TE RAUPARAHA AND RANGIHAEATA. 
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Rangihaeata sought satisfaction for his death; he fought with 
the Ngaitahu, and killed a great number of them. 
Pehi went to see Tamai hara nui at the Waharaupo, where 
Hakitara, a Ngapuhi Chief, with a number of his tribe, was 
staying. This Chief remembering the death of Wairo at 
Rotokakahi, persuaded Tamai hara nui to let them murder 
Pehi, as a payment for it; he consented. Pehi and forty of his 
companions, all great Chiefs, were murdered, although they 
were the friends of Tamai hara nui, and then his guests. 
Rauparaha himself had a very narrow escape. He was pur¬ 
sued, and finding his canoe was near being overtaken, when 
he had rounded a point he jumped into the sea, and dived a 
considerable distance ; then coming up beneath a mass of float¬ 
ing sea weed, he remained a long time with only his mouth 
above the water, until his baffled pursuers gave up their 
search. He safely reached Kapiti, with a full determination 
of having an ample revenge for these treacherous murders, and 
circumstances too soon gave him the longed-for opportunity. 
On the arrival of a vessel called the Elizabeth, commanded 
by a fellow named Stewart, who came to trade for flax, 
Te Rauparaha offered to give him a full cargo, provided 
he would convey him, with a hundred of his followers, to 
Waharaupo. Influenced by the hope of gain, Stewart lent 
himself as an instrument to accomplish the will of these 
savages; they embarked, and he sailed direct to the abode of 
Tamai hara nui. The Captain sent a youth named Cowell* 
in the boat to invite him to come on board and see his cargo; 
he asked if they had got any natives in the ship, and was 
answered, No ; they had come direct from the Bay. Tamai 
hara nui remarked a small burr (pirikahu) sticking to their 
garments, and said, How came it there, if you have come so 
far. At last, however, he was persuaded, and fell into the 
snare; he went on board, and was taken down into the Cap¬ 
tain’s cabin. The natives concealed themselves in the hold. 
When Te Hiko, the son of Pehi, entered the cabin, he stared 
fixedly at Tamai hara nui, for nearly half-an-hour, without 
* This man is still living : he married a native woman, has a large family,, 
and is now residing on the Waipa. 
