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Life in Taiporohenui—A great praying-house—The ritual of the Niu—Singular Hauhau chants—"Matua Pai mariré—Bent's new owner, and his now wife—The tattooers—Another white renegadepp. 78–91

The two eel-fishers—Bivouac in the bush—A murderous attack—The Waikato's tomahawk—"Ringiringi's" escape pp. 92–101

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

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. 108–118