184 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. Vir. 
CHAPTER VII. 
Shipping and tents in sight — We land — Greetings — Colonel Wake- 
field's journey — Overland path — Roman Catholic converts — Ko- 
rorareka in the Bay of Islands — Hire of the Guide and her crew 
— Port Hardy — Native raillery — D'Urville's Island — Voyage in 
whale-boat — Welcome by natives — Arrival of emigrants — Rival* 
in buying land— Mr. Tod — The Rev. Henry Williams — Richard 
Davis, the native missionary — Dispute between missions — The 
massacre oiPuakawa — Sincere regrets — Colonists from Australia 
— Authority of native chiefs employed against lawless White 
men — First squatting — Good class of colonists — The settlement 
like an extensive pic-nic — Friendliness of the natives — Their 
first doubts and fears — How removed — Native-built house, or 
ware — The tent of an Eastern traveller — The hut of an Austra- 
lian " over-lander"— Cattle from Sydney — Proclamation by the 
Governor of New South Wales against further land-sharking — 
Committee of colonists — Why and how formed — Provisional 
Constitution — Agreement — Flood — The Cuba — Weather — Squa- 
dron arrives — Bank — Salute — Canoe procession — Ratification of 
Constitution by Native Chiefs. 
We soon distinguished with great delight some large 
vessels at anchor between the island and the main ; 
and, when nearer, shouted with joy as we made out 
white tents and new reed-houses along the line of 
beach at the foot of the Hutt valley. At about 9 
A.M. we anchored north of Somes's Island, close to a 
newly-arrived emigrant ship. Two others, apparently 
discharged, also lay in the anchorage. Landing op- 
posite Pitone, I was delighted to meet Colonel Wake- 
field, safe and well. He was accompanied by Captain 
William Mein Smith of the Royal Artillery, to whom 
he introduced me as the Surveyor-General of the New 
Zealand Land Company. We were also greeted by 
