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The Old Whaling Days

General Index

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General Index

For names of persons and of ships, see Personal, and Shipping, Indexes respectively.

ADMIRALTY BAY, attack on Mary and Elizabeth, 71 to 76; H.M.S. Pelorus, 225.

ADVERTISEMENTS, Kapiti whaling stations, 165; American mails, 188; Queen Charlotte Sound sailing, 221; sale of Mataura lands, 286; Siren sailing, 291.

AGRICULTURE,

1830.

Bell's supplies of potatoes, 11; Foveaux St. cargo, 85.

1831.

Juno purchasing potatoes at Kapiti, 14.

1833

Hobart Town scheme, 62; tobacco at Mana, 62; Bell sends cattle to Mana, 70; live stock at whaling stations, 71–8; Weller's station potatoes, 100; fine potato crop, 100.

1834.

Parker's scheme to buy pigs, 76; Cook St. cargo, 79.

1835.

Foveaux St. potatoes, 94–5–6; Bell's first “clip,” 133; Lord Rodney seeking potatoes and pigs, 138.

1836.

Chief killed selling potatoes, 155; Americans secured foodstuffs from the Natives, 194, 434; Maori care of pigs, 438.

1837.

Cook St. potato cargo, 159; trade at Kapiti, 161; foodstuffs, abundant at Otago, 178.

1838.

Cook St. potatoes, 221; Bell's wool, 224; Cherry inspects potatoes and is killed, 227; Bell's station, 228; Foveaux St. pork, 238.

1839.

Weller's and Jones' settlement schemes, 279; Honduras' potatoes, 280; Otago potatoes, 281; cattle to Otago in the Magnet, 286; Cook St. potatoes and pork, 289; Cap. Rhodes takes cattle to Akaroa, 293–4; Cap. Wilson's stock lost in the Victoria, 299; Brodie forms pork stations at Chatham Id, 301; Piraki supplies potatoes to shipping, 311–2, 321.

1840.

Cap. Rhodes's stock at Akaroa, 322, 331; D'Urville purchases vegetables at Pegasus, 328; price of pigs at Otago, 329; extensive cultivations at Otago, 330; Port Nicholson natives urged to grow potatoes, 352; stock imported to Port Nicholson, 361; Jones' farmers at Waikouaiti, 487; Waikouaiti, potato market, 488.

AKAROA, the Elizabeth, 23–4–5–7, 31; the Elizabeth Records, 381 to 413; 1836 shipping, 150; 1837 shipping, 182; Rhodes brings cattle, 294, 322, 331; Wreck of Atlantic, 312; Thiercelin's account, 322; D'Urville at, 331–2; D'Urville's opinion of, 332; Treaty of Waitangi, 373–4; French settlement, 380; American whalers, (1836) 190, (1837) 159, 202, (1838) 233, 303–4, (1839) 276, 311, (1840) 316; French whalers, (1838) 234, 246, 259, (1839) 313, 321–3, (1840) 322.

AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION, 317 to 320; at Sydney, 318; at Macquarie Id., 318, 320; at Auckland Id., 318, 320; meets French whaler, 319.

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AMERICAN SEALING, Morrell in the Antarctic, 83–4; at Auckland Id., 82; at the Snares, 82; at Pegasus, 83; at the Molyneux, 83; at Banks Peninsula, 83; the Ionic, 173, 193.

AMERICAN WHALING, compared with Australian and British, 260.

1834.

Erie at Cloudy Bay, 71–9, 80, 187; vessels on coast, 308;

1835

Warren and Halcyon at Cloudy Bay, 134, 187; Halcyon visits Sydney, 135; cargo transhipped to Chalcedony, 135; first mail from America, 188; vessels on coast, 308; the Erie's oil, 268 to 271;

1836

Halcyon reported, 148; whales escape, 154; wreck thought to be American, 174; distribution of fleet, 189; Cloudy Bay, 151–2–9, 163, 189, 200; Mana, 189; logs, 189, 193; Port Cooper, 150, 190; Akaroa, 190; Chalky, 190; Preservation, 173, 190; Otago, 173–5, 190; Bluff, 174, 191; proportion of vessels, 191; cargoes, 152, 192; remuneration of men, 192; compared with Australian, 193; procedure in the bays, 193; disputes, 196; Independence Day, 197; opinion of British whalers, 197; men enticed away, 153, 198; supplies from Natives, 198; description of Natives, 198; vessels on coast, 308; bone sold to British vessels, 271 to 273; American logs, 434 to 460;

1837

route homeward, 199; distribution of fleet, 200; Cloudy Bay, 201; logs, 201; process of getting in and boiling, 201; Banks Peninsula, 159, 200–1; Otago, 200–2; Akaroa, 159, 202; Stewart Id., 176, 180, 200–2; cargoes, 202; Capt. Trapp, 203; vessels on the coast, 308;

