That I was not a stealer of land but that the disputes between King's people and the Europeans had become so acrimonious that we could not hope for peace while we occupied the same country -- That it would therefore be desireable that he should propose to cede his land on the South and cross to the North bank of the Waitera and that this river should be the boundary between and ours -- In reference to the other tribes I said we must have the murderers given up and must arrange some other boundary between us: that the proposal must come from them.