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vailed. An important migration had l)een proposed by 
the chief, which no doubt would be agreed to by the 
greater part of the Otaki, Ohau, and Manawatu natives, 
on whom was Rauperaha^ chief dependence for his 
defence, or ' : v-v, . ., 
I noticed that' he winced when he first heard the 
purport of E Ahu& song; but while E Ahu con- 
tinued, his countenance gradually resumed its con- 
fidence. Much as I abhorred his character, I could 
not but yield my unbounded admiration to the im- 
perious manner in which he overthrew the whole eflfect 
of E Ahu& beautiful summons to the tribe. 
Instead of his usual doubting and suspicious man- 
ner, his every gesture became tjiat of a noble chief. He 
rose with all the majesty of a monarch ; and he spoke in 
the clearest and firmest tones, so that the change from 
his customary shuffling, cautious, and snarling diction, 
was of itself sufficient to command the earnest atten- 
tion of his audience." 
" Go !" said he ; " go, all of you ! — go, N^atirau- 
" hawa, to Maunga Tautari ! Take your children on 
" your backs and go, and leave my land without men. 
" When you are gone, I will stay and fight the soldiers 
" with my own hands. I do not beg you to stop. 
" Rauperaha is not afraid ! 
" I began to fight when I was as high as my hip. 
" All my days have been spent in fighting, and by 
" fighting I have got my name. Since I seized by war 
*' all this land, from Taranaki to Port Nicholson, and 
" from Blind Bay to Cloudy Bay beyond the water, I 
" have been spoken of as a king. I am the king of all 
" this land. I have lived a king, and I will die a king, 
" with my mer'i in my hand. Go ! I am no beggar ! 
*' Rauperaha will fight the soldiers of the Queen 
" when they come, with his own hands and his own 
