[Footnote 54: When afterwards we asked the natives how it was they appeared to be mistrustful of us when we first arrived, they replied that they had always been suspicious of half-castes and _pakehas_, especially since the capture of Winiata by Barlow. That Te Takaru, the murderer of Moffat, came there sometimes, and they thought we were after him. They then related to us the circumstances of Moffat's death. It would appear that the murdered man, on his last journey, came to Ruakaka, and induced several of the natives to accompany him to the Tuhua country. Moffat, who had been driven from that district by the natives, had been warned not to enter it again; but, notwithstanding this caution, he determined to revisit it, in order to prospect for gold. The party left by one of the bush tracks, and when it had nearly reached its destination, Moffat was fired upon by a native from behind a tree, and mortally wounded in the back. At the same moment he fell from his horse, when another native jumped forward, and split his skull open with a tomahawk.] [Footnote 55: Tamarura--probably a supposed angel recognized by the Hauhau parties.] [Footnote 56: Waerangahika--one of the _pas_ at Poverty Bay, which was taken by our forces.] [Footnote 57: Waikawa--now known as Open Bay.] [Footnote 58: Ahuriri--the great Maori name of Hawke's Bay.] [Footnote 59: The late Sir Donald McLean, the Superintendent of the province of Hawke's Bay (Napier).] [Footnote 60: _St. Kilda_ was the name of the vessel in which Te Kooti was transported to the Chatham Islands.] [Footnote 61: Whanganui--name of a places on the Chatham Islands.] [Footnote 62: Whangaroa--name of a place on the Chatham Islands.] [Footnote 63: Wharekauri is the native name of the Chatham Islands.] [Footnote 64: The god of the sea, and guardian of fishes.] [Footnote 65: Supposed being armed with authority in Hades.] CHAPTER XXIV. NGATOKORUA PA. Departure from Ruakaka--A legend--Rough forest--Crossing the Manganui-a-te-Ao--Scenery of the river--Mount Towai--The plains in sight--Rapid rise in the country--Ruapehu from the west--The Waimarino plains--Arrival at the _pa_--The chief's family--A Hauhau chief--_Inter alia_--Pehi on the decay of the Maoris--A war-dance--The mere.