Sro ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEAI/ANi>. Ohap. XV. 
pakehuy but it was in vain ; and at last he fell sobbing 
on his mother's breast, with his arms round her neck. 
The next day I went on to Otaki, K Ahu still escort- 
ing me with all his train. As I passed between Mr. 
Hadfield's house and the chapel, on my way to the 
house of Taylor my agent inland, two or three women 
recognized me. They jumped from their seats and ran 
down to the pa Kakutti, at the mouth of the river, 
shouting " Here is Tiraweke ; he has come to shoot 
" Rauperaha : alas ! alas !" 
He was living at that pa ; but I remained about two 
days at Taylor's house, near the large pa, about half a 
mile further inland, without seeing him. 
I gathered from White people and natives here that 
Rangihaeafa was living about six miles up the U^ai- 
kawa river, where he was fortifying a strong pa on a 
lake ; and it was understood that the two chiefs in- 
tended to make a stand there, should the authorities 
attempt to take them by force. Rauperaha was living, 
as I have said, at the smaller Otaki pa, and was busy- 
ing himself with the formation of a large party of 
adherents in case of a struggle. He had become a 
" missionary" the very day he arrived here from the 
ff^airau massacre, and was allowed to attend the chapel 
regularly. I could not reconcile this with the cus- 
tom, generally prevalent, of excluding natives from the 
congregation who had only been inattentive to their 
lessons, or hunted the pigs of one of the teachers, or 
spoken lightly, or committed any other trifling offence. 
This kind of excommunication I had observed to be in 
general practice at all the missionary villages. This 
man, however, lying under the accusation of murder, had 
been at once allowed to join the congregation, although 
he had for years before denounced the Christian faith. 
