Wild days in the forest--The Hauhau hunters--Maori wood-craft-- Bird-snaring and bird-spearing--The fowlers at Te Ngaere--The slayer of Broughton--Another runaway soldier, and his fate--The tomahawking of Humphrey Murphy pp. 66-77 CHAPTER VIII THE HAUHAU COUNCIL-TOWN Life in Taiporohenui--A great praying-house--The ritual of the _Niu_--Singular Hauhau chants--"_Matua Pai mariré_"--Bent's new owner, and his new wife--The tattooers--Another white renegade pp. 78-91 CHAPTER IX A FOREST ADVENTURE The two eel-fishers--Bivouac in the bush--A murderous attack--The Waikato's tomahawk--"Ringiringi's" escape pp. 92-101 CHAPTER X THE WAR-CHIEF AND HIS GODS 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 CHAPTER XI "THE BEAK-OF-THE-BIRD" The stockade at Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu--In the _Wharé-kura_--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 CHAPTER XII THE ATTACK ON TURUTURU-MOKAI REDOUBT Hauwhenua's war-party--A night march--Attack on Turuturu-Mokai Redoubt--A heroic defence--The heart of the captain--Touch-and-go--Relief at last pp. 119-133 CHAPTER XIII THE KILLING OF KANE Bent and Kane brought before Titokowaru--Kane's flight--Captured by the Hauhaus--A traitor's end pp. 134-138 CHAPTER XIV ADVENTURES AT TE NGUTU-O-TE-MANU In the midst of dangers--Bent stalked by Hauhaus--Old Jacob to the rescue--"Come on if you dare!"--The white man's new Maori name--Government forces attack and burn Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu--A new use for hand-grenades pp. 139-144 CHAPTER XV A BATTLE IN THE FOREST; AND THE DEATH OF VON TEMPSKY The second fight at Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu--Titokowaru's prophecy--Tutangé and his sacred war-mat--Bent's narrow escape--Government forces defeated--How von Tempsky fell--A terrible retreat--Colonial soldiers' gallant rear-guard fight pp. 145-179 CHAPTER XVI THE CANNIBALS OF THE BUSH After the battle--The slain heroes of Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu--A terrible scene on the _marae_--What Bent saw from his prison-hut--The sword of "Manu-rau"--A funeral pyre--Priestly incantations--A soldier's body eaten--Why the Hauhaus became cannibals pp. 180-194 CHAPTER XVII SKIRMISHING AND FORT-BUILDING