the natives that I came to acquaint them that we intended to purchase land from their tribe near the town; and that I wished them fully to understand that it should be a final and conclusive sale; and that any opposition or approval to the step should be at once made, before I made further progress in the negotiations. They all fully assented to the sale, and said it eminated from themselves; that they were desirous the Europeans should at once possess the country from Tapuwai to the town; so that the Puketapu tribe, who