Chap. XIX. CAPTAIN FITZROY AND RAUPERAHA. 519 
Clarke had understood Rauperaha to say^ ' Thompson gav6 
* the order to fire.' The Governor : ' Ask him again.' 
Mr. Clarke again repeated his question, and repeated the 
previous answer. '■ 
" Rauperaha continued — He asked Thompson if he was 
going to fire ; and Thompson called out again, ' Fire,' Not 
Wide-awake, but Thompson. Rauperaha then said, ' This 
* is the second time you have ordered them to fire.' The 
women and children were at this time round their fires close 
by. The first few shots from the Europeans killed two na- 
tives and wounded three. When one man had been killed 
and three wounded, he {Rauperaha), Rangikaeata, and Puaha 
called out, ' Now pay yourselves ; fire !' The natives fired, 
and killed three ; then the Europeans fired, and killed a 
woman. The natives soon got desperate ; and then the 
Europeans ran away, firing as they retreated. All went 
away, including the gentlemen ; and the natives chased 
thejn in the bushes. 
" The Governor here asked, * How was Captain Wakefield 
killed ?' 
" Rauperaha gave no decided answer, but continued to say 
that some of his slaves, who had gone after the White men, 
brought back Captain Wakefield to him. 
" Rangihaeata came running down and called out. ' Your 
* daughter.' Captain Wakefield had come from a hill about 
100 yards off, with the other gentlemen ; the firing was still 
going on where the natives caught them; and when those 
natives who had been chasing the White men returned, the 
gentlemen had been killed. Thompson asked him {Rau- 
peraha) to save their lives. He replied, ' Did I not warn 
' you how it would be ? and yet you now ask me to save 
' you!' It was according to their custom after a fight to 
kill the chief men of their enemies. 
" (In this last part I missed a great deal, though I strained 
every nerve to listen.) Clarke spoke so low, that no one 
near me could hear more than I did. But I believe Rau- 
peralia neither offered nor was asked for any account of the 
