TO THE QUEEN.
MADAM, Saluting you. This is our UNKNOWN the Memorial of Native Chiefs of UNKNOWN to you, that you may know UNKNOWN. '>••'- •' ve heard of a letter that has ' •-•:! received by Governor Grey from • ii- if your i'jl<!"r men, that is, from ircy, writtu. on the 3rd August, concerning Convicts being sent to '.-land. Now what we say is, don't send them • ere. Don't go away from our Former iindci'staiiding'. When first it was ar.aiiged that your people should colonize (•■is country," the principles on which it : v-i-idd be done were then laid down, and ■ ■ '-as understood that such men, that is, ■r ..-. sets, should never be brought here. {; ' ihh stand last; and .ill our other .■:ij»ci.ients, let them be confirmed. .: dam, if convicts are sent here we ■ all be involved in trouble. The • per!" of the white man will not be .no; those tl.iovea will steal it, and the '•.ifiories will lie blamed. This will make U3 dark (grieve us), and evil will arise
out of such things to both yon and us. Then n.'»ah ; It is not probable those !,icn will remain at the European settle- •■■ >ents, they will come to 'our native viU ;-:-2fes and trouble u • Our women they will lead astray ; or. l men will be taught their duplicity, and rebellion, and evil ways; and \vc are not pleased that such should be the case r. v . our villages. Further; Respectc.ii'o Europeans will be afraid, and will not uoinc to our country, if those convicts are sent here. This is distressing to u.7, because we greatly desire that respectable Europeans may come amongst us. and be friends for us. "We therefore beg, that on no account whatever suc'.i an arrangement may be consented, to by you. \Ve are bold to write our to you, because our former lcltcis have been graciously received by vim. Let this also meet with a favourable reception, and let the '.lioiight l.i) abandoned. Rather send us .;<-iilL'm?n, ami well behaved sutlers, '■"e are we'd di'.poocd I'; tfii3. Lot us ! ••< o a groat number of such, here is ; ' •;/ r,( land for them. This is all we '.- -... u say.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 8, 12 April 1849, Page 2
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359TO THE QUEEN. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 8, 12 April 1849, Page 2
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