Well in the end I felt sorry for those Pakeha so upset on the road, four of them. I said to them, 'Let's go.' When we got to Whenuakura, the people there demanded payment. The Pakeha said, 'We have nothing.' I paid so that those Pakeha could cross over. We arrived at Patea on that same day. Friend, McLean, the people of Waitotara and Whenuakura behaved very badly towards the Pakeha. If I had not paid for the river [crossings], those Pakeha would have been in real trouble. The people of those rivers thought that only I should have their consideration. I said to them, 'If you detain my Pakeha then I also will stay here.' Young man, who would have the courage I had in asking them to ferry over my Pakeha? I paid 12 shillings for those Pakeha; they had nothing. That is all. From me, from Tamati, written at Waiheke