Maori Chief Kereopa hated missionaries and all their works. Himself strictly an eye-for-an-eye man, he had vowed to get even with the men of God ever since an overzealous missionary had locked his relatives in a church which had then accidentally burned down before anyone could unlock the doors. So one day in 1865, when Kereopa happened on the Rev. Carl Volkner in a lonely spot, he killed him, taking care to eat the dead man's eyes so the ghost would not stare at him. The New Zealand Government promptly offered a £1,000 reward for the murderer, and several...
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