142 ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Citap. V. 
thrown objections raised by Rangihaeatn to the pur- 
chase. Colonel Wakefield had been present, accom- 
panied by Mr. Halswell the Protector of Aborigines, 
Richard Davis as interpreter, and several other of the 
settlers. 
A schooner had carried the goods agreed upon to 
the ManawatUy where they had been distributed. 
Some surveyors were already at work there, and some 
more expected every day. Another vessel, I was told, 
had carried the machinery of a steam saw-mill be- 
longing to a private settler there ; and numerous land- 
owners had paid visits to the district. The natives 
were very anxious for the permanent residence of a 
large body of White people among them. 
Those of the Otaki natives who had become mis- 
sionaries were generally as well-behaved as the people 
of Pipiriki, though not so extravagant in their obser- 
vances ; for Mr. Hadfield had managed very wisely to 
introduce Christianity by the authority of the young 
chiefs, and to make them consider the new doctrine 
as a cheerful rather than a saddening and moping in- 
novation. He had introduced among them the grow- 
ing of wheat ; and generally inspired them with 
friendship towards the White colonists, instead of 
suspicion and jealousy. Many of them had lately 
visited Port Nicholson ; peace having been at length 
restored, by Mr. Hadfield's unceasing efforts, between 
them and the Ngatiawa tribes who inhabited the inter- 
vening country. They had returned with the most 
favourable reports of the treatment which they had ex- 
perienced from the settlers, and of the advantages to 
be derived from friendly relations and trade with the 
pakeha. 
The increased traffic of White people along the 
beach had induced two whalers to fit up houses of 
