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encouraged them by reminding them that they were 
now armed, and in a position to defend themselves, 
should they be attacked by Rauperaha and the " Boiling- 
*' water " tribes. He dwelt on the promotion in caste 
which they would by this means obtain, as " each man 
" that fell would now be buried with his musket and 
" cartouch-box, and be mourned over as a warrior that 
" died with arms in his hands." He thus eloquently 
conciliated those who had been a little jealous of the 
unequal partition ; and when one of the missionary 
teachers came forward to reproach him for not having 
kept half the land for the White missionaries expected 
from the north, he administered a severe rebuke to his 
assailant, which was loudly applauded by the listening 
multitude. 
" How can you," retorted he, " who are a child, 
" reprove me for anything that I have done ? Jf I had 
" sold the land to the White missionaries, might they 
** not have sold it again to Pf^iwi* (Frenchmen) or 
** Americans ? This rangatira-hoia (soldier-chief)," 
he continued, " will bring many English from their 
** country, and how could they live with a hostile tribe ? 
*' They are not all Englishmen that come from Europe : 
** there is a White man on board the ship who is not 
^* English : I know him by his tongue." This was in 
allusion to Dr. Dieffenbach. We were rather sur- 
prised to find so much knowledge of nations and pre- 
ference for the English in TVareporis mind ; but he 
had most likely acquired it among the flax-traders, and 
during his visit to Sydney. 
He concluded his speech, after getting into the boat, 
by saying that his wish had been to satisfy everybody, 
and that he had kept nothing for himself; that he 
should learn English, and go to England. He laid 
♦ This name is probably derived from " Oui ! oui !" 
