S8. ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. II, 
at this spot. On the retreat of the invaders, the 
Ngatiawa, or aboriginal tribe, determined on seeking 
a new country, free Irom the incursions of the enemies 
whom they had only repulsed with great loss to their 
own ranks. Barrett had married the daughter of one 
of their principal chiefs, by whom he has several chil- 
dren. He and his comrades accompanied the Nga- 
tiawa in their migration to the shores of Cook's 
Strait, which Rauperaka and Te Pehi had conquered 
and depopulated when those chiefs migrated from 
Kawia about the year 1825. This was about the year 
1834. Some of the Ngatiawa had settled on the 
shores of Queen Charlotte's Sound, some in Blind 
Bay, others at Port Nicholson, and along the coast of 
the North Island, between that and Kapiti. Constant 
quarrels had occurred between the original conquerors, 
who chiefly belong to the Ngatitoa tribe, and their 
more numerous successors. Rauperaka s party took 
up their residence chiefly at Kapiti, Admiralty Bay, 
Mana, or Table Island, and Cloudy Bay. They are 
often called the Kawia ; and they had been assisted, 
we learnt, in their attacks on the Ngatiawa by a tribe 
of natives called the fVaikorapupu, or " boiling- water," 
who live on the mainland north of Kapiti. The ac- 
quaintance and assistance of Dicky Barrett promised 
to be most advantageous to us, as he was related by his 
wife to all the influential chiefs living at Port Nichol- 
son. This was one of the spots to which the instruc- 
tions of the Company particularly directed the attention 
of their agent, as being likely, from the descrij)tion 
given by Nayti and other persons who had visited it, 
to prove a suitable spot for the establishment of the 
future colony. Barrett's account fully confirmed this 
idea ; and he, after having been made acquainted with 
our views and projects, expressed himself willing to 
