Te Whenuku, Nov. 3rd. 1866. My dear MacLean, I received late last night your letter of the 29th. - what a glorious drubbing you gave those fellows. I was always afraid the Bethany business would end badly. They had been defiant so long - however perhaps now it was all best in the exact order in which it has taken place. I congratulate you and your poor fellows most sincerely. The Hauhaus here will not believe a word of it - we shall have three or four more days fighting here, and then all will be over, but they have retired far into the bush and are difficult to get at. A good many of the leading men have come in, and others are still coming in. If I were you, I would see the Taupo chiefs as they ask - when you see them - and hear their statement. You will know what to say to them better than I can tell you. Keep me up to the mark about the feast on the Govt. Court in December by reminding me of it, and if I possibly can attend I will do so. I am so tired of writing many letters on my knees in a tent, that I cannot write more. Very truly yours, G. Grey.