The Enderby Settlement
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Maish, John and Louisa 65
Malone, R.E. 149, 200
Mann, Mary Jane 83, 177
Mann, Peter and Eliza 83, 172
Manning Portable Colonial Cottage 23
Maori 13–15; Boxing Day sports 104; children 65, 100–01; compensation for land 16; employment by Company 16, 23, 63, 133; English language 17; fight between rival factions 28–29; and Grey 95, 206; karakia noted by Grey 96–97; kelp bags used in mutton birding 139; Maori language 16, 17; Oliver’s report 59; population, Auckland Islands 120; property ownership taken over by British 16, 28; relationships with colonists 31; removal from Auckland Islands 173, 206, 215; rumour of revolt over Enderby’s departure 178; Special Commissioners’ advice about closure of settlement 173; suicide of woman at Matioro’s pa 204–05; vegetable gardens 68, 115–16, 133, 134, 199; whaling crew visits to women 109, 118, 122, 167; written agreement with 16–17
marriages 21, 21, 62, 102–03, 125, 167
Matioro 16, 17, 28–30, 58, 74, 83, 96–97, 100, 109, 125, 167, 178, 205, 206, 215; accusation against wife, Kuini (Ngawhanga) 117–18, 119
McCormick, Robert 48, 131
McKenny, John 83
megaherbs 51, 52, 53, 113, 187, 196, 201; see also herbfields, and names of individual species
Melbourne 210
Melville, Herman, Moby Dick 37, 41–42, 43–44
mercury, use to cure syphilis 160
missionaries 30
Moby Dick (Melville) 37, 41–42, 43–44
Molesworth, Sir William 213–14
mollymawks 50, 51, 52
Moore, David 210
Morgan, Lieutenant 177
Moriori: Chatham Islands massacre of 29–30; population, Auckland Islands 120; taken off Auckland Islands 215; slaves 14, 28, 29–30, 97, 109, 133
Morrell, Benjamin 48, 51, 56–57, 166
Mt Eden, Auckland Island 96, 127, 130
Munce, Elizabeth (William’s daughter) 102
Munce, Elizabeth (William’s mother) 83
Munce, Elizabeth (Liz) (née McKenny) 73–74, 76, 83, 99, 101–03, 123, 133, 140, 202, 210
Munce, Emily 102
Munce, George Edward 140, 177
Munce, Harry 121
Munce, Johnny 102, 103
Munce, Maria 102
Munce, Mary (née McKenny) 73–74, 83
Munce, Samuel 83
Munce, Sarah 83
Munce, William John 72–76, 73, 125; accountant 72, 123, 155, 173; Boxing Day sports 104; Chapel Bay and Lake Hinemoa visit 100; diary 82, 85, 97, 104, 149–50, 210–11; and Enderby 76, 140, 147, 149, 178, 188, 191, 197; family background 83; Fantome’s visit 200, 202; at Government House functions 80, 82, 97, 121, 137–38, 140; and Juliet Mackworth 210; and Mackworth 72–73, 74–75, 81, 103, 104, 197, 199; magistrate 100, 147, 149, 197; marriage and children 73–74, 99, 101–03, 121, 123, 133, 135, 210; notice from the Company 200; and Special Commissioners 148, 149–50, 152, 168, 175–76; trading on the side 82, 104, 121
Munce, Willy 121
Musgrave Harbour 53
Musgrave Inlet (Chapel Bay) 57, 60, 100
Musgrave Peninsula 55
Musgrave, Thomas 55
mussels 75, 75, 76, 103
muttonbirds (sooty shearwaters) 111; kelp bags used by Maori in muttonbirding 139
Myrsine 132, 132
Nantucket whalers 41, 42
New South Wales 123, 172, 214; see also Sydney
New Zealand: Enderby Settlement dealings with 214; flax rope 46; Legislative Council, appointment of William Valpy 88, 89; sealing 44; Tagua Bay coastwatcher station, World War II 55; whaling ships in 44; see also Auckland; Bay of Islands; Lyttelton; Otago; Wellington
New Zealand Company 30, 100, 126
Newcastle, Duke of 191, 192, 213
Newfoundland 49
Ngatere 16, 17, 27, 28, 31, 58, 96, 100, 134, 178, 185, 206
Ngati Mutunga 30
Ngati Tama 29, 30
Ngawhanga (Kuini, Matioro’s wife) 117–18, 119, 125, 178
Norman Inlet 57
North West Cape 51
Ocean 44
Ocean Island 15, 18, 82; prisoners sent to 110
Ocean Point 15, 16, 82, 203
Ocean Point pa 27–28, 31, 58, 100–01, 134
Oliver, Edward Wing 102, 138, 139
Oliver, Richard 59, 60
Otago 69, 74, 76, 83, 85–91, 191, 193
Pacific Ocean 41, 43
Parkinson, William 74, 139
Parry, Sir Edward 106, 116
Peek, James, Jr 64, 72, 74, 75, 76, 97, 104, 105, 117, 123, 125, 127, 197
Peek, James, Sr 64, 105–06, 115
Peel, Sir Robert 81
penguins 51; Macquarie Island 144–45; rockhopper penguins 144, 187; yellow-eyed penguins 108
Perseverance 81
Phile, Mr, later Captain 66, 72, 73, 80, 82, 87, 99
pigs 16, 28, 44, 134, 136, 215
Pike, Bayly 210