1838

ports of origin, 302; distribution of fleet, 302; Stewart Id., 302–3; bring immigrants to Stewart Id., 303; Preservation, 238, 302; New River, 238; Bluff, 238, 303–4; Molyneux, 240, 303–4; Otago 238, 303–4; Akaroa, 233, 303–4; Port Cooper, 303–5; French corvette visits the Bowditch, 246; Cloudy Bay, 222–3, 303–5; Kapiti, 223–9, 231–8, 303–6; Chatham Id., 303–6; discover massacre of the Jean Bart, 250, 306; accompany punitive expedition, 251–4, 307; whaler thanked by Cecille, 255; cargoes, 307; vessels on coast, 308;

1839

numbers on coast, 308; ports of origin, 308; distribution of fleet, 308; Paterson's R., 237, 275, 308, 310; New River, 238–9; Bluff, 279, 280, 308, 310; Otago, 237–9, 274, 309, 310; Banks Peninsula, 309, 311; Akaroa, 276, 311; Piraki, 311; stores from Hempleman, 312; wreck of Atlantic, 312; sailor drowned in Dublin Packet, 276–7; Cloudy Bay, 289, 309, 313–4; stations at Kapiti, 298; Lewis abandons the Warren, 313; Kapiti, 289, 296–9, 310–4; Auckland Id., 310–5; Chatham Id., 310–5; vessel built from wreck, 314; boat stolen, 315;

1840

number on coast, 315; ports of origin, 315; Foveaux St., 288, 315; Otago, 287–8, 315–6, 377; Banks Peninsula, 316; Cloudy Bay, 289, 316, 377–378; Chatham Id., 301, 316–7; avoid Port Nicholson, 316; wreck of Erie, 317; Kapiti, 289.

AMERICAN WHALING PORTS, Bristol, 189, 191, 303; Fairhaven, 187–9, 191, 200, 276, 303–8–9, 310–6; Fall River, 303, 315–7; Hudson, 308–9; Nantucket, 189, 190–1, 200, 303; Newark, 315; Newburyport, page 500 189, 191, 308–9; New Bedford, 188–9, 190–1–2, 200–2, 226, 260, 302–3–8–9, 310–5–6; New London, 187, 308–9, 315–6–7; Newport, 187–9, 191, 200, 303–9, 315–7; New York, 308–9; Plymouth, 302–3–8–9; Poughkeepsie, 189, 191, 303–8–9, 315; Providence, 315–7; Rochester, 303; Sag Harbor, 308–9, 315–6; Salem, 303–8–9; St. Johns, 189, 191, 200, 303–8–9, 315–7; Warren, 187–9, 191, 200, 303–8–9, 310–6–7; Wilmington, 303–8–9.

AUCKLAND ISLANDS, Morrell, 82; Wreck, 90–1–2, 100; first resort of Americans, 315; Wilkes' Expedition, 319, 327; D'Urville's Expedition, 327; Portuguese whaler, 327.

BANKS PENINSULA, see also Akaroa, Port Cooper, Piraki, and Pigeon Bay; the Juno, 14; Te Rauparaha, 59; Morrell, 83; Hempleman's station, 150; Success, 238; American whalers, (1836) 189, (1837) 200–1, (1839) 311; French whalers, (1838) 245–6–7–8, (1839) 321; French corvette, 246–9; Langlois buys land, 247–8.

BAY OF ISLANDS, used by whalers, 1; Kentish, 67; sailings for, 80; Harriett's crew, 129; the Persian, 160; Hobson arrives, 363; Treaty of Waitangi, 364; Enderby Expedition, 415–6.

BETTY GUAED ISLAND, see Waimate.

BLIND BAY, Guard reaches, 114.

BLUFF HARBOUR, early sailings, 60, 173–4; Te Puoho, 181; Governor Bourke. 185; Magnet called, 236–7, 279; 1838 gangs unfortunate, 238, 240; 1838 whalers leave, 239; Jones' stations in 1839, 274; American whalers, (1838) 238, 303–4–8, (1839) 279, 280, 308, 310.

BOUNTY ISLES, Enderby Expedition, 88, 420–1.

BRITISH SOVEREIGNTY, at Stewart Id., 288; at Port Nicholson, 362, 373; Hobson's arrival 363; Treaty signed, 364; steps taken at Sydney, 364; Hobson's illness, 365; Williams takes Treaty south, 365; signatures obtained by Williams, 366; Bunbury sails in the Herald, 367; Hobson's alarm, 367; North Island Proclamation' 368; North and South Islands Proclamation, 369; Hobson's Instructions, 370–1; Port Nicholson Proclamation, 372; Treaty signed at Akaroa, 373; Sovereignty proclaimed at Stewart Id., 374–5; Treaty signed at Ruapuke, 376; Treaty signed at Otago, 377; Treaty signed at Port Underwood, 377; Sovereignty proclaimed at Port Underwood, 378–9; Site reserved, 380.

CAMPBELL, CAPE, 83.

CANNIBALISM, Cap. Kinnard, 19; Akaroa natives, 28 to 32; Pukerangiora and Nga-Motu Pas, 41 to 58; Pratt, 99; Harriett, 113, 127–8; Maori girl at Port Nicholson, 142; Mitikakau's slave, 227; Jean Bart's crew, 250 to 258; at Ruapuke, 285; at Piraki 292; abandoned, 341.

CARNLEY HARBOUR, see Auckland Islands.

