Letter from Samuel Marsden to John Gare Butler, November 1st, 1823

KIDDEE KIDDEE,
November 1st, 1823.

Revd. Sir,

“ The Revd. J. Kendall having determined to remain in


“ New Zealand unless I will engage to do for him and his fam-


“ ily what is totally out of my power, I consider it absolutely


“ necessary that you should leave

Kiddee Kiddee

. You cannot


“ be ignorant what his feelings are towards you, and what


“ influence he has gained over

Shunghee

's mind. Should Mr.


“ Kendall come to reside at

Kiddee Kiddee

, what he told me


“ he would do, it will be impossible for you to live near each


“ other. The most fatal consequences will be likely to follow:


‘ A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself.' I


“ earnestly request you to take this matter into your serious


“ consideration, and weigh every existing circumstance.

“ It is a most painful and distressing thought that all


“ the alarming evils have originated with the missionaries


“ themselves, and that the heathen whom they came to in-


“ struct are innocent. Whatever the future consequences may


“ be, the guilt must fall upon the heads of the Europeans. I


“ see danger in your removal, and danger in your remaining,


“ but the greatest, in my opinion, is in the latter.

“I am, Revd. Sir,
“Your most obedient humble servant


“SAML. MARSDEN.
“Rev. John Butler.”