An Unsigned Paper Found in Commissioner Bigge’s Papers, and entitled “Colonial Vessels in N. Zealand.“

Early part 1809.—The crew of the colonial brig Endeavour plundered the Island of Tippoona of all the potatoes that had been stored for the winter by Tippahee and his people. Tippahee was absent at the time.

Latter part 1809.—The ship Boyd cut of by the natives in the Harbour of Wangaroa.

1810.—Ships Diana, Spring Grove, Speak, New Zealander, and Inspector, brigs Perseverance and Experiment, all in Bay of Islands together, the crews of which killed upwards of one hundred men and burnt all the houses on the Island of Tippoona.

1814.—The captain of the colonial brig Trial and schooner Brothers were both in the Bay of Islands together. They received a quantity of potatoes, hogs, and flax, but left the bay without paying for them. They went to the River Thames, were they were followed by the chief whom they had defrauded, who, with the assistance of his friends, endeavoured to cut off both vessels. Many lives were lost on both sides.

1814.—The ships Jefferson and King George were both in the Bay of Islands together, the crews of which behaved very bad towards the natives.

[Note by Transcriber.—This information was evidently supplied to Bigge by the missionaries. It is not dated, but was amongst the 1820 papers.]