CHALKY INLET, American whalers, 191; Enderby Expedition, 241, 275, 461 to 469, 472 to 477.

CHARTS, Cape Farewell Spit, 69; Banks Peninsula, 249.

CHATHAM ID., whales visit, 1; pirates, 84; Enderby, 87; runaways, 94; Port Nicholson migration, 137 to 142, 148; massacre of Jean Bart's crew, 250 to 258, 259, 307; the Heroine, 259; American whaling, (1838) 303–6, (1840) 301, 317; wreck of Ann and Mary, 300; Sydney traders, 301; Sale of Island, 301; wreck of the Erie, 317; Enderby Expedition at, 417–420.

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CLOUDY BAY, whales enter, 1; whaling commenced, 3; pirates, 4, 5; first whalers, 6, 7, 10; food supplies, 111; 1831 trade, 17, 88; 1832 trade, 18–9, 100; Cap. Steine, 20–76; Cap. Dawson, 25; 1833 trade, 60–1, 101; Hobart Colonization Scheme, 61; Kentish visits, 65–6–7–8–9; attacked by Natives, 69, 70, 135–6; 1834 trade, 71–3–6–9, 80, 112–5; animals at, 71; desertions, 72; 1835 trade, 133 to 136; 1836 trade, 148 to 157; H.M.S. Rattlesnake, 159; H.M.S. Conway, 163; 1837 trade, 157 to 164, 181–6; 1838 trade, 221 to 235, 287; Advertisement of the Hannah, 221; H.M.S. Pelorus, 224–9, 230; American whaler cleared for action, 229; Dublin Packet, 274; Honduras, 280; Susannah Ann, 291; Siren advertised, 291; social conditions, 297; Bumby and Hobbs visit, 336; Williams and Hadfield visit, 340; Wakefield arrives, 352; Treaty of Waitangi, 374; Proclamation of Sovereignty, 378–9; American logs, 434 to 460; American whaling, see Amer. Whal. French whaling, see Fr. Whal.

COAL, specimens per Lucy Ann, 104.

CODFISH ID., wreck of the Industry, 86.

CONVICTS, the Cyprus, 4, 5, 84; the Bee, 63 to 65; G. Wilson, 81; at Chatham Id., 94; wearing clothes at Kapiti, 128.

COOK STRAIT, 1830 to 1832, 1 to 21; whales visit, 1, 2; list of whalers, 11; flax vessels, 11–3–7–8, 61; brig Elizabeth, 36; H.M.S. Zebra, 58–9; 1833 and 1834 trade, 60 to 82; seal skins, 60; Cuthbert, 65; Kentish, 66; spit reported, 69; “R.W.S.,” 77–8; 1835 and 1836, 133 to 148; 1836 and 1837, 148 to 172; 1838, 221 to 236; cargoes of oil, 234; 1839 and 1840, 289 to 302; Honduras, 282; the 1839 oil, 298; Marsden visits, 333; Williams with Treaty, 365; N.Z. Company, see N.Z.C.

DERWENT, see Hobart Town.

DOG ISLAND, wreck near, 174.

D'URVILLE ID., H.M.S. Alligator, 118; Crawford visits, 295.

DUSKY BAY, whales plentiful, 85; Williams's purchase, 89.

EASY BAY, wreck of Industry, 86.

EDUCATION, at Cannibal Cove, 295.

EGMONT, CAPE AND MOUNT, defence of Nga-Motu, 39; H.M.S. Zebra, 58; Harriett wreck, 93, 112; Migration, 137.

EMIGRATION, from Hobart Town, 61–2; from Western Australia, 303.

ENTRY ISLAND, see Kapiti Island.

FAREWELL, C., spit reported, 69; wreck of Vittoria, 299.

FARMING, Bell at Mana, 71–8, 133, 160, 228; Jones introduces cattle, 227–9, 286; Weller's scheme, 279; Rhodes takes cattle to Akaroa, 294; Thiercelin visits Akaroa farm, 322; D'Urville visits Akaroa farm, 381. See also Agriculture.

FINLAY, PORT, Denmark Hill near. 174.

FISH, Lucy Ann cargo, 102–9, 262–3; General cargo, 222.

FLAT POINT, Morrell landed, 83.

FLAX,

1830.

Becoming scarce, 5; Cook St. cargoes, 5, 6, 10, 11; Briggs applies for better treatment at Hobart, 8; system of collecting altered, 11; exchange goods, 12; Elizabeth at Kapiti and Akaroa, 22 to 37, 381 to 413.

1831.

Considerable activity at Kapiti, 13; Cook St. cargoes, 13, 17, 18; Foveaux St. cargoes, 86.

1832.

Cook St. cargoes, 18,21,58; Foveaux St. cargoes, 89; revival of trade, 19; Tasmanian trader, Captain Steinc, 20; Currency Lass at Nga-Motu, 51; Monteflore's page 502 station at Mokau, 52 to 54; traders at Taranaki, 58–9; Weller's station, 98.

1833.

Cook St. cargoes, 60; Weller's station cargo, 100–2.

1834.

Bardastre visits stations, 79; Foveaux St. cargoes, 91; Weller's station cargo, 102.

1835.

