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(Translation.)
Ngaruawahia,
December 2nd, 1863.
O Friend, O Governor,—
Salutations! O Friend, we are awaiting the reply to our letter. Can it have reached you or not? These are the words of that letter: Restore the Waikato men; suffiee for you the dead Enough.
From the Chiefs of Waikato,
From Pene Pukewhau.