Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu abandoned--On the march again--Skirmishing on the Patea--_Pakeha_ in pickle--A new stockade--Bent the _pa_-builder pp. 195-200 CHAPTER XVIII THE FIGHT AT MOTUROA STOCKADE Kātené's vigil--Attack on the stockade--Major Hunter's death--A Hauhau warrior's desperate feat--Over the palisades--Government forces repulsed--A rear-guard fight--An unanswered prayer--Scenes of terror--Tihirua's burnt-offering--A soldier's body eaten pp. 201-225 CHAPTER XIX THE TAURANGA-IKA STOCKADE Another fighting-_pa_ built--Scouting and skirmishing--The watcher on the tower--McDonnell and Titokowaru--How Trooper Lingard won the New Zealand Cross--Hairbreadth escapes--Pairama and the white man's leg pp. 226-239 CHAPTER XX A SCOUTING ADVENTURE The passage of the Okehu--A night's vigil--Mackenzie the scout--"Maoris in the bush!"--The watchers in the fern--A race for life pp. 240-254 CHAPTER XXI THE FALL OF TAURANGA-IKA Shot and shell--The fort abandoned--Flight of the Hauhaus--The chase--The fight at Karaka Flat--Mutilation of the dead--The ambuscade at the peach-grove--The sergeant's leg--Rewards for Hauhau heads pp. 255-261 CHAPTER XXII THE FOREST-FORAGERS Fugitive Hauhaus--Hard times in the bush--The eaters of _mamaku_--Bent's adventure--Lost in the woods--Rupó to the rescue--The _tapu_'d eels pp. 262-269 CHAPTER XXIII A BATTLE IN THE FOG The surprise of Otautu--An early morning attack--Kimble Bent's dream--"_Kia tupato!_"--A gallant defence--Brave old Hakopa--Flight of the Hauhaus pp. 270-276 CHAPTER XXIV THE HEAD-HUNTERS The skirmish at Whakamara--Hauhaus on the run--Government head-hunters --Major Kemp's white scout--Sharp work in the bush--Barbarism of the Whanganui--_Kupapas_--Smoke-drying the heads--A present for Whitmore--The heads on the tent floor--End of the war pp. 277-292 CHAPTER XXV THE LAND OF REFUGE The flight from Rukumoana--Retreat to the Waitara--The Kawau _pa_ --Life in the Ngatimaru country--Rupé and his white man--A Maori Donnybrook fair--A tale of a _taniwha_ pp. 293-305 CHAPTER XXVI BUSH LIFE ON THE PATEA The return to Rukumoana--The forest-village--Bird-snaring and bird-spearing--Bent the canoe-builder--His third wife pp. 306-310 CHAPTER XXVII HIROKI: THE STORY OF A FUGITIVE Hiroki, the slayer of McLean--Strange faces at Rukumoana--A forest chase--A meeting and a warning--Hiroki's wild bush life and his end pp. 311-320 CHAPTER XXVIII OUT OF EXILE