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trampled upon. The patience and forbearance of the officer 
in command, Colonel Macleverty, effected, perhaps, more than 
our arms : he showed the natives we had no desire to fight 
with them, but only to defend our settlers against their attacks, 
and thus the kindly feeling between the two races was not 
destroyed. To show their good feeling, of their own accord 
they returned some of the stolen cattle, and then demanded 
the bodies of the murderers, which being given up, they 
returned most of the remaining cattle, and since that period 
have lived peaceably. 
Mamaku retired to the Upper Wanganui, where he still 
lives peaceably. He became a candidate for baptism; having 
lost his three wives, he said, it was a clear indication that it 
was his duty to turn to God, as there was now nothing to 
hinder his doing so ; and nearly the last person I baptized, was 
Te Karamu, Mamaku, Nga-tai, for all these are his names. 
His new one being Hemi Topini, (James Stovin,) after one of 
my relatives. 
Some notice in this work is due to the memory of Manihera, 
especially as I have given brief sketches of the principal heathen 
Chiefs. The contrast between their lives and that of a Chris¬ 
tian Chief, will forcibly show the wonderful effect and power 
of the Gospel on the mind, and the remarkable difference 
between the fruits of the spirit and those of the flesh. 
Manihera was a Nga ti ruanui Chief, and many years the 
head teacher of his tribe at Waokena and Whareroa. He was 
always conspicuous for piety and attention to his duties, and 
instead of his first love growing cold, his appeared to increase 
with time; indeed, his love of Christ was written upon his 
countenance. At the Christmas meeting at Wanganui, Decem¬ 
ber 24th, 1846, I held a prayer-meeting “ with my teachers, 
to supplicate the Divine blessing upon our labors.” I felt it 
was good to be there, the fervency and fluency with which 
some poured forth their prayers at the throne of grace, gave 
the well-grounded hope that they had tasted the good gift 
of God, and were thus able to proclaim the Gospel with effect 
to their fellow countrymen. It was a most interesting time, 
