Kātahi ka tahuti a Te Rio, tae ki te awa ki Waitōtara ka kau tāhoe atu tōna hōiho ka whiti ki tētahi taha, ki te taha ki Whanganui, e piki ake ana i te tahataha ka tū te hōiho i te matā; ko ia hoki ka tū anō i tōna hūhā katau (TWM 4/2/1865:2). / Then Te Rio fled and on reaching the river at Waitōtara his horse swam across to the other side, the Whanganui side, and as it was climbing the bank the horse was hit by a bullet and he was also wounded in his right thigh.

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