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advice and urgent entreaty of Te Heuheu and Whatanui, a peace was 
made, which was not again broken until the fighting at Kirititonga, which 
(as will be mentioned in the sequel) took place on the day before the 
arrival of the “Tory.” Immediately after peace had been solemnly ratified 
the parties divided, the Ngatiraukawa proceeding to re-occupy their former 
settlements around Ohau and Horowhenua, and ‘also the district between ` 
the Manawatu and Rangitikei Rivers, whilst the Ngatiawa retired below 
Waikanae, occupying the various points, including Port Nicholson, in 
which they were ultimately found by the agents of the New Zealand 
Company. Rauparaha, however, was so much grieved at what had taken 
place, and more particularly at the defection of that part of his own tribe 
which had joined the Ngatiawa during the recent struggle, that he determined 
to accompany Te Heuheu back to Maungatautari, and settle there for the 
remainder of his days. In pursuance of this resolve, he collected his more 
immediate followers and proceeded as far as Ohau, where, however, he was 
overtaken by messengers from Otaki and Kapiti, urging him to abandon his 
resolution and to remain with his people. In this request they were joined 
by Te Heuheu, and after much discussion and persuasion he consented to 
their request, returning to Kapiti, after taking leave of his great ally. 
This was the last great struggle in which Rauparaha was engaged, but it 
seems that during the intervals of rest between his various more important 
undertakings, he was ever mindful of the treacherous attempt of the Muaupoko 
to murder him, and of the actual slaughter of his children, and had unceasingly 
persecuted the remnant of this tribe, until at last they, as well as the 
Ngatiapa and Rangitane, sought the protection of Te Whatanui. In the 
words of Te Kepa Rangihiwinui (better known as Major Kemp), son of 
Tunguru, one of the chiefs of the Muaupoko, who had been concerned in the 
murder, “ Whatanui took them under his protection, and promised that 
nothing should reach them but the rain from heaven y meaning that he would ` 
stand between them and the long-nursed and ever-burning wrath of Te 
Rauparaha. The latter unwillingly yielded to the wishes of his great kinsman, 
and from that time ceased directly to molest these unfortunate people, who 
were suffered again to occupy part of their original territory in the neighbour- 
hood of Lake Horowhenua; not as a tribe, however, but simply in the 
character of tributaries, if not actual slaves, to Whatanui. In the words of 
Matene Te Whiwhi, “ Rauparaha was anxious to exterminate Muaupoko, but 
Whatanui interfered. Some had been taken prisoners, but others were living . 
dispersed in the mountains. When they came to Horowhenua, they came 
like wild dogs; if they had been seen they would have been caught and 
killed. There was one there, a woman of rank, whose possessions had covered 
all Otaki, and who had been a slave of mine. She was the wife of Te Kooku. 
