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boat, went boldly in after the fish, fastened, ran, and 
killed her, all in the surf. 
This remarkable decision and courage has also dis- 
tinguished them in their disagreements with the na- 
tives. Early in 1843, Rauperaha and Rangihaeata, 
intent upon plunder, picked a quarrel with a man 
named " Long George " who headed a small two-boat 
station on the main island of Kapiti. They surprised 
him one morning, attended by their retinue, and took 
away everything that he had, including his boats, to 
Rauperaha^ island. He managed to communicate with 
the two large whaling-stations. The head of that on 
Evans's Island refused to interfere, dreading the inter- 
vention of the Magistrates at Wellington. The heads- 
men of that at Te Kau o te rangi seem to have known 
how groundless such fears were, and settled the affair 
with promptitude and effect. They filled two or three 
boats with men armed with lances, harjxjons, spades, 
or old rusty muskets, and pulled straight down to Rau^ 
perahas island. 
He came out on the beach as they approached, and 
began " bouncing," as it is called, and asking their in- 
tentions. 
" We'll show you when we're ashore!" answered 
they ; and jumping out of their boats, they surrounded 
him and Rangihaeata with their dangerous wea}>ons, 
and demanded instant restitution of everything that had 
been taken. 
The request was immediately granted, as well as the 
additionally submissive terms of making the natives 
themselves launch the boats and put the other goods 
into them. They then left the humbled ruffians, with 
a promise to drive them right away from Kapiti if they 
committed another like offence. 
In some of the stations, the common men are all 
