CHAP. III.] NATIVE TRIBES. 101 



England), related to the Nga-te-raukaua, and by 

 his wife to the other tribes of the Nga-te-awa, and, 

 from his relationship to both, is always chosen as 

 peacemaker, for which office, moreover, he is well 

 qualified by personal inclination and talent. In this 

 case, however, he did not succeed, and soon returned 

 to his own island. 



Such is man in his barbarous state! Though 

 endowed with many good qualities, his charities are 

 exclusively confined to his own tribe, which is, in 

 fact, composed of his blood relations. His neigh- 

 bours, inhabiting the same land and speaking the 

 same language with himself, he generally regards 

 as his natural enemies. 



Rauparaha soon left Evans's Island, in order to 

 go to his own : he promised to come to the ship in 

 the morning, after we had succeeded in quieting his 

 fears as to the natives we had on board. 



The following morning I went to Waikanahi. 

 The spot where the affray had taken place presented 

 a mournful sight: sixteen of the tribe had been 

 killed in the battle, and many severely wounded. 

 I was almost the whole day occupied with the latter, 

 who submitted with great fortitude to the operations 

 which I found necessary. Only one man, whose 

 leg was smashed to pieces, preferred death to ampu- 

 tation. In bearing pain the New Zealander is cer- 

 tainly not inferior to a European, although he does 

 not show that stoical indifference to suffering so 

 highly valued by the Indians of America. 



