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one of the canoes, the one who did not get it felt 
so mortified, that he determined he would go up to 
the pa, and allow those in it to shoot him: but 
when he got there, he found that there were only one or 
two old women left, whom he killed, and then returned 
and brought the news to the camp. They had all departed 
in the night. Hongi and the whole army pursued after 
them, and overtook them in a wood, between Ilokianga 
and Wangaroa : a good deal of skirmishing took place ; 
but it is supposed there were not many killed. 
Hongi, however, was wounded, and died of the wound 
about twelve months afterwards. Hongi’s party took 
possession of the place, and have retained it ever since : 
but the two tribes were broken up, and the fugitives 
reside at Ilokianga amongst other tribes; nor have they 
been able, in the smallest degree, to assert their inde¬ 
pendence. Some part of the Ngapukis fitted out several 
other small expeditions to Waikato, but returned in 
disgrace. About 1830 a battle w r as fought in the open 
field between the natives of Matamata (a part of Wai¬ 
kato) and a part of the Thames tribe (before they had 
returned to the Thames): both parties were equal in 
numbers and arms; about 80 fell—the loss being nearly 
equal on both sides. Battles were frequently fought 
between the East Cape natives; but I am acquainted with 
very little more than the bare fact. I have said nothing 
about the aftair or skirmish in which Wareumu w r as 
killed at Hokianga, in March, 1828; for though there 
was considerable alarm excited at the time, and many 
fears were entertained how the matter would end, yet it 
passed off without any thing taking place. The battle at 
Kororarika took place about the beginning of 1830. 
This w r as desperate while it lasted, both parties being 
closely engaged: there were about 100 killed in that 
affair. The Ngapuhis ? expedition toTauranga in 1831 and 
