114 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. V. 
Previous to 1825 he had lived among his tribe, the 
Ngatitoa, in the neighbourhood of Kot<»i«. Hongi* 
returned from his visit to England in 1820, provided 
with muskets and devoured with restless ambition. 
His followers became, by their possession of fire-arms, 
the most powerful tribe in New Zealand. At their 
head he ravaged the whole northern end of the North 
Island. In consequence of these devastating wars the 
ff^aikato and Kawia tribes pressed upon each other, 
and the latter were obliged to give way in the struggle. 
Raujyeraha had already gained a great name by his 
warlike achievements ; and he was thought worthy of 
a place second only to the head chief Te Pehi in the 
guidance of the expelled tribe, which came southward 
to seize upon a new home. 
Te Pehi K.uj)e was the same man who afterwards 
visited England. He was known in former publications 
by the name of Tupai Cupa, a corruption of his real 
title.f He married a wife of rank from the Ngatiawa 
tribe ; and Rauperaha himself was descended from a 
Ngatiawa mother. The two tribes were consequently 
allied to a considerable degree ; and it was not until 
the Kawia reached the southern boundary of the Ta- 
ranaki district, in which the Ngatiawa dwelt, that 
their migration was arrested by opposition. Beyond 
the habitations of the Ngatiawa they met a population 
comj)osed of various barbarous tribes, for the most part 
the aboriginal occupants of those regions. 
The Ngatiruanui and Ngarauru occupied the coast 
between Cajje Egmont and Pf^anganui. At the latter 
place there was a mixed population, formed of the 
original occupants, the Ngaliruaka and Ngatipa, and 
* Misspelt " Shunghee " in former works. 
•}• Volume of the Library of Entertaining Knowledge, on the 
New Zealander*. London, 1830. 
