7. The Governor will not make roads on Maori land against

the will of the owners ; but all Maori paths are to be
opened to Europeans, and no mails are to be stopped.
These were very reasonable terms and seemed sure of
being accepted, coming as they did from the Governor, for



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whom SO mucli esteem had been expressed; they appeared to
sanction the nationality of the native and to insure its rising
to a dignified position in the land of their forefathers. The
Maori flag would then have floated harmoniously by the side
of the British ensign. Queen Victoria and Potatau the
Second would have been the joint monarchs of New Zealand.
Such were the aspirations of the day.
On the 26th December 1861, Sir G. Grey returned to
Auckland, when orders were immediately issued to the 14th,
40th, and 65th Eegiments to march direct for the Waikato
district to make roads up to that river. The orders were
immediately comphed with.
This step the natives considered to be at variance with the
declarations so recently made to them, and to destroy their
hopes and expectations, — distrust and fear filled their
breasts, — this new movement of the military was regarded
as a positive proof of insincerity on the part of the Governor
and his advisers, it was viewed as a declaration of war, and
they prepared for it accordingly.
A decided change of feeling amongst the King natives
now took place. Thinking that there could be no co-
operation with the Pakeha, they sought to establish their
nationality totally distinct from that of the European. The
feelings of the time are fully expressed in a song which
was then in every Maori child's mouth.
He Ngeki.
