otnote BO: Tara.]

[Footnote BP: Okita.]

[Footnote BQ: Tupi.]

[Footnote BR: Rangihoua, in the Bay of Islands.]

[Footnote BS: Kawa-kawa, in the same district.]

[Footnote BT: Te Morenga, a chief of the Bay of Islands.]

[Footnote BU: The maketu, which is correctly described here, was one of
the most firmly established institutions in New Zealand in old times.]

[Footnote BV: Tui Tapu.]

[Footnote BW: Utu. This is another great institution amongst the ancient
Maoris. It represents the principle of payment, an equivalent, a return,
compensation, or satisfaction for injuries.]

[Footnote BX: Tamihana.]

CHAPTER XI.

For some time after his return from Cook Strait, Rutherford's life
appears to have been unvaried by any incident of moment.

"At length," says he, "one day a messenger arrived from a neighbouring
village, with the news that all the chiefs for miles round were about to
set out, in three days, for a place called Kipara,[BY] near the source
of the river Thames, and distant about two hundred miles from our
village. The messenger brought also a request from the other chiefs to
Aimy to join them along with his warriors; and he replied that he would
meet them at Kipara at the time appointed. We understood that we were to
be opposed at Kipara by a number of chiefs from the Bay of Islands and
the river Thames, according to an appointment which had been made with
the chiefs in our neighbourhood.

"Accordingly, everything was got ready for our journey as quickly as
possible; and the women were immediately set to work to make a great
number of new baskets, in which to carry our provisions. It is the
custom for every person going on such an expedition to find his own arms
and ammunition, as also provisions, and slaves to carry them. On the
other hand, every family plunder for themselves, and give only what they
think proper to the chief. The slaves are not required to fight, though
they often run to the assistance of their masters while engaged.

"When the day was come for our departure, I started along with the rest,
being armed with my mery, a brace of pistols, and a double-barrelled
fowling-piece, and having also with me some powder and ball, and a great
quantity of duck-shot, which I took for the purpose of killing game on
our journey.

"I was accompanied by my wife Epecka, who carried three new mats to be a
bed for us, which had been made by Eshou during my absence at Taranake.

"The warri