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her door and come out, and the moment she 
ascended the companion she was cut down. 
The noise occasioned by her fall alarmed the 
people that were in bed, who, running on deck 
in disorder, were all killed as they went up the 
companion, except four or five who ran up the 
rigging and remained there till daylight. 
The next morning Te Pahi appeared along¬ 
side in a canoe, and was much offended at what 
had happened, but was not permitted to inter¬ 
fere or remain near the ship. The unfortunate 
men in the rigging called to him and implored 
his protection, of which he assured them if 
they could make their way to his canoe. This 
they at last succeeded in doing, and, although 
threatened by the other Maoris, the old man 
landed the white men on the nearest point. 
But the moment they reached the shore they 
were surrounded, and Te Pahi was forcibly held 
while the murder of the unhappy fugitives was 
perpetrated. 
Te Pahi, however, who was a chief of great 
renown, was afterwards permitted by the people 
of Whangaroa to take three boatloads of any 
property he chose out of the ship, firearms and 
gunpowder excepted, and the bulk they divided 
