Turanga 22 January 1852 Friend, McLean, Greetings to you. I've great trouble with the Maori people. I myself gave him the horse to pay for the pigs. But [the deal] was not done and so I took them back. Then I asked him to give me the pigs but he would not agree to that. So then [he] set out to thieve, and took my horses. Then [I] set out and fetched them back. He set out again and took my four horses, and then the fighting began. But they are not yet brought back [to me], so then Williams called for a judge to be brought in. And when he gets to Auckland he will say to send a judge here. From Raharuhi Rukupo