“ M o o -d e e W h e n -u -a , th e in fo rm a tion m ig h t turn o u t to be n o t ftr ic t ly
“ true. N o th in g m ore w a s faid ab out i t ; and it w a s m y in ten tion to
I Iand the«1 nearer to th e ir home s , i f it cou ld be done in the cou rfe
“ o f th e d a y , a lth o u g h it w a s th en a p e r fe c t ' calm. S o o n after the
“ c h ie f cam e on board th e y to ld me w i th tears o f j o y th a t th e y
“ w ifh e d to g o w i th K o - to -k o -k e , w h o had fu l ly con firm ed all th e y
“ h ad heard b e fo re , and h ad p rom ifed to ta k e th em the n e x t m o rn in g
“ tq T o o -g e e ’ s refidenee, w h e r e th e y w o u ld a r r iv e b y n ig h t. T o
“ w a it the e v en t o f th e ca lm , o r th e w in d c om in g from the n o r th -
“ w a rd , m ig h t h a v e d etained th e fh ip fom e d a y s lo n g e r . C o u ld I
“ h a v e rea ched in fo u r d a y s from le a v in g N o r fo lk th e place w h e re
“ T o o -g e e liv e d , I c e r ta in ly fliou ld h a v e landed h im th e r e ; but th a t
“ n o t b e in g th e cafe, (as th is w a s th e fifth d a y ,) I did n o t con fid e r
“ m y fe l f ju ft ifia b le in d e ta in in g th e fh ip lo n g e r than w a s ab folu te ly
“ n e ce ffa ry to lan d th em in a place o f fa fe ty , and from w h ic h th e y
“ m ig h t g e t to th e ir h omes.
“ N o tw ith fta n d in g th e in fo rm a tion T o o -g e e had re c e iv e d , and the
“ con fid en c e h e placed in th e ch ie f, I fe lt m u ch a n x ie t y ab out ou r
“ tw o frien d s , and e x p re fled to T o o -g e e m y ap p rehenfions th a t w h a t
“ h e h ad heard m ig h t be an in v en tio n o f K o - to -k o -k e ’ s and his p eop le
“ to g e t th em and th e ir effects in to th e ir p ow e r s I added, th a t as the
“ fh ip cou ld n o t b e d etained lo n g e r , I w o u ld ra th e r tak e th e in b a ck
“ than lea ve th em in th e hands o f fufp icious p eop le . T o this T o o -g e e
“ rep lied w i th an h one ft con fid en ce , th a t “ e tik e tic a no etek a,”
“ i. e. a c h ie f n e v e r d eceives. I th en to o k th e c h ie f in to th e
“ cabin , and e xp la in ed to h im , affifted b y T o o -g e e , (w h o w a s p re fen t
“ w i th H o o -d o o ,) h o w m u ch I w a s interefted in th e ir g e t tin g to
j f H o - d o - d o ; and ad ded, th a t in tw o o r th re e moons I fh o u ld return
“ to H o -d o -d o , and i f I fo u n d T o o -g e e and H o o -d o o w e r e fafe ar-
f l r iv ed w i th th e ir effec ts , I w o u ld th en return to M o o -d e e W h e n -u -a
“ and mak e h im fom e v e r y con fid e rable prefents, in addition to thofe
“ w h ic h I fh o u ld n o w g iv e h im and his p eop le fo r th e ir trou b le in
“ c o n d u c tin g o u r tw o fr ien d s to th e ir refidenee. I had fo m uch
“ rea fon to be co n v in ced o f th e o ld m an ’ s fin c e r ity , th a t I confid ered
“ it in ju r io u s to threa ten h im w i th p u n ifhm en t fo r fa ilin g in his en-
“ g a g em en t. T h e o n ly an fw e r K o - to -k o -k e made w a s , b y p u ttin g
' / I “ both
“ bo th his hands to th e fides o f m y head (makings me p e rform th e
“ fame ce rem o n y ,) and jo in in g our n o fe s ; in w h ic h p ofition w e re-
“ mained three m in ute s , the old c h ie f m u tte r in g w h a t I did no t
“ u n d e rh an d . A f t e r this h e w e n t , th ro u g h th e fame ce rem o n y w i th
“ . o u r tw o friend s, w h ic h ended w ith a d ance, w h e n th e tw o latter
“ jo in e d nofes w ith me, and faid th a t K o - to -k o -k e w a s n ow b e com e
“ th e ir fa th e r , and w o u ld in pe rfon conduCt them to H o -d o -d o e * .
“ W h ile I w a s p rep a r in g w h a t I meant to g iv e th em , T o o -g e e (w h o
“ I am n ow co n v in ced w a s a p rieft) had made a c irc le o f th e N ew
“ Zealand ers rou n d h im , . in th e centre o f w h ic h w a s th e old ch ie f,
“ and re counted w h a t . h e h ad feen d u r in g his abfence. A t m an y
“ paffages th e y g a v e a fh o u t o f admiration. O n h is te llin g th em , th a t
“ it w a s o n ly th re e d a y s fail from N o r fo lk to M o o -d o o W h e n -u -a ,
“ w h e th e r h is v e ra c ity w a s d oub ted , o r that h e was n o t contented
“ w i th th e affertion alqne, I can n ot te ll, bu t w i th m u ch p re fen ce o f
“ m in d he ran up on th e p o o p , and b ro u g h t a cab bage, w h ic h h e in -
“ fo rm ed them w a s cu t f iv e d a y s a g o 'in m y garden. T h is co n v in c in g
“ p r o o f p rod uced a general fh o u t o f furprife,
“ E v e r y th in g b e in g n ow ar ranged, and re a d y fo r th e ir d eparture,
“ o u r tw o friend s requefted th a t K o - to -k o -k e m ig h t;.fe e th e foldiers
“ e x e rc ife and fire. T o this I cou ld h a v e no o b je c tio n , as th e requ e ft
“ came from th em ; b u t I to o k that o p p o r tu n ity o f e x p la in in g to the
“ ch ie f, (w ith T o o -g e e ’s h e lp ,) th a t h e m ig h t fee, b y our treatment o f
“ h im and his tw o c o u n t rym en , th a t it w a s ou r w i fh and in ten tion to
“ be good, neighbours , and friend s w i th all E a -h e i-n o -m a u -e ; th a t the fe
“ we ap on s w e r e n e v e r ufed but w h e n w e w e r e in ju red , w h ic h I ho p ed
“ w o u ld n e v e r h a p p e n ; and that no other, con fid e ra tion than the
“ fa t is fy in g o f his c u r io fity cou ld in d u ce me to Ih ew w h a t tho fe in -
“ ftrurnents w e r e intend ed for.
“ A b o u t rone hundred and f if ty o f th e N ew Zea land e rs w e re feated
“ on the. larboard f id e , o f th e d e ck , and th e d eta chment paraded on
“ the o pp ofite fide. A f te r g o in g th ro u g h th e m an u a l, and fir in g
“ three vo llie s , tw o grea t gu n s w e r e fired , on e lo ad ed w i th a fin g le
“ b a ll, and th e o th e r w i th grape-Ihot, w h ic h furp rifed them g re a tly ,
* "Which was very faithfully performed.
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