that you intended to remain at Maketu until the Arawas had had their feast of talking, and their grievances (each man having a complaint) were finally arranged. Fairchild tells me that he believe you will be able to leave in a very few days. Your presence will lead to beneficial results in healing the breaches between the natives as well as between our own officers from whom perhaps the former have taken a lesson; It is reported that many of Harris and Mitchell's negotiations are being repudiated