Chap. V. ^/JTO— NEGOTIATIONS. />. IS* 
until the 21st, when they came off, and the proposition 
was again made to them of purchasing the whole of 
their rights and claims of whatever sort to land on 
both sides of the Strait. 
They again discussed the matter very fully, and 
asked to look at the goods. This was complied with ; 
and though they evidently considered the quantity as 
far beyond anything they had yet seen or heard of in 
payment for a thing so great a drug as land, they could 
not refrain from haggling and bargaining for an addi- 
tion to the heap. Hiko requested more soap, women's 
clothing, slates, and such useful articles ; while Rau- 
per aha and his party pressed for more fire-arms and 
powder. This was arranged, after some trouble and 
disagreement ; and Colonel Wakefield proceeded to 
explain to them, by means of the interpreter, the whole 
force of the bargain into which he wished to enter with 
them. A plan of those parts of the two islands over 
which their conquests extended was carefully examined 
by them ; and it was fully explained to them that, after 
this transaction, they would have no more land, or 
rights over land of any sort to sell, and that they 
could not receive any further payment whatever here- 
after for any land if they joined in this agreement. 
They were also told that a suitable portion for the 
maintenance of the chiefs, with their families and suc- 
cessors, would be made tapu for them for ever; and 
that those natives who worked for the White people 
would be paid by them for their labour. All this was 
repeated to them over and over again in different forms, 
till they showed themselves perfectly acquainted with the 
bargain which they were to accept or refuse. They 
ended by agreeing fully to every provision ; and Raupe- 
raha dictated to me the native names of all the places 
on both coasts to which they had any claim, whether 