Weller's station cargoes, 109; the Children, 133.

1837.

Grows well at Otago, 178.

1838.

Cook St. cargoes, 221, 223; contract with Hempleman, 231; Foveaux St. cargo, 240.

1839.

Cook St. cargoes, 289.

1840.

Otago cargo, 284.

FOVEAUX STRAIT, whales visit, 1; 1830 to 1835 trade, 82 to 97; 1836 trade, 173–4; 1837 trade, 159, 180–1–4; 1838 trade, 236 to 244; visited by Enderby Expedition, 241; the Jessie, 279; Ruapuke murder, 285; D'Urville visits, 328; H.M.S. Herald, 376; American whaling, (1836) 174, 191, (1837) 203, (1838) 238, 303–4, (1839) 279, 280, 308,310.

FRENCH PASS, Crawford attempts, 296.

FRENCH SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION, at Otago, 285–7; at Auckland Id., 327; meets American in Sarah's Bosom, 327–8; at Snares, 328; at Pegasus, 328; in Foveaux St., 328; at Otago, 329 to 331; at Akaroa, 331; at Piraki, 331.

FRENCH, WHALERS

1836.

First at Cloudy Bay, 245; comparisons, 191.

1837.

Sent out from Havre, 245.

1838.

First at S. Cape, and Otago, 245; at Banks Peninsula, 245; at Piraki, 245–6; Doctor on, 246; at Akaroa, 246; corvette visits, 246; at Port Cooper, 234, 246; mating, 247; Langlois buys land, 247–8; Cecille's surveys, 249; Cecille assists, 249; Cecille's instructions, 249, 250; subsidy, 250; massacre of Jean Bart, 250, 306; punitive expedition formed, 251; expedition visits Chatham Id., 251; story of expedition, 251 to 258; Maoris taken to France, 257; their fate, 257; La Mancha ashore, 258; distribution of fleet, 259.

1839.

At Akaroa, 313, 321–3; at Piraki, 321–2.

1840.

At Otago, 287, 323; at Akaroa, 322; whaler sold, 323; Lavaud on desertion, 324 to 327; at Piraki, 331.

HARDY, PORT, H.M.S. Alligator surveys, 118, 125.

HOBART TOWN, traders, 4; Cap. Briggs, 8; trade develops, 9, 10; whalers, 14–7–9, 61, 109, 155; flax-traders, 20–2–4, 30–1, 76; Maoris visit, 20; Steine returns, 21; loss of Dragon, 60; proposed settlement, 61–2; Lincoln Bill, 63–5; Mary and Elizabeth, 72–3, 105; whales at Otago, 105; whalers compared with American, 193; whaler at Mana Island, 226; whaler took away men from Chatham Id., 256; whalers buying American whalebone, 271 to 273; trades to N.Z.C. Settlement, 360–1.

HOKIANGA, 62, 148.

HORNE'S BAY, named, 20.

HORAHORA-KAKAHU PA, British Sovereignty proclaimed, 378–9; Reservation of site, 380.

HORSE SHOE BAY, Portuguese whaler at, 288.

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JACKSON HEAD, H.M.S. Alligator, 118.

JACOB'S RIVER, Jones' station. 274.

KAIAPOHIA, massacre, 25.

KAKAPO COVE, Gangs at, 61; Guard's connection with, 132, 224; Guard's return, 290; social condition, 297.

KAPITI ISLAND, whales pass, 1; first whalers, 5, 10; Cap. Briggs, 8; supplies Cloudy Bay, 11; flax trade, 11, 20; Juno murder, 14 to 17; H.M.S. Zebra, 18, 59; the Elizabeth, 22–3–9; migration, 40, 137; wreck of Waterloo, 68; animals at, 71; R.W.S. writes, 78; H.M.S. Alligator, 127–8; 1835 trade, 133–6–7; 1836 trade, 151–6; 1837 trade, 158–9; 1838 trade, 231, 287; American whalers of 1837, 162; H.M.S. Conway, 163; whaling stations for sale, 165; H.M.S. Pelorus visits, 229; 1838 season a failure, 230–1; Dublin Packet, 274; Harlequin and China, 289; Susannah Ann, 291; Crawford arrives in Success, 294; shipping, 296; social condition, 298; boat stolen, 315; French trader, 324; Bumby visits, 338; Wakefield arrives, 452–5; Williams brings Treaty, 365–6; brig Elizabeth papers, 381 to 413.

KAWHIA, the Argo, 7; defence of Nga-Motu, 39, 42–7, 51–3; escape to, 120; visits, 148.

LAND SALES, Cloudy Bay, 89; at Otago, 283–4; on the Mataura, 286; Wakefield's negotiations, 291; at Piraki, 293; at Chatham Id., 301; Kapiti and Mana Id. chiefs, 353; Queen Charlotte Sd., 354; Wanganui, 355–8–9; Taranaki, 355–6.

LAYS, American, 192–3, 324 to 327; French, 324 to 327; Hobart, 430–1.

LEVY, PORT, ships make for shelter, 164.

LEWIS ID., whaling station, 298.

