The entrapped chief was put in irons--lent by Stewart.

Though manacled, he signed to his wife, whose hands were free, to kill their young daughter, a girl whose ominous name was Roimata (Tear-drops).
The woman did so, thus saving the child from a worse fate.

Returning to Cook's Straits, Rauparaha and comrades went on shore.

A Sydney merchant, Mr.Montefiore, came on board the _Elizabeth_ at Kapiti and saw the chief lying in irons.

As these had caused mortification to set in, Montefiore persuaded Stewart to have them taken off, but the unhappy captive was still held as a pledge until the flax was paid over.