Te Rou, or, The Maori at Home
Contents
- Te Rou; OrThe Maori at Home
- Chapter I. Introductory—The Origin of Hokianga
- Chapter II. News of the Murders at Otu Pah, and Council of Revenge p. 10
- Chapter III. Summoning Allies to Take Revenge p. 28
- Chapter IV. Preparations for Defence at Otu, and Feast of the Slain p. 46
- Chapter V. The Allies Gather to Te Roto p. 54
- Chapter VI. The Night Before The Attack—Pipo's Love-Tale p. 65
- Chapter VII. The Attack and Capture of Otu Pah p. 114
- Chapter VIII. The Return To Te Roto Next Day p. 130
- Chapter IX. The Evening Meal—Pani's Wound and Its Payment p. 138
- Chapter X. The Watchers of The Dead—Kino and The Woman of Six Husbands—A Woman's Quarrel and its Consequences p. 145
- Chapter XI. Rou's Indignation At The Burial Of His Slain Enemies—his Dissertation On How Public Opinion Is Led, And His Vow Of Revenge p. 177
- Chapter XII. The Allies Returning to Their Home—The Escape of a Captive p. 196
- Chapter XIII. Their Arrival at Home, and Their Reception There p. 207
- Chapter XIV. The Purification of the Corpse-Bearers p. 215
- Chapter XV. Cooking a Dead Slave p. 222
- Chapter XVI. How a Man has Two Old Women Forced on Him as Wives p. 234
- Chapter XVII. An Insulted Wife Driven to Suicide, and The Slave's Revenge on the Husband p. 258
- Chapter XVIII. The Burial and Burial Rites of Those Who Died in Battle p. 264
- Chapter XIX. Heta Wins His Wife Aramita p. 276
- Chapter XX. The Search For The Suicide Wife And Murdered Husband p. 288
- Chapter XXI. The Finding of The Bodies p. 295
- Chapter XXII. A Debate on the Power of Disembodied Spirits p. 301
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Chapter XXIII p. 310
- Evening Tales p. 310
- “The Two Brothers.” p. 314
- “The Boy Who Swallowed a Live Eel.” p. 316
- “The Two Rivals.” p. 319
- “Two Moths and Two Lizards.” p. 322
- “How Hamu Got His Wife.” p. 327
- Chapter XXIV. The Old Priest's Death, Attendant Rites, And Abandonment Of The Settlement p. 331