118 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. V. 
with the few devoted followers who had refused to 
desert him, the conquest which had been imi)ossible to 
the whole body when divided by Rauperaha^ envious 
intrigues. 
E Ahu Karamu returned to Taupo, and related to 
the rest of his tribe how fine an opening had been made 
for them on the sea-coast, dwelling on the advantages 
to be derived from fishing and trading with the White 
men. He bore Rauperaha^ invitation to the other 
chiefs to lead their men to Cook's Strait, where he 
would assign them a part of his conquest to enjoy and 
maintain, while they assisted him in crushing the 
remains of the insurgents about Rangitiki and Mana- 
watu. The conflicting opinions as to the expediency of 
this course were peremptorily terminated by E Ahu, 
who ordered his young men to burn the houses at 
Taupo ; and the Ngatiraukawa migrated in successive 
bodies to the coast. Rauperaha then proceeded with 
their assistance to crush the remains of the aboriginal 
tribes; and only spared the lives of the few Muopoko 
now existing in that neighbourhood at the urgent en- 
treaty of TVatanui, a great chief of the Ngatiraukawa, 
to leave them as slaves for him. 
Manawatu, Ohau, and Otaki, and the shores of the 
Horowenua and several adjacent lakes, were occupied 
by these recent allies. 
In the mean while, RauperaJia had crossed the Strait, 
and carried destruction among the peaceful inhabitants 
of the Pelorus and other parts of the opposite coast, as 
I have previously related. 
Early in 1826, Te Pehi went on board an English 
ship which was going through the Strait ; and obbiined, 
by his perseverance and energy, the object which he 
had most at heart, — namely, a passage to England, in 
order to bring back, like his old conqueror Hongi, a 
