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Maori
Waiwakaiho 14 July 1850 Friend, McLean, Greetings. Your letter has come to me with its sympathy for us, for the Pakeha and Maori. We are sad, very sad and orphaned. Young man, McLean, listen, Eruera our elder has died, on the 30th of June, at 12 o'clock [?] at night, and we went on a day in July and buried him. Friend, you are right in what you said to me about our customs, about my weakness and weariness. However, you cannot know of the troubles when you are away from here, nor can you alter the thinking, viewpoint or inclination in relation to these activities; it did not go wrong after you two left, you were here when these problems began. There was only one upset after you left, that of Matena with Te Mata and the land inland from that of Niana, at the place where the logs are sawn, at the place they spoke about to you. However, the problem I had with Halse and Captain King has ended,
Waiwakaiho 14 Hurae 1850 E hoa, e Te Makarini, Tena koe. Kua tae mai tau pukapuka ki au me tou aroha ki a matou, ki nga Pakeha ki nga Maori. E noho pouri ana matou, pouri rawa, e noho pani ana matou. E tama, e Te Makarini, kia rongo mai koe, kua mate a Eruera to tatou kaumatua; no te toru tekau o nga ra o Hune, no te rua [tekau ma rua?] o nga taima i te po, ka haere i tetahi o nga ra o Hurae, ka nehua. E hoa, e tika ana tau kupu ki au mo a tatou tikanga, mo aku ngoikoretanga, mo aku ngenge noa iho. Otira kaore ana e mohio ana koe ki nga he, i a koe e ngaro ana i a koe ano i konei; e kore hoki e poka ke te whakaaro me te tirohanga atu me te whirinakitanga atu ki runga ki aua mahi, kahore i he i muri i a korua, i konei ano koe me aua raruraru. Kotahi ano raruraru i muri i a koe, ko ta Matena ki a Te Mata, ko te whenua i uta atu o to Niana, i te wahi e kani ai nga rakau ra, i te wahi ano e korero rau[a?] ki a koe. Oti kua mutu taua raruraru i a matou ko Hare ko Kapene Kingi,

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