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stock of fire-arms from that country. He left his son 
Te H'lko o te rangi, or " the Lightning of Heaven," to 
take his station among the tribe. The details of 
Pehzs sojourn in England are related at full length in 
another work.* 
During Pehi's ahsence Rauperahds influence was 
greatly increased by his talents for intrigue ; Hiko being 
but a young man, and of too little experience and 
authority to lead warriors or to wield the affairs t)f 
numerous allied tribes. 
Fehi returned from England without having ob- 
tained a large present of fire-arms ; but with a strong 
disposition to adopt civilized customs and to encourage 
the friendship and society of the White man. Had he 
lived to this day, he would probably have been a pow- 
erful instrument in the task of improving his numerous 
followers. 
Soon after his return he proceeded to Banks's Penin- 
sula in the Middle Island, in order to procure some 
greenstone or ponamu from the Ngahitau living there, 
with whom a truce was then existing. He was 
treacherously attacked, killed, and eaten, by those 
among whom he had trusted himself with the most 
implicit confidence. 
It was to revenge his death that Rauperaha under- 
took, in 1830, the expedition which has attracted so 
much attention, because an Englishman lent his aid in 
all ways to the bloody and revolting scenes by which it 
was distinguished. 
Stewart, the captain of the brig Elizabeth, trading 
from Sydney to New Zealand, and another White 
savage who acted as supercargo of the vessel, agreed to 
take Rauperaha with Hiko and a body of their followers 
* ' The New Zealanders,' published in the Library of Enter- 
taining Knowledge, 1830 (Account of Tupai Cupa). 
