Copy of a Letter from Aperahama Te Huruhuru to His Honor I. E. Featherston.
Ohinepuhiawe,
10 Hepetema, 1866.Ki a te Petatone,—
E hoa, tena koe, kia rongo mai koe, kua tae mai ahau ki konei kua rongo ahau kua maunu i a Te Wiremu raua ko Tamihana nga pou a Nepia raua ko te Pakeha, a i pana e raua taua Pakeha—ka tohe ka tohe, katahi ka ki a Te Wiremu mehemea ka tohe koe, ka patua koe e ahau, ka ki hoki a Tamihana me mutu, kaore te Pakeha i rongo tohe tonu te Pakeha ratou ko ana Maori, e puta atu te reta a te pupuri whenua ki a koe kei whakarongo koe ki ta ratou reta—ko ta ratou mahi he whakahe i a korua ko Te Pura me o korua hoa Maori hoki.
Ka mutu,
Na Aperahama te Huruhuru.