d, but as the Hau-Haus rushed forward they fired a
volley into them at close quarters, killing several. But they still came
on, when Tamehana again rushed at them. Seizing the spear of a dead man
he drove it into the heart of a Hau-Hau. Catching up the gun and
tomahawk of the fallen man, he drove the latter so deeply into the head
of another foe that in wrenching it out the handle was broken. Finding
that the gun was unloaded, he dashed it in the face of his foes, and
snatching up another he was about to fire, when a bullet struck him in
the arm. Nevertheless he fired and killed his man, but the next moment
was brought to the ground by a bullet that shattered his knee.

"At this moment Hainoma, who commanded the reserve, came up with them,
with the fugitives whom he had succeeded in rallying. They fired a
volley, and then charged down upon the Hau-Haus with their tomahawks.
After a desperate fight the enemy were driven in confusion to the upper
end of the island, where they rushed into the water and attempted to
swim to the right bank. The prophet was recognized among the swimmers.
One of the Wanganui plunged in after him, overtook him just as he
reached the opposite bank, and in spite of the prophet uttering the
magic words that should have paralysed his assailant, killed him with
his tomahawk and swam back with the body to Hainoma."

"They seem to have been two serious affairs," Mr. Renshaw said; "but as
the Hau-Haus were defeated in each we may hope that we have heard the
last of them, for as both the prophets were killed the belief in the
invulnerability of Te Ua's followers must be at an end."

"I wish I could think so," Mr. Mitford said; "but it is terribly hard to
kill a superstition. Te Ua will of course say that the two prophets
disobeyed his positive instructions and thus brought their fate upon
themselves, and the incident may therefore rather strengthen than
decrease his influence. The best part of the business in my mind is that
some of the tribes have thrown in their lot on our side, or if not
actually on our side at any rate against the Hau-Haus. After this we
need hardly fear any general action of the natives against us. There are
all sorts of obscure alliances between the tribes arising from
marriages, or from their having fought on the same side in some far-back
struggle. The result is that the tribes who have these alliances with
the Wanganui will henceforth range themselves on the same side, or will