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" of tobacco to any of us, and counted upon my know- 
*' ing nothing of this. I have taken care, however, 
** that he should not gain for TVanganui people the 
" name of robbing you under pretence of a fair hoka 
" Q bargain')." 
On the afternoon of the 29th, I told the assembled 
chiefs that I could not accede to their request, but 
should proceed on the next day to the northward. 
They then determined that JE Kuril should accom- 
pany the Ngatiawa fleet to the south, and urge upon 
Colonel Wakefield the completion of his bargain. Hei 
Turoa, and Wide-awake, took me up to the top of 
the cliiF, from which a wide view of the country on 
the west bank was obtained, as well as of the valley 
in which Putikiwaranui is situated, of two or three 
miles of the river's course above that spot, and of 
the distant mountains of Tonga Jiiro and Taranaki. 
On the summit a carved and half-burnt post marked the 
site of an ancient j9a, whence the assembled tribes of this 
district had formerly resisted the passage of the Ngati- 
awa across the mouth of the river. The three chiefs 
begged me to carve the name of my matua, or " parent," 
as they called Colonel Wakefield, on this post ; in order 
that his name might keep the land for him, as his child 
refused to do so. They said they wanted to prove to 
Mr. Williams, should he return to buy the land, to 
whom they had really promised it. I did as they re- 
quested me ; and then passed over in a canoe, with all 
my goods, chattels, and retinue, to the opposite shore, 
where some of the boys had already pitched the tent. 
I was a good deal annoyed this night by mosquitoes ; 
the air being warm and heavy. 
In the morning I made agreements with a body of 
carriers, including one or two of those who had ac- 
companied me from Port Nicholson ; and started over 
