ATENE, OR OAW1T0, A VILLAGE ON THE WANGANUI. 
CHAPTER XXIII. 
HONE HERE. 
This Chief belonged to the Nga puhi tribe : he married the 
daughter ot‘ Hongi, and was one of the early converts to 
Christianity. He distinguished himself by his knowledge of 
Scripture, and consistency of conduct, until the assumption 
of British authority in 1840. Listening to the insidious repre¬ 
sentations of unprincipled foreigners, then roving about the 
country, he conceived the idea that the British Government 
intended to make slaves of the Maori. His first great display 
of anger was occasioned by a flagstaff, which was erected on 
the height above Kororareka to signalize ships. This, he was 