LOGS, the Bombay, 181; the Mary Mitchell, Jasper, and Tuscaloosa, 189, 190; Hempleman's, 230–3, 313; the Enderby, 414 to 422, 461 to 480; the Mary Mitchell, 433 to 460.

MACQUARIE ID., the Eleanor, 71, 93; the Cyprus, 85; the Venus, 88; the Bec, 94; Wilkes' Expedition, 318, 320.

MANA ID., tobacco, 62–3; Bell settles there, 7, 133; “R.W.S.,” 77–8; H.M.S. Rattlesnake, 160; damage to Hannah, 223; first wool exported, 224; Capt. Cherry killed, 226; Pelorus visits, 227; Bell's farm, 228; Bumby and Hobbs visit, 337; Buller visits, 343.

MANAWATU, Williams visits with Treaty, 366.

MAORIS, injure Guard's whaling station, 2; sell flax for muskets, 6; custom crossing Cook St., 11; class of trade, 12; help Cap. Paterson, 16; eat Cap. Kinnard, 19; of Q.C. Sd., 20; expedition to Akaroa, 22 to 37; attack and defence of Nga-Motu, 38 to 59; capture Dragon, 60; attack Speculator, 61 71; plunder wreck Waterloo, 67, 68; attack Cloudy Bay, 68, 69, 70; attack Harlequin, 70; capture Mary and Elizabeth, 72; visit Hobart Town, 76; R.W.S. describes assembly, 78; try to seize Bardastre, 79; house building, 80; described by Morrell, 83; lost in the Integrity, 86; visit Biscoe at Chatham Id., 87; sell land to Williams, 89, 96; troublesome at Otago, 93, 103, 104, 106; seize Weller, 99; visit Sydney, 100; threaten Kelly's ship, 100, 105; plunder Harriett wreck, 112; liberate Guard, 113; conflict with troops, 117 to 131; troublesome at Cloudy Bay, 135; migration from Taranaki, 137; capture Lord Rodney, 137; reach Chatham Id., 140; capture Active, 142; sell potatoes at Port Cooper, 150; commotions in Cook St. (1836), 155, 156; Johnson describes, 161; influ- page 504 enza among, 175; war preparations, 175, 176; Halcyon conveying to Chatham Id., 191; tariff at Cloudy Bay, 194; women, 195; trade with whalers, 198, 221; Cloudy Bay habitations, 198; Fight at Q. Charlotte Sd., 222; Migrations from South, 223; robbed Te Awaiti station, 225; Moioio natives and H.M.S. Pelorus, 226; murder Capt. Cherry, 226, 227; harass Hempleman, 233; rob Lynx wreck, 236; disease outbreak, 236; sell land to French, 247–8; massacre Jean Bart's crew, 250–8; taken captive by French, 251–8; fate of captives, 257; at Weller's, 263; imprison Europeans at Piraki, 292–3; education, 295; social conditions in 1840, 297; chiefs interview Gov. Gipps, 364–5.

MATAURA, Te Puoho, 181, sale of estates, 286–7.

MAYHEW'S ID., whaling station, 298.

MIKOTAHI, see Moturoa.

MISSEY MT. near New River, 186.

MISSIONS, see also White, Bumby, Hobbs, Williams, Davis, Hadfield, Matahau (Ripahau), Buller, Mohi, Macfarlane, Churton, and Butler, in the Personal Index; first call for, 333; White's visit, 333; Marsden visits Cloudy Bay, 333; Bumby and Hobbs visit Cook Strait, 334 to 338; Port Nicholson, 334; Cloudy Bay, 336; Queen Charlotte Sd., 336; Mana, 337; Kapiti, 338; Taranaki, 338; Native work accomplished at Q. Charlotte Sd., 337; Te Rauparaha's reception, 337; Williams expected, 338; conduct of Davis, 339; Williams and Hadfield visit Cook St., 339 to 342, P. Nicholson, 339, Cloudy Bay, 340; Mana, 340; Porirua and Waikanae, 340; Native work accomplished on mainland, 341; Matahau, 241; Buller's visit, 342 to 344 (Waikanae, Kapiti, Mana, Porirua, Pt. Nicholson, 343); position at Port Nicholson, 343; first sermon to immigrants, 345; Wakefield interviews Bumby, 344; Macfarlane arrives, 344; Churton and Butler arrive, 345; Watkin arrives, 345; Watkin's first sermon, 345; Watkin established at Waikouaiti, 346; Watkin's Journal, 481 to 489.

MOERAKI, wreck of the Sydney Packet, 183; 1838 report favourable, 238; Jones' station, 274.

MOIOIO ID., H.M.S. Pelorus at, 226.

MOKAU, defence of Nga Motu, 39, 42; Ralph's experiences, 52.

MOLYNEUX, Morrell's visit, 83; whaling station, 240; American whaler, 304.

MOTUROA, defence of Nga-Motu, 38, 42–5, 52; the Harriett, 113–5–6; 128.

MUNITIONS OF WAR, basis of Maori trade, 5, 12; Te Rauparaha using, 59; Preservation Station, 98; the Harriett, 124–9; given to Lord Rodney, 142.

