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ground, with his wife Etope, wrapped up in mats 

 and blankets, and painted with red ochre. He is 

 between fifty and sixty years old, with remarkably 

 Jewish features, an aquiline nose, and a cunning 

 physiognomy. His manner was very restless ; he 

 was rather sparing of his words, and seemed much 

 depressed at the issue of the battle. He was very 

 generally considered to have been the instigator of 

 this contest, and the secret supporter of the Nga-te- 

 raukaua. However, he denied the charge, and said 

 he wished for peace. There seemed, however, to be 

 no reason to doubt the truth of the accusation, as 

 he bears an old hatred to the Nga-te-awa, although 

 belonging to the same tribe ; not, however, to that 

 clan of it which was engaged in this fray. At all 

 events, Rauparaha seemed in this case to have played 

 the dangerous game of keeping on good terms with 

 both parties. He had gone out on the morning of 

 the battle in his canoe towards Waikanahi to await 

 the issue, and, perhaps, to partake of the spoil ; but 

 he returned when he saw that the Nga-te-awa de- 

 fended themselves manfully against the superior 

 force of the Nga-te-raukaua. Rauparaha is related 

 to the latter, through his present wife ; but many 

 others of his clan, amongst them E Hiko and 

 Rangihiro, are more closely connected with the Nga- 

 te-awa, and are unwilling to join Rauparaha in 

 his enmity against them. On the morning of the 

 affray Hiko had been sent for to prevent the battle. 

 This chief is, ;tA by his father Tupahi (who visited 



