1 859 . T — CHAP E R V. J OH N GOR S T AT TE AWAMUTU ‘ a an m i s n r Mr Go rst as Magi str t e d Co m s io e . Th e educational insti ' i a Aw new e s sh d tut on t Te amutu . A spap r e tabl i ed. R ewi s rai ” on th e ih oih M oke ok e. M r r l P oi m Go st eaves Wailrato. Te r - i l a a o e Awamu tu e vi s t ed. The st c n e voyag . — - H TE R . TH E K T 6 4 C AP VI WAI A O WAR , 1 8 3 6 Br s nd l o ial i t Figh ting on th e Waikato. iti h a Co n troops nvade h e t ar i h Waipa country . Pa erangi and Wai . T e Forest R ang er s. ’ r r t i e war i h l - t Von Tempsky s na a ve of th . B s op S e wyn at h e on Fr t . TE R - TH T R - -AO IA CHAP VII . E CAP U E OF RANGI WH ’ or summer mor nin invasion. S k r ish in Von Tempsky s st y . A g i m g h l l a e ie o ri wh ar o n through t e vi g . S ge f a Mao e. Col nel Nixo h t D r amati eath o an ol d war r ior . er i l i l n s o . c d f H o c tt e gar r iso annihilated. - TH A A CHAPTE R VIII . E E NG GE MENT T HAIR INI n il l . i el d r il l er e l Sh ar p acti on at Hai r i i H F A t y sh l s the Maori l ines. ea f t o A gr eat bayonet ch ar ge. D ef t o he Ma ri s. Wor k of th e R an s oo in an iaowh il la e Forest ger . L t g R g ia v g . Comedy at th e i o Tem sk an l Ca th ol c Ch ur ch . V n p y d an Imper ial Co onel . Th e r e rn o Te Awa u tu . cur ious s ec a l e Th as l tu t m A p t c . ose r cal y ” Rangers h ave got al l th e l oot ! - CHAPTE R I X . TH E I NVAS I ON OF KIHIKI H I ’ B ri i r - Bowi Maniapoto s h eadq uarter s. t sh fo ce occupies Ki hikihi n i m ’ il la e. B urnin of th e cou c l h ouse Von T e k ni v g g . ps y s ght a m i ui l ess mar . r s i e on. r ch l e s s i r s e o xpedi ti A f t H k m h ng . R d ubt ’ i h i . e wa buil t at Kih ki T A mutu th e ar my s h eadquart ers. The fi rst expedi tion to Or akau . CO NTE NTS - B TT E OF OR AKAU CHAPTE R X . THE A L ' i r- n l Most memorabl e battl e i n New Zeal and 8 h istor y B r gadi e Ge era ' ’ Von T em sk s narra ive. ni ma ed de Car ey s expediti on. p y t A t e Wor of th e or es R an er s. er oi sm scr iption of th e si eg . k F t g H - r r r dom . Th e l as d a . b ea fo ee of th e Maori gar r ison. t y A k f ao nar r a ives. Th e r e l to Th e sol dier s in pur suit. M ri t p y ’ I n den of th e sie e. G ener al C ameron s m essage. ci ts g CH APTE R XI — CAMP L I F E AT TE AWAMUT U “ t s D escri ion of cam l i e.

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