“ w h o came on board w e r e m u ch re jo iced to m eet w ith T o o -g e e ,
“ w h o fe firft an d earned: in q u ir ie s 'were after his fam ily and chie f.
“ O n th o fe heads h e re c e ived th e m o d fa tis fa c to ry in te lligen c e from
fl| a w om a n , w h o , as h e in fo rm ed us, w a s a near relation o f his
“ m othe r. H is fa th e r and c h ie f w e r e d i l l in con fo lable fo r his lo f s ;
“ th e latter (w h om T o o -g e e a lw a y s m en tion ed in th e m o d r e fp e S fu l
“ manner) had been about a fo r tn ig h t p a d on a v ifit to the c h ie f o f
M th e hip pah ab ov e m en tio n ed , w h e re h e remained fo u r d a y s ; and
T e -w y - t e -w y e , th e p r in c ip a l c h ie f o f T o o -g e e ’ s d id rid t, was d a ily
“ exped ted . W i t h th is in fo rm a tion h e was m u ch pleafed. I t w a s
“ rem arked , th a t a lth o u g h th e re w e r e ' u pw a rd o f a hun d red N ew
“ Z ea lan d e rs on b o ard and alon g fid e , y e t T o o -g e e confined his careffes
“ and con v e r fa tion to his m other’ s re lation , and one o r tw o chie fs,
“ w h o w e r e d id in g u ifh ed b y th e marks (a -m o -k o ) on their faces, and
“ ■ b y th e refpedtful b eh a v io u r w h ic h w a s fh ew n them b y th e emok is
“ (z. e. th e w o r k in g men) w h o pad d led th e canoes, and w h o at times
w e r e bea ten m o d u nm e r c ifu lly b y th e chie fs1. T o th o fe w h o b y
“ T o o -g e e ’ s a c co u n t w e r e epodis (fubaltern ch ie fs), and w e ll k n ow n
“ to. h im , I g a v e fom e ch iffe ls , h an d -a x e s , and o th e r articles eq u a lly
“ acceptable. A traffic fo on com m enced . Pieces o f old iro n h o o p
“ w e r e g iv e n in e x ch a n g e fo r abund ance o f manufa ctured fla x , c lo th ,
“ p a to o -p a to o s , fpears, talc ornaments, paddles, fifli-h o o k s , and lines.
“ A t fe v en in the e v e n in g th e y le ft us, and w e made fail w i th a lig h t
“ b reeze at w e d , in ten d in g to ru n fo r the B a y o f Ifland s , (w h ic h w e
“ u n d e rd o o d w a s T o o -g e e ’ s re fid en c e ,) and from w h ic h w e Were
“ tw e n ty - fo u r lea gues d id an t. A t nine o ’ c lo ck a canoe w i th fo u r men
“ came a lo n g fid e , and jum p e d on board w ith o u t a n y fear. T h e m a ile r
“ o f th e B r itan nia b e in g d efirous to obtain th e ir can o e , the b a rgain
“ w a s fo on co n c lu d ed , (w ith T o o -g e e ’ s affidance,) m u ch to th e fatif-
H fa£tion o f th e p rop r ie tor s, w h o did no t d ifc o v e r th e le a d r e lu ftan c c
“ at fle ep in g o n b oard, and b e in g ca rried to a d id an c e from th e ir
“ homes. O u r n ew g u e d s v e r y fa t is fa fto r ily corrobora ted all th e c ir-
“ cum d an c e s th a t T o o -g e e had heard be fo re . A f te r fu p pe r T o o -g e e
“ and H o o -d o o a Iked th e d ra n g e r s fo r th e n ews o f th e ir c o u n t r y fince
“ th e y had been tak en aw a y . T h is w a s com plied w i th b y the fo u r
“ d ra n g e r s , w h o b eg an a fo n g , in w h ic h each o f th em to o k a part,
3 “ fometimes
u fometimes n h n g fie rce and la v a g e g ed u re s , and at o th e r times fin k -
I fno. th e ir v o ic e s , a c co rd in g to the different paffages o r events th a t
“ th e y w e r e re lating . H o o -d o o , w h o w a s p a y in g grea t attention to
“ th e fu b je S o f th e ir fo n g , fu d d en ly b u rd in to tears, occafioned b y an
| | a c cou n t w h ic h th e y w e re g iv in g o f th e T ’S o u d u c k e y tr ibe h a v in g
" made an ir ru p tion on T e e r -a -w it te , (H o o -d o o ’ s d id r id , ) and k illed
J the c h ie f ’ s fon w i th th ir ty wa rriors . H e w a s too m u ch a ffe d e d to
| h e a r mo;re ; b u t retired in to a co rn e r o f the cabin , w h e r e h e g a v e
“ v e n t to his g r ie f , w h ic h w a s o n ly , interrupted- b y h is threats o f
“ re v en g e .
“ O w in g to ca lm w e a th e r , little progrefs, w a s made d u r in g th e
“ n ig h t; A t d a y lig h t on th e 1 3 th , a n um b e r o f canoes w e r e fe e n
II com in g from th e hip p ah ; in th e la rg e d o f w h ic h w a s th i r ty - f ix
“ m en and a ch ie f, w h o w a s d a n d in g up m a k in g fign a ls w i th great;
« ca rn ed n c fs . O n h is com in g a lon g fid e , T o o -g e e re cogn ifed th e c h ie f
“ to be K o - to -k o -k e , w h o is th e e tik e tic a, o r p r in c ip a l c h ie f o f th e
“ hip p ah w h en c e th e boats -had. com e th e p re c ed in g e v en in g . T h e
11 0i(j ch ie f, w h o appeared to be ab out fe v en ty -years o f ag e , had n o t
« a v ifib le fea tu re , th e w h o le - o f h is fa c e b e in g ta ttow ed w i th fp ira l
“ lines. A t h is com in g on b oard h e embra ced T o o -g e e w i th g re a t
§1 a f f e d io n ; T o o -g e e th en .introduced me to h im 4. and after the'
•9 c e rem o n y o f “ eh o n g -i,” (/. e. j o in in g . nofes,) he to o k o f f h is
“ a h -a -h ow , or m antle, and p u t ,; it on m y fhoulders.; In return-
“ I g a v e h im a mantle made o f gre en b a ize , and decorated w i th
“ broad ar row s . S o o n after fe v en , o th e r canoes, w ith u pwa rd s o f
“ tw e n ty men and w om en in each , came along fid e. A t T o o -g e e s
i-i defire th e p o o p was- a e ta -b o o,” z. c. all accefs to it b y a n y others'
“ than th e o ld c h ie f forbidden,. N o t lo n g b efore K o - to -k o -k e cam e
“ on b o a rd , I a lk e d T o o -g e e and H o o -d o o i f th e y w o u ld re tu rn to;
“ N o r fo lk I llan d o r land at M o o -d e e W h e n -u -a in cafe th e ca lm c o n -
“ tin u ed , o r th e w in d came from th e fa u thw a rd , of. w h ic h th e re w a s
« fome. appearance, T o o -g e e w a s m u ch av e rfe to e ither . H is reafon
« fo r n o t re tu rn in g ,to N o r fo lk was th e natural, w i th to .fe e his fam ily
“ and c h i e f n o r did he lik e th e id ea o f b e in g landed at M o o -d e e
“ W h e n -u -a , as, n o tw ith fta n d in g w h a t h e h ad h ea rd refpedting 'the
2 g o od u n d e r ftan d in g th e re was. b e tw e en h is d i f t r ia and that o f
- “ Moo-dee