Kei tahuna he ahi, kei pūhia rānei he manu hei kai, kua kitea rātau e ngā hōia Pākehā. Nō tētehi pō, ka puta rātau i ngā putanga hōia. I te piri o te ara ki ngā tūtei, ka rongohia atu rātau e taki kōrero ana. Ka kautū haere mā te repo, kātahi ka whakawhiti i te moana o Waikare mā te waka (TTR 1990:212). / They could not light fires or shoot birds for food in case they were discovered by the Pākehā troops. One night they slipped through the soldiers' lines, moving so close to the sentries that they could hear them talking. They waded through a swamp, then crossed Lake Waikare by canoe.

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