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and others trample upon those words, he therefore wished to know if all the men would listen to your voice. If there were only the Ngatihaua it would be well. But now the matter is known, and it is all right. Let not your words start without cause. It was owing to there being no wind that the men of Ihuperu did not see the flag. You took it away and hoisted it on the palisading, leaving the flag staff which is plainly seen. You were requested yesterday to hoist flags at all the places, that they might be seen, it was owing to their being taken to a different place. They were only seen from the Pa at the Pukeha point. The firing of those guns was a mistake. They were looking at the usual staff at Te Arei, and waiting for those to be hoisted at Te Tutu or at Pukerangiora. It could not be helped by the authority of the Commander. It was you that forsook the plan that was shewn to you, and therefore it was not seen. It was your own doing. The words of the General are words of authority sacred and not to be departed from. He said yesterday that there should be no work during these two days, and there has been none done. It is you who are gathering bullets. What do you call that ? From me, From Geo. Drummond Hay. To Wiremu Tamehana.

No. 13. COPY OF A LETTEE FEOM WM. THOMPSON TO THE COMMANDEE OF THE FOECES. Pukerangiora, March 13th, 1861. Friend the Commander of the Forces. The cause of my holding (ceasing hostilities) these two days is that I might make known my ' Korero' to the General; on this one day I spoke my words to them. The cause of my coming here was to put an end to the war. I made my words openly known to them, and they unanimously agreed to what I said. The cause of that word of mine was the Governor's word that the Maoris must make peace. I came therefore to Te Rangitake to the head of mv party. This was his word, the Maoris must make peace. This was Te Rangitake's word to me, —yes, when Waitara comes back to me then only will I make peace, and the soldiers also must go back to Waitoki; let the Waikatos go back to Waikato, Te Rangitake to stay on the parts which have not been fought upon, and leave Waitara open in the care of the law. This is why it should be left to the care of the law, that we may wait for a word from the head of the great Runanga of the Queen; if she says we are to dive we will dive, and if she says we are to rise to the surface we will rise. Enough. If you agree, write to me, that I may know whether you are for or against it. From Wi Tamihana Te Waharoa, To the Commander of the Forces.

No. 14. COPY OF A LETTEE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR TO WM. THOMSON. Auckland, April 25, 1861. William Thompson,— Last month you wrote to me stating that you wished for peace. The Queen and every Governor whom she has sent to New Zealand have always wished that there should be peace between the Europeans and the Maories, and that they should both be governed by (live or sit under) the same law. The Queen, or her Officers, or European subjects have never injured any Maories of Waikato of Ngatihaua, or of Ngatimaniapoto. But some men of these tribes have defied the authority of the Queen, have broken the law, and have gone to fight against the Queen's troops at Waitara, where they have no land or property : those men have there, at Waitara, on several occasions attacked the Troops of the Queen, have plundered her subjects, and have destroyed and stolen the properly of those who have never done them any harm. Now afierall this wrong has been done contrary to law —after the peace has been broken by those men—you say that you wish for peace. I am waiting to hear what amends those men will make for breaking the peace, and trampling on the law, and what guarantees they will give that there may be peace in future between the Queen and those me,n, and between the Queen's subjects, both European and Maori. T. Gore Browne, To Wiremu Tamihana, the Governor of New Zealand. Tamahere. c