For information and assistance in regard to various engagements in Titokowaru's war I am indebted to Colonel W. E. Gudgeon, C.M.G., Colonel T. Porter, C.B., and other old Colonial soldiers. Tutangé Waionui, of Patea, who was one of Titokowaru's most active scouts and warriors, has given me many details concerning the campaign from the Maori side; and the Rev. T. G. Hammond, Wesleyan Missionary to the Taranaki Maoris, has also furnished assistance on the same subject. To Mrs. Kettle, of Napier, daughter of Major von Tempsky, I owe my thanks for permission to reproduce three of the illustrations in this book, copies of water-colour sketches by her celebrated father, representing scenes in the Taranaki campaign of 1865-6. The picture of the fight at Moturoa in 1868 is from a black-and-white sketch by a soldier-artist who took part in the engagement; the original was in the possession of the late Dr. T. M. Hocken, of Dunedin, who allowed me to have it photographed for this book. J. C. <sc>Wellington, N.Z.</sc>, _Feb. 1, 1911_. CONTENTS CHAPTER I THE DESERTER On the banks of the Tangahoé--The runaway soldier--A Maori scout--Off to the rebel camp pp. 1-6 CHAPTER II KIMBLE BENT, SAILOR AND SOLDIER Kimble Bent's early life--An Indian mother--Service in the American Navy--Departure for England--"Taking the Shilling"--British Army life--The flight to America--A sinking ship--Rescue, and landing in Glasgow--Back to the Army again--Soldiering in India--The 57th ordered to New Zealand--The Taranaki Campaign--A court-martial--At the triangles pp. 7-21 CHAPTER III THE CAMP OF THE HAUHAUS In the Maori country--Arrival at a Hauhau _pa_--Maori village scenes--The ceremonies round the sacred flagstaff--"_Riré, riré, hau!_"--The man with the tomahawk--A white slave--The painted warriors of Keteonetea--The blazing oven pp. 22-33 CHAPTER IV IN THE OTAPAWA STOCKADE The return from Keteonetea--The hill-fort at Otapawa--A _korero_ with the Hauhaus--Bent's one-eyed wife--"The wooing o' 't"--Bent is christened "Ringiringi" pp. 34-42 CHAPTER V TE UA, PRIEST AND PROPHET Te Ua and his gods--The _Pai mariré_ faith--"Charming" the British bullets--Bent's interview with the prophet--His life _tapu_'d--Preparing for battle--Life in the forest _pa_ pp. 43-54 CHAPTER VI THE STORMING OF OTAPAWA British forces attack the stockade--The bayonet charge--Flight of the Hauhaus--Through the forest by torchlight--Doctoring the wounded--The _tangi_ by the river pp. 55-65 CHAPTER VII BUSH LIFE WITH THE HAUHAUS