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Show ^2 There are eyes now watching us. We have been seen." "Is this bad? There are many others of ^our people and my people throughout this area. We were bound to be discovered sooner or later." "This I know, my Pakeha friend. There are those of your people and those of my peoole x-jho would be our enemies, however. They would think us to be traitors to our own people." "What do you mean by 'our own oeoole?' Have we not become one people by becoming friends? We are all the same in the sight of God." "That is the missionary in you talking, my friend. We would like it to be so, but it is not so. Many of your white-skinned brothers would like to see me dead if for no other reason than I am seen as a brown-skinned savage. And many of my people think of your people as thieves here to steal our land and our women. You are enemy. Do you not yet realize that each day I am trained as a warrior in the skills of battle to kill and drive the Pakeha from our shores? I have feelings against this, but it Is so. It is happening." "You are right, Roa. I know it also. My mission and my life is to ston such warring, hox^ever. It is |