His last hours were disturbed by remorse arising from an incident in the _Boyd_ affair.

He had not, he thought, properly avenged the death of his father--blown up by the powder-barrel.

Such was the Maori conscience.] Then ensued a tragedy of errors.

The captains of certain whalers lying in the Bay of Islands, hearing that the survivors of the _Boyd_ were at Te Pehi's village, concluded that that kindly chief was a partner in the massacre.

Organizing a night attack, the whalers destroyed the village and its guiltless owners.