MURDERS, crew of the Java Packet, 7; Johnstone, 14 to 17; Cap. Kinnard, 19; crew of the Dragon, 60; the Harriett crew, 113; a Maori Chief, 126; mate of Caroline kills Chief, 155; Cap. Cherry, 226–9; Brown, at Otago, 284; Piraki, 292.

NECK, the Lynx crew arrive, 185–6; American whaler at, 202.

NEW RIVER, wreck of the Lynx, 184 to 186; Magnet, 236; French whaler visits, 238–9; American whalers, 238; the Mancha ashore, 239, 258–9; the Mary sailed, 239.

NEW ZEALAND COMPANY, the Tory arrives, 347; the officers, 347; in Queen Charlotte Sd., 348; Wakefield reaches Te Awaiti, 349; Wakefield visits Pelorus, 349, 350; Barnett and Smith selected, 350; the Tory arrives at Port Nicholson, 351; Korero with the Natives, 351; the purchase completed, 352–3; the page 505 NEW ZEALAND COMPANY—contd. Tory returns to Cloudy Bay and Te Awaiti, 352; visit to Kapiti, 352; Te Rauparaha interviewed, 353; Kapiti and Mana chiefs secured, 353; mainland purchase postponed through the war, 353; Queen Charlotte Sd. revisited, 354; purchase effected, 354; return to Kapiti, 355; Wanganui purchase defeated, 355; visit to Taranaki, 355–6–7; first immigrant ships arrive, 356; the Committee, 357; the site of the capital, 357; the Wanganui purchase completed, 358–9; list of immigrant ships, 359; list of Colonial ships, 360; colonial stock arrived, 361; Captain Pearson, 361; British Sovereignty established, 362.

OCEAN BAY, social conditions, 297.

ORANGI-TUAPEKA PA, the Harriett rescue, 117, 127.

OTAGO HARBOUR, animals at, 71; attacks by Natives, 71, 100–1–3–4–6; Wellers form station, 98, 100; 1831 trade, 98–9; 1832 trade, 99, 100; stores sent to, 99; Maori passengers from, 100; 1833 trade, 100 to 102, 110; Weller writes Kelly, 100; presence of Hobart Town whalers, 101; Licence to the Joseph Weller, 101; women sail for Otago, 102; the Lucy Ann fish cargo, 102, 262–3; 1834 trade, 102 to 108, 110; station damaged, 103; the Lucy Ann loses 3 men, 104; death of Captain Worth, 105; vessel chartered to load oil for London, 105; Natives' demeanour changes, 108; 1835 trade, 108 to 111; fish cargo, 109; the Lucy Ann deserted by an officer, 109; Joseph Weller's death, 109; statistics of port, 110–1; 1836 trade, 149, 150, 172 to 176, 189, 190–1; American whalers, 150, 173, 189, 190–1; Greene's report, 173; 1837 trade, 159, 176 to 186, 200–2–3; Americans, 159, 200 to 203; A.B.'s report on harbour, 177–8; labour troubles, 179; 1838 trade, 236 to 244; terrible passage of the Dublin Packet, 240; statistics of trade, 244; Americans, 302, 304; French whalers, 237–9, 245, 259; 1839 trade, 274 to 282; Dublin Packet wrecked, 275; Weller's evidence, 278; land purchase, 279; Honduras' big cargo, 280; Henry Freeling's shipwrecked men reach, 281; cargoes, 282; Americans, 309, 310–1; 1840 trade, 274 to 288; Chiefs at Sydney, 283; murder of Brown. 284; Jones immigrants, 286; D'Urville visits, 285–7, 323–9; whaling a failure, 288; Americans, 315; French, 287–8, 323–4; British Sovereignty proclaimed, 288; Description of, 330–1; Treaty of Waitangi signed, 377.

OTAKI. Tamaiharanui at, 31–2; Williams with Treaty, 365.

OTAHEITIANS, see Tahitians.

OXLEY, PORT, see Otago Harbour.

OYSTERS, pioneer in trade, 7.

OYSTER COVE, author interviews Guard. 132; H.M.S. Pelorus anchors in, 224.

PALLISER, CAPE, MORRELL PASSES, 83.

Palmer Trial, 205 to 220.

PARITUTU, see Moturoa.

PASSAGE ID., wreck seen, 174; Magnet called, 236.

PATERSON, R., the Lucy Ann at. 99; wreck seen, 174, 184; visited by Enderby Expedition, 242, 469, 477.

PEGASUS, Morrell visits, 82; ship building, 100–2; French whalers visit, 236; Magnet visits, 236; French Expedition, 328.

PELORUS. Queen Adelaide River, 21; Chetwode sights, 225; Wake-field visits, 349.

PIGEON BAY, Hempleman's gang visits, 150.

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PIRAKI, Hempleman's station not there, 150; H.'s station established, 157–8; 1837 trade, 162, 182–6; movements of Maoris, 223; Wright's letter to H., 231 to 233; station in destitution, 233; French whalers in 1838, 234, 245–6, 259; Sydney traders of 1838, 234, 257; the Hannah, 287; the Siren, 290–2; encounter with Maoris, 292–3; Hay's letter to H., 300; the Nimrod, 300; American whalers, 305, 311; French whalers, 321–2; D'Urville's Expedition, 331.

