NEW ZEALAND. 401 



After my arrival, I gave the men liberty. Among the first who 

 obtained it was John Sac, a native of New Zealand, and of the 

 neighbourhood of this bay. His native name was Tuatti, and he 

 was a petty chief. He had been some time absent from his country, 

 and had sailed in the Expedition from the United States, was an 

 excellent sailor, a very good fellow, and had been enthusiastic in the 

 praise of his country and countrymen. According to him, there was 

 nothing like New Zealand ; and under this feeling he hired a canoe 

 to take him on shore, for which his countryman charged him three 

 dollars, although half a dollar would have been an exorbitant price. 

 He landed at Tibbey's, and being desirous of going to his friends, 

 wished to engage a canoe to take him about ten miles up one of the 

 rivers, the Kawa-Kawa, where they resided. For this conveyance he 

 was asked £2, nearly a month's pay. Poor John could not submit 

 to this extortion, and was found sitting on a log, greatly mortified, 

 depressed, and incensed at such treatment. He felt the disappoint- 

 ment, and the difference between his actual and anticipated reception. 

 In this state of mind he vowed never to have any thing to do with 

 his countrymen, and formed the resolution of emigrating with his 

 family to Tahiti, where he himself had a wife. 



After John returned on board, he made a proposition to Mr. Wal- 

 dron, in a letter, to purchase the island which he called Motugee, with 

 the territory of Muckatoo, belonging to his father and family, and ex- 

 pressing his belief that they were all opposed to the encroachments of 

 the English, and were determined not to part with their land to them. 



At the time of my visit, which was, as has been seen, immediately 

 after Captain Hobson's arrival, and the signing of the treaty, or 

 cession, it was evident that full seven-eighths of the native population 

 had the same feelings as John expressed in his letter. The circum- 

 stances that have occurred at New Zealand fully prove the necessity 

 of having American citizens as our consuls abroad. Mr. J. R. 

 Clendon, our consul at New Zealand, an independent state, and 

 the only representative of a foreign power whose interest was at 

 stake, was consulted by some of the most powerful and influential 

 chiefs, who had refused to sign the treaty or cession to Great Britain. 

 They came to Mr. Clendon for advice, how they should act, and he 

 admitted that he had advised them to sign, telling them it would be 

 for their good. He himself signed the treaty as a witness, and did 

 all he could to carry it into effect ; but, in doing this, he said he had 

 acted as a private citizen, by request of the Governor, thus separating 



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