ALLEGED SUPPLY OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO TE KOOTI.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3900, 21 February 1870, Page 3

ALLEGED SUPPLY OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO TE KOOTI.

AMLiMUJNITIOJN TO TJ£ iiUUTI. The following letter, by Tarapipipi Te Kopara, denying that the natives of Piako or Waihou have supplied arms and ammunition to Te Kooti, has been forwarded to us for publication :—: — "Piako, Pepuere 14, 1870. "Xi a Te Makarini, — E hoa. tena koe : kei whakarongo koe ki te korero a te tangata, ate pakeha o ki, he ki nei kua riro nga pn me nga tangata o Piako me nga Raura o Waihou ki aTe Kooti. E horihori tena korero, tenei matou katoa kei 'Te Pai o Hauraki ahakoa Hauhau, ahakoa kupapa. E hara ia, Te Tatana Parawera raua ko tana pakeha, tenei raua kei toku aroaro c noho ana. Man c tuku atu ki te perehi Ida rongo ai nga pakeha katoa me nga Maori o Hauraki, — Naku, " (Signed) ISTa Tahapipipi te Kopaiu. "Kia Te Makarini, kei Akarana. [TRANSLATION.] "Piako, 14th February, 1870. "To Mr. McLean, — Friend, salutations. Do not you pay heed to the words of people, whether Maoria or pakeha 3, who say guns and men from Piako, and powder from Waihou, have gone to Te Kooti. That saying is entirely fabe. Here are we all at Te Pai o Hauraki, both Hauhaus and Kupapas. Nor can blame be attached to Tatana Parawera and hia pakeha [they have not supplied any powder to Te Kooti] : they are here sitting down before me. Send this to be printed, in order that all the pakehas and the Maoris of Hauraki may see it. (Signed) " Tabapipipi Tk Kopara,