and secondly, that night, arrived Ihaka Waanga, with a band of followers, from the Mahia; also Paora Rerepu, from Nuhaka, with his followers; and Makana, the Chief of Putere, a man little known, but a friend of the European. Besides we were joined by all those natives who previously could not make up their minds which side to take. Of the proceedings of the following Meeting at Matiti, see Hawke's Bay Herald. Immediately after this Meeting, the Hau Hau returned to their homes, finding they could do nothing. In fact, they were checkmated. But although all danger of immediate war had passed, they were still in hopes, through dissimulation and cunning, to create mischief, and perhaps to cause a disturbance on this side of the Island; by which means they hoped to assist their friends on the West Coast and