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also be remembered, that he did not possess that light which 
we do; and whenever his deeds are put alongside of those 
committed in civilized and Christian warfare, for which have 
we the most reason to blush ? 
Sir George Grey, by his kindness and presents, drew Rangi- 
haeata several times from his retreat at Poroutawao, as a tiger 
fiom his lair, and when he thought he had conciliated his 
regard, and secured his friendship, he asked him to sell Wai- 
kanae. It would have been a subject for an artist to pic¬ 
ture the indignant looks of the Chief; he flatly and rudely 
refused, telling him to be content with what he had got. 
‘ You have had Porirua, Ahuriri, Wairarapa, Wanganui, 
Rangitikei, and the whole of the Middle Island given up to 
you, and still are not content; we are driven up into a corner, 
and yet you covet it.” Chagrined and disappointed, the 
Governor took his leave. He, however, was most highly 
esteemed and honored in his departure, by many tokens of 
legald and interesting addresses from those very natives, 
though they refused to accede to his wish and part with 
their land. 
The earliest visit paid Rangihaeata after the war, was by 
Lieut.-Governor Eyre and myself. He was still at Poroutawao. 
A long narrow low strip of land, running through deep swamps, 
led to his retreat; the name of the place aptly describes it, 
being a cork, or stoppage to war, and few would like to draw 
it out.* The pa was on a mound, the only one in the vicinity, 
and strongly fortified in the native style, with thick lofty posts 
deeply sunk in the ground, and bound together with a hualiua, 
or connecting pole, running round, at the height of about ten 
feet from the ground. Inside the outer fence, there was another, 
behind which the defenders could post themselves, and take aim 
through the outer one. The pa was divided into a number of 
small courts, each equally defended, and connected by very 
narrow passages. We found the Chief with his wives and head 
men assembled in the chief court, or marae, sitting on mats in 
* Poroutawao means the remains of a bird caught in a snare, and partly con¬ 
sumed by dogs, in the wilderness; but the common pronunciation Puru tawa 
bears the signification I have given. 
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