_Ki au te mataika_--I have the _mataika_. The first man killed in a battle was called the _mataika_. To kill the _mataika_. To kill the _mataika_, or first man, was counted a very high honour, and the most extraordinary exertions were made to obtain it. The writer once saw a young warrior, when rushing with his tribe against the enemy, rendered almost frantic by perceiving that another section of the tribe would, in spite of all his efforts, be engaged first, and gain the honour of killing the _mataika_. In this emergency he, as he rushed on, cut down with a furious blow of his tomahawk, a sapling which stood in his way, and gave the cry which claims the _mataika_. After the battle the circumstances of this question in Maori chivalry having been fully considered by the elder warriors, it was decided that the sapling tree should, in this case, be held to be the true _mataika_, and that the young man who cut it down should always claim, without question, to have killed, or, as the natives say, "caught," the _mataika_ of that battle.--p. 174. _Mana_--As the meaning of this word is explained in the course of the narrative, it is only necessary to say that in the sense in which it is used here, it means dominion or authority.--p. 3. _Mere ponamu_--A native weapon made of a rare green stone, and much valued by the natives.--p. 24. _Na! Na! mate rawa!_--This is the battle cry by which a warrior proclaims, exultingly and tauntingly, the death of one of the enemy.--p. 58. _No hea_--Literally, from whence? Often used as a negative answer to an inquiry, in which case the words mean that the thing inquired for is not, or in fact is nowhere.--p. 2. _Pakeha_--An Englishman; a foreigner.--p. 3. _Rangatira_--A chief, a gentleman, a warrior. _Rangatira pakeha_--A foreigner who is a gentleman (not a _tutua_, or nobody, as described above), a _rich_ foreigner.--p. 20. _Tangi_--A dirge, or song of lamentation for the dead. It was the custom for the mourners, when singing the _tangi_, to cut themselves severely on the face, breast, and arms, with sharp flints and shells, in token of their grief. This custom is still practised, though in a mitigated form. In past times, the mourners cut themselves dreadfully, and covered themselves with blood from head to feet. See a description of a _tangi_ further on.--p. 3. _Taniwha_--A sea monster: more fully described further on.--p. 30. _Taonga_--Goods; property.--p. 20. _Taua_--A war party; or war expedition.--p. 42. _Tena koutou_; _or Tenara ko koutou_--The Maori form of salutation, equivalent to our "How do you do?"--p. 54. _Tino tangata_--A "good man," in the language of the prize-ring; a warrior; or literally, a very, or perfect man.--p. 30. _Toa_--A warrior of pre-eminent courage; a hero.--p. 179.