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Nicholson, but were driven thence by the Nga-te- 

 awa, with whom, however, they have lately made a 

 peace, which is likely to last. 



There is only one mission-station at Turanga ; 

 but the natives are a very industrious people, and 

 rapidly progressing in civilization. 



XL and XII. The Rangitani and Nga-haitao. 

 These were the tribes which Captain Cook met at 

 Queen Charlotte's Sound. To judge from the re- 

 mains of their pas, they must have been very numer- 

 ous, and great slaughter must have taken place when 

 the Nga-te-awa, under Tu-pahi and Rauparaha, 

 conquered them. The only remains of the tribe are 

 some slaves at the Oieri or Pylorus river, and a small 

 independent tribe at Otago, on the eastern coast of 

 the middle island, which still musters about 300 

 fighting men, and their number may amount to 1200 : 

 they are in a very forward state of civilization. There 

 are no natives besides these in the middle island, and 

 none in the Southern, or Stewart's Island, with the 

 exception of some brought there from other parts, 

 and living with the whalers. 



In this census I do not pretend to anything like 

 accuracy; but I have visited nearly all the tribes 

 myself, and if, as I think is the case, the data which 

 I obtained of the number of fighting men and the 

 average of the rest of the population are to be relied 

 on, my estimate is entitled to some credit. When 

 I had seen only the coasts, and compared what I 

 saw with the exaggerated estimates of some navi- 



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