Chap. IV. CONTENTMENT OF NATIVES. ^ 
At the conclusion of the hakay we were served from 
the ovens with the joints of a pig, which had been 
sacrificed for the occasion, and the whole assemblage 
partook of an ample meal. We drank the healths of 
the chiefs and people of Port Nicholson in bumpers of 
champagne, and, christening the flag-staff, took formal 
possession of the harbour and district for the New 
Zealand Land Company, amidst the hearty cheers of the 
mixed spectators. The whole scene passed with the 
greatest harmony, and we were sensibly struck by the 
remarkable good feeling evinced towards us by the 
natives. 
This disposition continued unabated during the three 
days more that we remained at this place. The na- 
tives, whether chieftains, inferiors, or slaves, treated us 
with the greatest kindness and affection. Warepori 
suggested that a deputation should proceed in the ship 
to assist us in buying the district of Taranaki, from 
which they were driven, and of which all who had 
been there, whether natives or White men, spoke in the 
highest terms. He also spoke of a flat and fertile dis- 
trict to the eastward, called Wairarapa, which opens 
into Palliser Bay. He declared it tapu for Colonel 
Wakefield, and swore by his head that no one else 
should have any of it till he had been to see it. 
Barrett told us that it answered his description, and 
had a fresh-water stream running through it into 
Palliser Bay. 
Epum?> eldest son, E IVare^ and a young chief named 
TuaraUy nephew of a former head chief of the Nga- 
tiawa tribes, were selected to go with us to Taranakiy 
and took up their berths on board. E TVare had ac- 
companied Captain Chafters in a surveying expedition 
in one of the boats during the last week, of which an 
excellent chart of the harbour was the result. As 
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