PIRATES, the Cyprus, 4, 5.

PORIRUA, R.W.S., 77; Williams visits, 340; Buller visits, 343.

PORT LOUIS, fish from Otago, 262.

PORT NICHOLSON, Te Rauparaha arrives, 40; the Speculator, 61, 70; Guard arrives, 115; the Lord Rodney capture, 137 to 142, 148; the Active capture, 142–4–6; Mitikakau flies to, 228; the Success, 283; McGregor arrives, 286; Siren advertisement, 291; Crawford arrives, 295, 6; Letter to Hempleman, 300; American whalers avoid, 316; Bumby visits, 334; Williams arrives, 339, 340; Buller arrives, 343; first sermon preached to Europeans, 343; Confusion of Mission title, 343; Wakefield arrives and buys land, 451–2; Immigrant ships arrive, 356; Committee established, 357; site chosen, 358; First shipping, 359; Ships from other Colonies, 360; stock from other Colonies, 361; the Integrity dispute, 361; British Sovereignty proclaimed, 362, 373; Rev. Williams with Treaty, 365; high treason, 367–8, 372.

PORT WILLIAM, McGregor, at, 285.

PORT UNDERWOOD, see Cloudy Bay.

POTATOES, conveyance across Cook St., 11; paid to Lord Rodney, 142; Chief killed when selling, 155; good at Otago, 329. See also Agriculture.

PORK, basis of trade, 12, 76; paid to Lord Rodney, 142; bad at Otago, 329. See also Agriculture.

PORTUGUESE WHALERS, at Horse Shoe Bay, 288; at Auckland Id., 321–8.

POVERTY BAY, Cook St. vessels call at, 136.

PRESERVATION INLET, whales visit, 1, 2; trade, 60; animals at, 71; first station, 83–4; Williams, 85–9, 96; 1831 trade, 86; 1832 trade, 89, 90; 1833 trade, 90; 1834 trade, 91–2–3; Jones and Palmer purchase, 93; 1835 trade, 94–5–6–7; statistics, 97, 157; attacks threatened, 103; 1836 trade, 172–3–4; 1837 trade, 180–1–3; the Bombay, 181–2; Americans in 1836, 190; 1838 trade, 236 to 244; Enderby Expedition at, 241–2; 1839 trade, 274 to 282; Jones's evidence, 277; 1840 trade, 282 to 287.

PUKERANGIORA PA, capture, 40–2–3–5–7, 52–6.

QUEEN ADELAIDE RIVER, 20–1.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND, “Ad” of Hannah, 221; Maori disturbance, 22; H.M.S. Pelorus, 225; Sydney traders sail for, 230; the Honduras, 280; “Ad,” 290–1; Bumby visits, 336; Wakefield buys land, 454; Williams with Treaty, 365–6.

RESEARCH BAY, Cyprus seized, 4.

RHOOTAMAH, the Java Packet, 6.

RIO DE JANEIRO, S'eine visits, 21, 76.

ROCKY POINT, massacre, 19.

RUAPUKE, boat's crew lost, 92; Bruce visits, 175; Chief goes to Sydney, 239; Expedition sets out, 281; murder of McGregor's man, 285; Treaty of Waitangi signed, 375–6–7.

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SAUNDERS, CAPE, proximity to Otago Hb., 177.

SEALING, cargoes of skins, 4, 13, 60, 84–6–9, 90–1–2–3; murder of Cap. Kinnard, 19; American sealer Antarctic, 82–3; Auckland Id., 82; Macquarie Id., 88; Campbell Id., 88, 95, 275; Southern Is., 89; Further cargoes, 136–7, 275; the American Ionic, 193; the Enderby Expedition, 87, 88, 241 to 243, 414 to 422, 461 to 480; party at Preservation, 241.

SENTRY HILL, assembly ground, 40.

SHIP COVE, Tory arrives, 347.

SHIPS, sale of Bee, 65; loss of Deveron's boat, 7; Caroline and Harriett lose mates, 61; survey of Sarah, 66; seizure of Harlequin, 70; seizure of boat of Speculator, 70; seizure of Mary and Elizabeth, 72, 73, 77; Ruapuke boat accident, 92; building, 82, 100, 102; desertion of sailors, 100, 101; sailing license, 101; boat washed ashore, 103; the Lucy Ann loses 3 men, 104; threats against Lucy Ann, 104, 106; Mary Elizabeth avoids capture, 105; Lucy Ann deserted by officer, 109; crews disorderly, 134; Socrates boat lost, 134; Proteus boat nearly lost, 134; Lord Rodney seizure, 138 to 142; the Active seized, 143 to 147; Mediterranean Packet sailors desert, 149; stolen sailors, 153; seaman drowned, 158; Articles of Proteus, 158; Bombay's escape from destruction, 181, 182; Earl Stanhope reaches port a wreck, 182; Proteus, grounded, 183; Governor Bourke ashore, 183; Martha and Hannah suffer, 223; experiences of Mary, 239; expedition against Chatham Ids., 250–8; Mancha ashore, 258; boat capsized at Jones', 280; Honduras on a rock at Te Awaiti; Evans tries to board Siren, 291; Lewis deserts, 313; boat seized at Kapiti, 314; desertion of crews, 316.

