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" to US ? Were they missionaries who shook hands 
" and gave the hongi (salute) to my people, and then 
" put them to death ? Why, I am a missionary at 
" that rate ; but my creed is my meri. Will that not 
" be stronger than your puka puka tapu ?" He then 
blamed the missionaries and all White people for being 
the cause of much disagreement among the Maori, and 
severely censured those chiefs who had signed away 
their power to King George. " You are all slaves 
" now," he said, "and your dignity and power is gone. 
" But mine is not :— just as there is one man in Eu- 
" rope. King George, so do I stand alone in New 
" Zealand, the chief over all others, the only free one 
" left — look at me, for I do not hide while I say so ; 
" I am the Heuheu, and rule over you all, just as my 
" ancestor Tonga Riro, the mountain of snow, stands 
" above all this land ! " 
He wound up by a spirited address to the Patutokoto, 
which brought tears to many an eye ; and I could see 
the young warriors clutching their weapons tightly 
while every muscle quivered with excitement, when he 
shouted, in the wild yell to which he had gradually 
increased the tone of his voice, " Where is Tauteka ? 
" where are all your parents and brothers ? their 
" bones are at TVaitotara. Will you not join us in 
" gaining possession of the bones of our ancestors ? 
" Will you not release your sisters from being slaves ? 
" A fight for your fathers' bones ! Be brave ! be 
" brave ! be brave ! There has been enough of talk." 
And he sat down, while the assembly dispersed. 
In the course of the afternoon I brought some to- 
bacco over as a present to the old chief, and gave him 
some more to distribute among his people, who had 
scarcely any. I then asked him whether he intended 
any harm to the pakeha ; promising their friendship 
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