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tance, heard guns fired at intervals of about five minutes 
between each, and much shouting and hallooing by the 
natives. And this is all we learn of the fate of our 
unfortunate friends from any of their own party. 
A native who took part in the affray gave the fol- 
lowing evidence before the Magistrates as to what fol- 
lowed : — 
" The natives pursued them to another rise of the 
" hill, and followed them until they caught them all ; 
" and Rauperaha was talking to them, and had secured 
" all the chiefs, when Rangihaeata came up and said, 
" ' Rauperaha^remember your daughter,' [one of Rangi" 
" /iaeaia's wives, shot by a chance-shot during the action] . 
" Puahas wife was down at the settlement, and called 
" out to him, ' Puaha, Puaha, save some of the chiefs, 
" 'so that you may have to say you saved some:' but when 
*' she cried they were all killed. Rangihaeata killed 
" them all with his own hand, with a tomahawk. I saw 
" him do it. I saw Rangihaeata kill Captain Wakefield, 
" Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Richardson. I saw him kill 
'^ John Brooks, near the bunch of trees up the hill. I 
" saw him kill Mr. Cotterell. I saw Ratigihaeata 
" snatch away Captain Wakefield's watch after he had 
" knocked him down. He afterwards offered it to the 
" missionary natives ; but they refused to take it, but 
*' said, * Let it lie with the dead, and all that belongs to 
" them.' I heard that the slaves had stripped off" Cap- 
'* tain Wakefield's coat and waistcoat. They paid no 
" attention to what the missionaries said, but robbed the 
" bodies in all directions." 
The deputation from the Wellington Magistrates, 
with Dr. Dorset, sailed for Cloudy Bay on Wednesday 
the 21st. On arriving at Cloudy Bay, they found 
that Mr. Ironside, the Wesleyan missionary stationed 
at Cloudy Bay, had been to Tf^airau with two boats' 
