8 February 1853 This is the day my pigs were killed. One attacked the sheep, the other did not. The day of the attack was the 7th. There were two, a sow and also a boar. The people who saw this were Tamati Nini and Hoera. But the other did not attack. On the Tuesday morning the people who saw that it did not attack, were Tamati and Hoera. On my return I saw that my pigs were dead. I went to Karani's workers to ask them about that, they were aggressive to me, saying I was angry. I said,'No, I want to ask about the sheep which were killed.' They said, 'Really?[?], then go to Karani.' I said, 'They just went to play, on a small part[of ground].' The Pakeha became angry. And there was no translator to help with our conversation. I said that the sow attacked but the boar did not. And that Pakeha, Adam, said, 'Yes, but Karani's way is to kill pigs that attack and those that don't.' I said, 'That's wrong,' and the argument went on there for some time; they were wrong about the boar which did not attack. I talked over two days with them, but the Pakeha were still in the wrong. I said that Karani should pay for the one that did not attack, and that I would wait for him. He arrived on the 12th. I went to speak to him and he said, 'So you are making accusations.' And I said, 'I'm not making accusations.' He spoke of payment with a watch. I replied, 'I'm not arguing about cost.' And I said, 'I am asking about this, asking about the sheep which were done for by the pigs.' The Pakeha became angry at my words and that was the end of it. I went to Kaikokirikiri, and then on to the Maori at Te Pokohiwi. And I said, 'Well, if you will talk to me that would be good. I left my pigs on my land.' And he said, 'Sir, you know that my hatchet [will come down on] any of your pigs straying onto my land.' I said, 'Yes, but this is the balance, that you have the open country and we have the forest. And your cows graze on our parts.' He then said, 'Yes, but Korou[?] drove them here.' And I said, 'He couldn't manage to drive them over all the land', and 'Pay for one of my pigs.' He said, 'I never saw [anything] on the morning the pigs which attacked were shot.' So that was the end of it. I think he was right, for those of us who saw that [said] they did not attack that morning. The names of those people were Tamati and Hoera. But later it was seen that he was [or, 'they were'] wrong. So that's all, the end of this story. [No signatory]To Korou, wherever he is