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is known by the present generation. It is, however, 
supposed that they all died, either by disease or starva¬ 
tion. Thus perished the wonderful man who is said to 
have brought this island into existence, and with him 
all the family. 
The next person their history informs us of is Kupe, 
who it seems was the greatest man of his party. This 
man came with his grandfather, Marutawiti, and his 
brother-in-law, Hoturapa, and several others. Their 
object in coming to this land is stated to be a survey of 
the island, and to return again. Nothing of the land 
from which they sailed is known. Kupe is said to have 
left his brother-in-law at the East Cape, but to have 
brought away secretly his brother-in-law’s wives, and to 
have taken them as his own. Of the places at which he 
touched in his voyage round the North Cape very little is 
known; it is, however, generally admitted by Waikato 
natives that he touched at Manukau Heads, and striking 
the rock Paratutai at the entrance with his paddle, 
he left the print of the paddle in the rock, which is 
to be seen at the present time. It is also stated 
that Kupe, through the influence of his gods, raised a 
rough sea on the western coast to prevent his brother-in- 
law from pursuing after him on account of his wives 
whom he had taken away, and that that is the reason 
why a much rougher sea is experienced on the western 
coast than on the eastern. The party having left Manu¬ 
kau Heads, proceeded on towards Kawliia, which place 
they reached; but nothing remarkable happened there. 
Nothing is known of what became of them after leav¬ 
ing that place. It is, however, supposed that they 
returned to the land from whence they came, though 
it is said some of the party remained on the island. 
Subsequent to the party just mentioned, another ar¬ 
rived in four canoes, some of which are said to have been 
