Chap. XV. EVIDENCE RELATING TO THE MASSACRE. 383 
: On the same evening, they went up the river 
to Mr. Cotterell's station, in number amounting to 
upvi^ards of 100. Next morning, Rauperaha and 
Rangihaeata, with about 30 followers, after order- 
ing Mr. Cotterell and his men to leave the place, stripped 
and burned his hut and that of his men, together with 
the timber intended for survey-stakes. They then 
assisted the White men to carry the contents of their 
huts to their boats, and despatched them to Ocean 
Bay. Next day, Mr. Tuckett, the Company's Chief 
Surveyor, arrived, met Mr. Cotterell at the mouth of 
the TVairaUy and sent him to Nelson with a note to 
Captain Wakefield. Mr. Cotterell laid an information 
before the Police Magistrate, Mr. Thompson, on the 
12th June. Three other Justices of the Peace were on 
the bench, — Captain Wakefield, Captain England, 
and Alexander M'Donald, Esq. After much delibe- 
ration, a warrant was granted against Rauperaha and 
Rangihaeata on a charge of arson. 
The natives, meanwhile, from Mr. Cotterell's pro- 
ceeded to Mr. Barnicoat's, and carried him with his 
men and goods in their canoes to an uninhabited -pa 
at the mouth of the TVairau, built by Rauperaha as a. 
sort of stronghold many years before, when he depopu- 
lated the country. Another party, armed with axes 
and muskets, went to Mr. Parkinson's station ; while 
a third set out in search of Mr. Tuckett, who was 
absent at another part of the survey. They compelled 
both these gentlemen to come to the pa. Rangi- 
haeata, in the conference with Mr. Tuckett, told him, 
" if he was so fond of the ground, he would kill him 
" and bury him there." A few instances of theft oc- 
curred during these proceedings, but no personal in- 
jury was actually inflicted on any one. Having now 
collected all the White men together, they sent them 
