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TE RAUPARAHA AND RANGIHAEATL. 
sign of regard, and caused his body to be buried ; but when 
they left, the people of the place who had fled dug it up and 
ate it. 
In the morning, Taiaroa and Bloody Jack returned, taking 
Wakapiri, the son of Puoho, with them as a slave ; he was 
treated, however, as his son, and afterwards dismissed with 
a handsome present of two green-stone meres , and a piece of 
land, as an atonement for his fathers death. This was the 
end of the war, and from that period another power began 
to be felt, which soon made a remarkable change in that part 
of the country. 
A Missionary had been located at Kapiti, brought by Rau- 
paraha's own son, and he sent that young Chief to preach the 
Gospel to Taiaroa, peace and tranquillity was the result; this 
great change was thus effected, some of the young Chiefs 
had begun to be disgusted with war, amongst these were 
Tamihana Katu and Matene te Whiwhi o te Rangi, the 
former being the son of Te Rauparaha, the latter his nephew, 
they were the two most influential young Chiefs of their 
respective tribes, and determined to put an end to these con- 
tinual wars, having heard of the preaching of the Gospel in the 
north, and that through it fighting there had ceased, they 
resolved to go to the Bay of Islands, and obtain a Missionary 
for their end of the island — a very bold and hazardous 
undertaking ; for the Ngapuhi were their sworn enemies, on 
account of their Chief, Te Wairo, whose death had not been 
forgotten, the recollection of it caused the death of Pehi, and 
many of their Chiefs at Waharaupo; still, they determined 
to go, and much honor is due to them, for even their own 
parents were opposed to their going, embarking in a whaling 
vessel, they safely reached the Bay of Islands ; this was in the 
end of 1838. Their arrival was most opportune, and evidently 
timed by Providence, for when their request was refused from 
the inability of sparing one from the little Missionary band, or 
the unwillingness of any to proceed to so savage a part, the 
two young Chiefs declared, they would not return without 
one, and their constancy was rewarded ; for whilst they thus 
persisted in staying, a fresh Missionary arrived, who had 
