buy of these. I arranged a system of tickets with which to pay them and cncourage them; and to be sure that they erly treated, I personally attended to the weighing. I also made inquiries as to the kind of goods sold them, and prices. This proved a perfect success; not only the women and children en- gaged in the work, but the men. Tho amonnt furnished by them in about two months was nearly 300,000 pounds.

During this time many small parties had been out with passcs for a certain number of days to burn mescal. These partics were always mostly women, and I made myself sure by noting the size of the party, and from the amount of mescal brought in, that no treachery was intended. From the first I was deter- mined to know not only all they did, but their hopes and in- tentions. For this purpose I spent hours each day with them in explaiuing Government, and their prospccts for the future in case of either obedience or disobedienee. I got from them in return much of their habits of thought and rules of action. I made it a point to tell them all they wished to know, and in the plainest and most positive manner. They were readily obedient, and re markably quiek of comprehension. They were happy and con- tented, and took every opportunity were prop to them the relations they should sustain to the to show it. They had sent out ruuners to two other bands whieh were conneeted with them by intermarriages, and lad received promises from them that they would come in and join them. I am confident, from all I have been able to learn, that but for this unlooked-for butchery, by this time we would have had one thousand persons, and at Icast two hundred and fifty able-bodied men ber inereased and the weather grew warmer, they asked and ob- tained permission to move farther up the Ararapa to higher ground and plenty of water, and opposite were proposing to plant. They were rationed cvery third day. Captain Stanwood arrived about the first of April, and took command of the post. He had received, while en route, verbal As thcir num- to the ground they