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in order to bring the Christian natives into collision with the 
military ; the Pntiki natives, with a very laudable desire of 
vindicating their character, went and arrested the murderers, 
four of whom were executed, this act caused the smothered 
flames of war to break out ; a large hostile force, amounting 
to five hundred men, was soon collected, which commenced 
with burning the houses of out-settlers, and slaughtering their 
cattle ; but after a few months, war passed away, and peace 
revisited us. I therefore lost no time in again paying Taupo a 
visit ; the Tokanu natives, according to their promise, had 
sent two of their Chiefs to the Nga ti ruanui, and had made 
peace : they were very kindly and hospitably received, and 
the long feud which had existed between their respective 
tribes, was terminated. Here, then, were the first fruits of 
Manihera* s death seen — it caused peace. 
I took with me to Taupo a young Chief named Piripi, 
from Waokena, the successor to Manihera, as teacher of 
his place, that he might return the visit of the Tokanu 
Chief, the Nga ti ruanui, however, would not permit him 
to go, unless he went in my company ; we safely reached 
Tokanu, and a feast was made in honor of our arrival ; I 
found a very different feeling to that formerly displayed ; all 
expressed a desire for instruction. I proposed, therefore, 
as a token of their sincerity, that we should go and hold 
service by the martyrs* graves ; they agreed to my wish, and 
the inhabitants in a body accompanied me there ; we passed 
by the spot where they fell, which was marked, as already 
said, by two hollow places. On reaching the graves, I 
preached to the assembly ; the sight was affecting : there 
were the memorials of the deed before us, and there were 
the perpetrators of it, with downcast heads and tearful eyes, 
listening to that Gospel which Manihera and his companion 
came to proclaim ; they reminded me of Saul, once con- 
senting to the death of Stephen, afterwards a convert to the 
same faith, which he had before opposed. 
We returned to the pa, and Huiatahi, the murderer, him- 
self proposed a Missionary should be sent to his place at 
Rotoaira, and be stationed at Poutu, where he would give a 
