In this way the remainder of the year 1870 and the commencement of 1871 passed, during the whole of which period Te Kooti was hunted like a wild beast through the fastnesses of the Uriwera, while we guarded the line, and many volumes might be written about the wonderful escapes the scoundrel had. I myself know of no parallel case in history, where a man so hunted ever successfully evaded pursuit, but he eventually did so. After losing nearly all his men, either by bullet or capture, he at last succeeded in breaking through our line and escaping into the King Country, where the Waikatos, although they refused to give him up, effectually prevented him from causing any more trouble, and there he lived peacefully for twenty years, and died in the odour of sanctity. Kereopa, the blood-stained apostle of Te Ua, remained with Te Kooti till the last, but, not being so lucky, was captured and hung, remarking at the time that he had always known he would have an unfortunate end, as when he swallowed the Rev. Mr Volkner’s eyes one of them stuck in his throat. And now my yarn is finished, as I think I have told you sufficient to give you some sort of an idea of what the colonial irregular forces went through while flattening out the North Island of New Zealand so as to render it safe for white settlers to occupy and dwell therein. I must, however, ask you to understand that I have only told you of the small portion of fighting that I took part in myself, for the war raged in many places at the same time, so that I am clearly not to blame for being unable to give you a full account of all the fighting, as it was impossible for me to be in half-a-dozen localities at once. So trusting to your charity that you will be to the few merits of his book ever kind, and to its manifold faults a little blind, Dick Burke bids you so-long. Kiora tatau. INDEX Ahikereru, 327, 345, 352 Arawa, 252, 345, 346, 356, 357, 378, 392 Bent, Kimball, 91, 92, 158, 218 Broughton, Mr, 154 Buck, Captain, 235, 236, 237 Buck, 61, 70, 132, 142, 176, 181 Butler, Lieutenant-Colonel, 55, 56, 57, 73, 84, 86, 130 Cameron, Sir Duncan, 34, 35, 43, 253, 325 Chatham Islands, 27, 45, 277, 278 Chute, Sir Trevor, 35, 54, 69, 95, 115, 128, 160 Cracroft, Captain, R.N., 41 De Feugeron, Pierre, 59, 62, 63, 65, 66, 70, 76, 79, 100, 155, 175, 176, 289, 306, 390 Egan, Tim, 28, 31, 52, 57, 65, 67, 70, 78, 88, 102, 125, 132, 176, 247, 306 Egmont, Mount, 67, 75, 95 Featherstone, Dr, 112 Fraser, Colonel, 299 Fulloon, Mr, 27 Galatea, Fort, 353, 354 Gate Pah, 42, 253, 256 Grace, Rev. Mr, 25 Grey, Sir George, 18, 45 Haggarty, Trooper, 170, 210 Hassard, Colonel, 85, 91, 92 Hau Haus, 14, 17, 22, 27, 35, 44, 49, 74, 75, 83, 99, 103, 140, 152, 163, 210, 216, 255, 264 Hepanaia, 20, 21, 22, 211 Herrick, Colonel, 328, 346, 357, 359, 361 Heruiwi, 354 Hirini te Karu, 25