Te Teo Block, Mangamuka River, Hokianga District.
This Indenture made the twenty-fifth day of September in the
year of our Lord One
1839. 25 September.Hokianga District. thousand Eight hundred and Thirty-nine Between Eware a Native Chief of the
River
Te Teo.John Johnstone and W. T. Nicholas. Manumuko and Korewaro a Native Chief of the same river and Pukupapaka, the
Grandson of Eware the Native Chief above mentioned And E Tau Tai daughter of the
aforesaid Eware All Inhabitants of the River Manumuko aforesaid in New Zealand of
the one part and John Johnstone of the Bay of Islands Carpenter And William Thomas
Nicholas, Sawyer, of the Hokianga, in New Zealand aforesaid of the other part,
Whereas the said John Johnstone and William Thomas Nicholas have contracted and
agreed with the said Eware the said
Receipt. Korewaro the said Pukupapaka and the said Etautai for the purchase thereof
at and for the Value of the undermentioned property (viz.) One Cask of Powder, Two
Spades, Two Hoes, and three Muskets, but as no conveyance hath yet been made they
have requested that the same may be in manner hereinafter mentioned Now this
Indenture Witnesseth that in pursuance of the said Agreement and for and in
consideration of the property aforesaid One Cask Powder Two Spades Two Hoes and
Three Muskets to the said Eware the said Korewaro the said Pukupapaka and the said
E Tau Tai hereby well and truly paid by the said John Johnston and William Thomas
Nicholas the receipt whereof the said Eware the said Korewaro the said Pukupapaka
and the said E Tau Tai Doth hereby acknowledge They the said Eware the said
Korewaro the said Pukupapaka and the said E Tau Tai Hath bargained Sold and
Assigned And by the presents Doth bargain sell and assign unto the said John
Johnstone and William Thomas Nicholas their Heirs Executors Administrators and
assigns All that piece or parcel of land lying and being situate on the River Manu
Muko and known by the name of Te Teo and bounded by the River Mangamuka
Boundaries. [300 acres.] being a branch of the Hokianga bounded on the East by a Totara tree cut
with a notch a Compass line running due South from the same, On the South by the
banks of the Mangamuka River running from the before named Tree in a Westerly
direction as far as a Mangrove Tree also marked, On the West by a compass line
running in a direction East South East by compass from the said Tree to the ridges
of the Hills, and on the North by the ridges of the Hills, supposed to contain
about Three hundred acres more or less, Together with all and singular the Timber
standing or growing thereon ways paths passages Waters Watercourses rights profits
advantages emoluments and Appurtenances to the said piece or parcel of Land or
Premises belonging or in any wise appertaining therewith or with any part thereof
now or hereafter holden Occupied or enjoyed as part parcel or Member thereof And
to have and to hold the said piece or Parcel of Land and other the premises hereby
assigned or intended so to be with their Appurtenances unto the said John
Johnstone and the said William Nicholas their Executors Administrators Heirs and
Assigns from henceforth for all such term or terms of Years Estate or Interest
which the said Eware the said Korewaro the said Pukupapaka and the said E Tau Tai
hath how or may have in the same in as full ample beneficial a manner to all
intents and purposes whatsoever as the said Eware the said Korewaro the said
Pukupapaka and the said E Tau Tai might or could have held or enjoyed the same if
these Presents had not been made And the said Eware the said Korewaro the said
Pakupapaka and the said E Tau Tai Doth hereby for themselves their Heirs and
Assigns covenant and declare to and with the said John Johnstone and William
Thomas Nicholas their Executors Administrators Heirs and Assigns by these Presents
in manner following That is to say That They the said John Johnstone and William
Thomas Nicholas their Executors Administrators Heirs and Assigns shall and
lawfully may at all times hereafter peaceably and quietly enter upon and enjoy all
and singular the said premises with the Appurtences and take and receive the Rents
issues and profits thereof for to and for themselves and their use and benefit
without any hinderance molestation or interruption whatsoever from the said Eware
the said Korewaro the said Pukupapaka and the said E Tau Tai their Heirs or
assigns or any person or persons whatsoever And the said Eware the said Korewaro
the said Pukupapaka and the said E Tau Tai their Heirs and Assigns to do
everything in their Power to secure
page 266and protect the said John Johnstone and William Thomas Nicholas their heirs and
assigns in the peaceable and quiet enjoyment of the said piece or parcel of Land
or Premises. In Witness whereof the said parties to these Presents have hereunto
set their Hands and Seals the day of the year first within written.
Eware his x mark.
Korewaro his x mark.
l.s. Pukupapaka. his x mark. l.s.
l.s. E Tau Tai her x mark. l.s.
Signed sealed and delivered having been first read over in the presence
of—
J. S. Odeland.
B. W. Baker his x mark.
Robt. Campbell his x
mark.