FOOTNOTES:
[53] Haeremai is the usual cry of welcome with the Maoris.
[54] When afterwards we asked the natives how it was they appeared to be mistrustful of us when we first arrived, they replied that they had always been suspicious of half-castes and pakehas, especially since the capture of Winiata by Barlow. That Te Takaru, the murderer of Moffat, came there sometimes, and they thought we were after him. They then related to us the circumstances of Moffat's death. It would appear that the murdered man, on his last journey, came to Ruakaka, and induced several of the natives to accompany him to the Tuhua country. Moffat, who had been driven from that district by the natives, had been warned not to enter it again; but, notwithstanding this caution, he determined to revisit it, in order to prospect for gold. The party left by one of the bush tracks, and when it had nearly reached its destination, Moffat was fired upon by a native from behind a tree, and mortally wounded in the back. At the same moment he fell from his horse, when another native jumped forward, and split his skull open with a tomahawk.
[55] Tamarura—probably a supposed angel recognized by the Hauhau parties.
[56] Waerangahika—one of the pas at Poverty Bay, which was taken by our forces.
[57] Waikawa—now known as Open Bay.
[58] Ahuriri—the great Maori name of Hawke's Bay.
[59] The late Sir Donald McLean, the Superintendent of the province of Hawke's Bay (Napier).
[60] St. Kilda was the name of the vessel in which Te Kooti was transported to the Chatham Islands.
[61] Whanganui—name of a places on the Chatham Islands.