SHIPBUILDING, the Joseph Weller, 101–2; McGregor's craft, 285.

SISTERS ROCKS, the Enderby Expedition, 114.

SNARES, Morrell, 82; the French Expedition, 328.

SOUTH CAPE, French whalers at, 245.

STEPHENS ID., Guard at, 114.

STEWART ID., wreck of Industry, 86; shipbuilding, 100; the Active capture, 143; American whalers in 1837, 176, 200; Sydney traders, 240; Enderby Expedition, 303; Immigrants from W. Australia, 303; Treaty of Waitangi, 374.

SUCCESS RIVER, see Waikawa.

TAHITIANS, at Preservation station, 207.

TAIERI, Weller's station, 275; wreck of Dublin Packet, 275.

TARANAKI, defence of Nga-Motu, 38 to 39; H.M.S. Zebra, 58; the Harriett, 117; Bumby visits, 338; Wakefield visits, 355; Guard papers, 423–9.

TARIFF DISPUTES, 260 to 273.

TASMANIA, see Hobart Town.

TE AWAITI, first station, 83; H.M.S. Pelorus, 225; Honduras and Tory, 281, 290; the Siren, 290; Crawford arrives, 295; social conditions, 297; missions stationed, 342; Bumby and Hobbs arrive, 336; Wakefield arrives, 349, 354.

TE NAMU, the Harriett, 117–8, 121–8.

TIMBER, Hobart Town Customs, 8; cargoes of, 84, 99, 102, 186; from Preservation, 89; Lucy Ann cargo, 98; Otago timber cheap, 178.

TOE TOES R., wreck near, 174; sale of estates, 286–7.

TONGUERS, at Cloudy Bay, 194; at Akaroa, 322–3.

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TOM CANE'S BAY, social condition, 298.

TORY CHANNEL, Guard enters, 1; Wm. the Fourth River, 21; H.M.S. Pelorus enters, 225; Tory sails through, 349.

TUTURAU, Te Puoho, 181.

WAIDERIPPA BAY. capture of Active, 142 to 147.

WAIKANAE, wreck of Waterloo, 68; Williams visits, 340; Williams takes Treaty, 365–6.

WAIKAWA (N.Id.), Tamaiharanui killed, 32; the Christina, 281, 291.

WAIKAWA (S.Id.), first mention, 238, 240; the Success at, 280.

WAIKOUAITI, the Magnet calls, 236; the Bee, 238; station doing well, 238, 240; the Dublin Packet, 276; Jones' station in 1839, 274; Jones' agricultural station established, 286; Watkin arrives, 345; Watkin's Journal, 480–9.

WAIMATE, the Harriett, 117–8, 122–4–5–7–8.

WAITARA, defence of Nga-Motu, 40.

WANGANUI, bought, 358–9; Williams visits with Treaty, 365–6.

WARSPITE ID., another name for Mana, 77.

WEST CAPE, Dublin Packet sailed from, 240.

WHALING, commencement, 1; movements of whales, 1; first shore stations, 2; early Cloudy Bay, 3, 9; system of killing, 10; 1830 cargoes, 11; 1831 cargoes, 18; Jones' station, 97; Weller's station, 110–1; 1836 Cloudy Bay season, 149; station established at Port Cooper, 149; 1836 season at Port Cooper, 152; bad results in 1836, 154, 155, 156; table (1832–35), 157; purchase of oil at Kapiti, 161; 1837 season at Kapiti, 162; Kapiti stations for sale, 165; Gluvias' theft of bone, 166 to 171; season at Otago, 178; crews strike, 179; procedure at bays, 195–6; dead “fish,” 196; stove boats. 197; British and American, 197, 260; trade with Natives, 198; route of American ships, 199; numbers killed on Off Ground. 230; Failure of at Cloudy Bay, 230; established at Waikawa, 240; bounty, 250; preferential tariff, 260 to 273; the whalebone complaint, 271 to 273; stations of Jones, 274–7, bad at Otago in 1840, 288; trade at Piraki station, 290; state of stations in 1839, 297; Evans's station, 298; Te Awaiti stations, 349.

WHANGAROA, the Elizabeth, 23.

WHEAT, cargo of, 7.

WHITECOVER, the Jessie and the Henry Freeling at, 281.

WICKETT VILLAGE, Te Awaiti, 20–1.

WILLIAM THE FOURTH RIVER, Steine discovers, 20–1.

WILLIAM PORT, Cap. Bruce in, 173, 239.

WOOL, from Mana Id., 133, 234.

WRECKS, Java Packet, 6; Waterloo, 67, 68; Shamrock, 79, 80, 135; Industry, 86; Auckland Id., 90, 91, 100; Harriett, 93, 107, 122; Passage Id., 174; Cornwallis, 176; Sydney Packet, 182, 183; Lynx, 185, 186, 236; Mancha, 239; Jean Bart, 250 to 258, 306; Dublin Packet, 275–6, 280; Henry Freeling, 281; Vittoria, 299; Ann and Mary, 300; Atlantic, 312–3; Erie, 317.

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