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cask of tobacco, than for the contents divided into 
many small portions, and exchanged against single 
pigs. My uncle, on becoming aware of the difficulty, at 
once gave them a sixth case, which made things quite 
smooth. 
Tf^arepori placed equal portions of all the other 
goods on each of the musket-cases, till they were ex- 
j)ended. He reserved but little for himself; keeping 
some powder and cartridges, in order to be ready for 
war. Several of the other chiefs showed equal disin- 
terestedness, and declared that their principal object 
was to get white people to live among them. A hand- 
some young man, named E Tako, who was nearly 
related to Mrs. Barrett, received the share for his 
father, the chief of Pipitea and Kurnu toto, two conti- 
guous settlements at the south-west end of the harbour ; 
and he arrayed himself in a good suit of clothes 
selected from the heap. He had taken an active and 
eager part in promoting the agreement, and bringing it 
to a conclusion. Old '* Dog's-ear " received the share 
for his settlement, which is called Kai TVara JJ^ara ; 
Epuni received that for Pitone j TVarepon himself 
took charge of the portion assigned to his immediate 
followers at Nga haurangUy and dispatched a share 
which had been made purposely smaller to the pa Te 
Aro, the most southerly of the settleinents, where a 
tributary tribe, called the TaranaM, had their habita- 
tion. The sixth share was assigned to Puakawa and 
his followers, who had determined, when they saw the 
others receiving their shares satisfactorily, to desist 
from any further opposition. He accordingly took 
charge of the goods, and, though in silence, followed 
the example of the others. 
I had prepared a deed according to Colonel Wake- 
field's instructions, nearly in the words of some deeds 
