Him Rauparaha determined to catch, for no one less august could be payment for Te Pehi.

Arrived at Akaroa, Rauparaha and his men hid below, and waited patiently for three days until their victim came.

Stewart, by swearing that he had no Maoris in the brig, but merely came to trade, tempted the chief and his friends on board.

The unhappy Son-of-much-evil was invited into the cabin below.

There he stepped into the presence of Rauparaha and Te Pehi's son.