(which a native would do in the quietest speech) Seeing that Kopu was angry, I walked up to Karauria and told him to go away which he did, I then spoke to Kopu telling him that our object was to keep united and although he had been insulted to drop the subject and put up his sword which he did, and walked with me into Spooner's and sat quietly down, and within an hour Karauria came in and shook hands with him - When I first read your letter I thought you must mean that I must go and make peace with the Hauhau for the other matter was forgotten - If there had been any likehood of a disturbance I had plenty of time to have written to you which I most certainly should have done. These things rankle within me, do what I will something allways appears to throw a dark shade on it - We are all quiet here now there was a meeting at Matiti on Friday between these people and the Hauhau - Where the Napier natives got a thorough beating on the King question by the Waru who told them that they were the cause of all the disturbance that they had supplied the King etc. which neither Paora nor Karauria could answer - but looked and felt small - They will try to get their