I have heard the natives themselves talk of it up here as such. The assembly has not acquitted itself of a duty which was certainly due to yourself and the forces under your command I felt this and frequently spoke of it to individual members but they seemed so much taken up with their own affairs and held such extravagant ideas of what ought to be done that it was needless to expect anything from them in justification of those who were exposing their lives im their defence, however truth will prevail and I feel certain that what you have accomplished for New Zealand will form a bright page in its history with which your name will be associated.