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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 Kangitikei 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 ;" 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 sufiered 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. 



