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baggage for White men like a tutua, or " comnion 
" person." I instantly replied to her, with some indig- 
nation, that I too was reckoned a chief among the 
natives ; and that I had asked the young chief to go 
with me not as a servant, but as a companion. And I 
showed her that the baggage was divided between two 
slaves of E Ahu, who had been directed to attend on 
their young master, and one " boy " from my own 
Wanganui troop. 
I then went to Wahine iti, to shake hands with 
him and bid him farewell. I told him how nmch I 
regretted that this opposition should have been raised 
by his relations, as I had hoped to gratify him as well as 
do good to all his people, by treating him as my constant 
companion and equal, and thus exacting for him 
the respect of both White people and natives. The 
little fellow had listened in silence, but with intense 
attention, to the whole discussion. Now he squeezed 
my hand convulsively, drew me towards him as though 
to say something, but could not find utterance ; and I 
saw tears spring from his eyes, although he buried his 
face in his blanket, vainly attempting to overcome his 
emotion by the dignity of his rank. I left suddenly, 
and without the customary farewell to the old patriarch 
and his wife, for I felt much hurt at their want of 
confidence. The surrounding natives immediately 
observed this, and said, "Jie is gone away angry; he 
" did not speak to the patriarch in going ! Awe! awe!" 
(alas ! alas !) 
I had not got more than half a mile along the path 
to the beach, when Pf^ahine iti came running up, his 
eyes sore with crying, and seized a tight hold of my 
arm. Loud shouts were heard from the village, E 
Tf^ahi, e TVahiy hokimai ! hokimai ! " Come back, 
come back!" I stopped, and asked him what this 
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