A TRIP TO WAIHEKE.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume III, Issue 1, 31 January 1857, Page 5

A TRIP TO WAIHEKE.

On the 9th of February we embarked on board a native vessel which sailed at five o'clock in the evening; at eight o'clock we arrived at Matiatia. Having continued our journey in the dark, we readied the house' of an European, where we staid. He kindly! supplied us with food, and lodged ns for the! night. On the morrow we continued ourj journey when we met a man calling to us. I ''Come to the village and take some food be- ! fore you proceed on vour way." But 1 re-' plied, " No, my friend, we have eaten, it is your chieftamly hospitality that causes vou thus loinvste us." So we went on ourwav, 1 and at eleven o'clock arrived atlloete's village [ Jhere we saw people on horseback, treading l out the wheat with the horse's feet. Some of :

Che people were catching Brown's pigs Top eating the wheat. We saw them catch three. They placed food before us, melons and potatoes, and when we had eaten they said, "Come, let us go to Rrown, foran officer of the Government has arrived. ,r We consented, and rode over to his place. On our arrival the talking commenced, but he would not pay Hoete for the loss he had" sustained, this made him very sorry. We slept there that nighi, and again commenced talking in the morning, But the European said, " Let them take me, my wife, and children as payment for Hoete's wheat, bo other shall they receive." Therefore we relumed, but lost our way in the wood; we-came out alPutiki, but came out again. I said to my com"Stay you here, while I look for a fliath." So I went on till I reached the easterrf"Tside of the Island, where I saw some natives. I asked then where the road was. Then I went back, and having recalled my friend, we proceeded to Ra-niera's village. Having eaten, we went on to Oneroa, we asCtfnded a hill and lost our way; we looked this way and that, but at last I found the path, we descended to a valley r and ascended to a ridge, where we perceived a person was following after us, but how were we to know it? When he called out, «'Friend, whither goest thou,'* we were startled, and strained our eyes, for we thought it was a goblin. It was a man going to Awaawaroa. At eighteen minutes past five the man said to me, •• Wherefore do you and your English companion travel through the forest ? Let us return, that you may eat, and go on your way/' But I replied "No we will continue on our way." But you will be faint with hunger. Then I said "We cannot fit a barb to the bird spear when travelling; the Queen herself is to blame for not being more careful about her officer ; no we will go on to Hori Pokai.Then he said, "Go on then with your friend, that you may arrive." So we descended to a valley, waded a swamp, and scaled a cliff, we descended Paetikeiike to le Buruhi. At thirty-six minutes past seven we arrived at an Europeans house, here food was placed before us -hue cooked in a native oren, and potatoes. The Nati es have now little cause to vaunt their hospitality, for the Europeans of the bush have taken it up ; he gave us bread, tea, and beef. There we slept and at daylight Hori Pokai commenced talking. Te Perahama Hiwinui Pokai, said •• Welcome, come to investigate the evil of this place. Now that you, the parent of the Maorics have arrived, they shall be given

**p. Had any other European come, he should not have had them, for a prison would dwell upon "his lips." No more was said. We embarked in a Maori.canoe, and reached Auckland in safely.