CONTENTS. " ix 
Rauperaha a missionary — His stratagems — He drives a herd of 
cattle back — Dispute with other chiefs — Speeches — Rauperaha 
insults the Queen of England — His kingly bearing — His powerful 
eloquence — Arrival at Wellington — Evidence relating to the 
Wairau massacre — Lord Stanley's episode — The truth about 
Rangihaeatas wife — No Coroner — Alarm at Wellington — Enrol- 
ment of volunteers by the authorities — Battle of Manganui in 
the North — Caused by the Government. . . .361 
CHAPTER XVI. 
Arrival of Major Richmond and fifty-three soldiers — The volun- 
teer drilling proclaimed illegal — By inadvertence — Meetings of 
the local Magistrates — Deputation to reconnoitre — Visits to the 
Hutt and Porirua — Proceedings of the Magistrates — Petition — 
Lord Ripon's remarks on it — Mr. Clarke's Jtfflori—Proclamation (/ 
— Lieutenant Shortland's Proclamation — Mr. Clarke's Official 
Report — Heartless population of Auckland — Effects of the Act- 
ing Governor's Proclamation — Judge Martin's rule of Court 
— Honourable conduct of Mr. Fox — Public remonstrance to the 
Judge — Mr. Spain's proceedings — Negotiations respecting the 
arbitration — Outrage committed by a native — Arrival of H.M.S. 
North Star — Sir Everard Home's letter to Rauperaha — Taupo 
Bay at Porirua — Taiaroa — Farm near Otako — Disturbances 
at Nelson — Indifference of the Government officers . . 402 
CHAPTER XVII. 
Review of the condition of the natives — Their intercourse with the 
whalers — Church Mission — Samuel Marsden — His object and 
plans — His doings in New Zealand — Purchase of a site — Deed of 
conveyance — Wise benevolence of Marsden— Progress — Increas- 
ing influence — Captain Laplace — Failure of Marsden's project, 
how caused — The independence of New Zealand — How con- 
cocted — Details of coincident missionary land-sharking — Progress 
of labours — Wesleyan Mission — Struggles and perils — Revival — 
New Zealand Association opposed by both missionary societies — 
Income of the societies — Their expenditure in New Zealand — 
Hostility delegated to local missionaries — Results of missionary 
labours — The Government and the natives — Want of system — 
Treaty of Waitangi — Official and literal translations — Disre- 
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