Port Molyneux : the story of Maori and pakeha in South Otago : a centennial history : commemorating the landing of George Willsher and his companions at Willsher Bay, June 28, 1840 : with a programme for the unveiling of the centennial cairn, erected by the Clutha County Council, June 28, 1940
Fill Up The Barrel!
Fill Up The Barrel!
Next month, July, 1844, the Native owners having assembled at Koputai (Port Chalmers), the bargaining took place. Tuhawaiki wanted a lot of money. He casually suggested a million. When asked to indicate how much, a barrel was pointed out: “That full!” The price finally agreed upon was £2,400. Dr. Hocken worked this out at three farthings an acre.
The Magistrate Symonds and a young man of 19 years of age, George Clarke, the Sub–Protector of the Aborigines, watched affairs.
page 45to see that the Natives were not imposed upon, but Tuhawaiki, now a chief with much knowledge of the pakeha's ways, was the dominant figure.