Pilot Jack 13, 16, 74
Pleurophyllum speciosum 53, 196
Port Chalmers 69, 83, 85, 86, 87, 135, 207, 209
Port Ross 127; Antarctic expeditions 17, 46; Charles Enderby’s first sighting 15–16; Governor 72; named Port Ross by Enderby 20; named Rendezvous Harbour by Ross 20; named Sarah’s Bosom by Bristow 18; right whales’ calving 215; volcanic origins 18; whaling ships based at 120, 153, 155–56; see also Enderby Settlement
Powles, J.D. 115
prefabricated buildings 16, 20, 23, 28, 59–60, 61, 62, 64, 72, 117, 172, 204, 209, 210
Preston, Thomas: approach to Enderby for advice on British whale fishery 47; and Downs’ death 188, 213, 214; Enderby’s actions against 184–86, 188–89, 195, 213–14; Enderby’s fears regarding letters to Secretary of State 193; and Grey 185–86, 190, 192, 213; never censured by British government 214; secretary of Southern Whale Fishery Company 49, 78, 126, 140; Special Commissioner of Southern Whale Fishery Company 126, 129, 140, 141, 148, 150–53, 155–57, 158, 159, 160–65, 167–68, 172–81, 183, 184; Sydney 205
prisoners, custody of see Adam’s Island – Enderby Settlement gaol; Shoe Island – Enderby Settlement gaol
provisions see food; stores and supplies
rabbits 131, 131, 132, 215
rata 16, 19, 26, 26, 56, 57, 68, 68, 76, 132, 171
Raven, Captain 44
Raynal, F.E., Wrecked on a Reef 55–56
Redman, George 115
Rendezvous Harbour see Port Ross
Riley, Mr 158
rockhopper penguins 144, 187
Rodd, Dr 25, 31, 97, 123, 137; alcohol drinking 81, 109, 140, 150; departure from Enderby Settlement 205; and Downs’ death 159, 160, 188, 189; and Munce 75–76, 100, 103, 104, 150; resignation 133; and Special Commissioners 149, 151, 158, 172
Rodd, Mrs 75, 81, 97, 103, 137, 139, 205
Rose Island 15, 18, 105, 122, 124, 130, 132, 215; prisoners sent to 110
Ross, Sir James Clarke 16, 17, 18, 20, 45, 46, 48, 51, 131
royal albatrosses 132, 190
Royal Geographical Society 46, 93–94
Royal Society 46
Russia 138
Samuel Enderby 12, 13, 21, 25, 27, 28, 36, 43–44, 62, 173–74, 183–84, 211; Enderby’s flagship 177; whaling 63, 65, 66, 68, 103, 104, 157–58, 195; whaling out of Sydney 177
Samuel Enderby & Sons 41–45; see also Enderby Brothers
Sandy Bay 67, 68, 82, 130, 131, 131, 150, 154, 175
Sarah 44
Sarah’s Bosom see Port Ross
school 135
scurvy 145, 158, 201
sea leopards 82, 146
sea lions 10, 16, 68, 76, 82, 100, 131, 132, 150, 175, 182, 200, 216
seal oil 80
seals and sealing 56, 67; elephant seal oiling, Macquarie Island 137, 138, 143–44, 145–46, 156, 168, 179, 198; fur seals and sealing 43, 44, 80, 100, 112, 116–17, 120, 140, 144, 145, 146, 216; sealing boat purchase 87, 90, 91
Selwyn, George Augustus 126, 127–28, 129, 148, 206
shag
s 135; Enderby Island 122
sheep 28, 62, 69, 83, 85–86, 90, 91, 99, 102, 116, 121, 123, 124, 130, 137, 148, 206, 215
Shields, Captain 42–43
shipwrecks 53, 55–56, 166, 215; castaway depots 53, 215
Shoe Island 13, 15, 18, 57, 110, 130; Enderby Settlement gaol 57, 109–10, 111, 118, 121, 128
Sir Edward Parry 106, 116, 135
Sir James Ross 106, 111, 112, 116, 117, 122, 123, 124, 211
Smith, Valentine 25, 61, 62, 64, 211–12
soil, assessment of 69, 116, 153, 156
sooty shearwaters (muttonbirds) 111; kelp bags used by Maori in muttonbirding 139
South Australia 95
South West Cape, Enderby Island 53
Southern Harbour see Carnley Harbour
Southern Ocean 34, 41–42, 46, 48, 67, 145, 216
Southern Whale Fishery Company 25, 26, 45, 49, 58, 64; annual general meetings 114–16, 128–29; Auckland Islands as location for base 18, 20, 46, 47–49, 63–64, 107, 120, 148–49, 152; Black Dog ownership 186; competition from goldfields for men 107, 123, 126, 130, 133, 160; crewmen from Australia 123, 160; crewmen from New Zealand 83, 91, 99; design, building and cost of ships 28, 73, 106, 115, 120, 138, 194; dismissals 25, 27, 64, 66, 73, 80–81, 85, 99; incorporation 48; lack of experienced crews 194; and Maori 16, 173, 178, 206, 215; pay rates 198; promissory note 90, 90, 106; reasons for failure of whaling operations 193–95; returns from whaling 103, 104–05, 109, 115, 116, 118, 124, 125, 133, 138, 148, 150, 157–58, 160, 193, 200–01, 203; Special Commissioners’ visit to Enderby Settlement 126, 129, 140–41, 147–53, 155–65, 167–70, 171, 172–80, 183, 184–86, 188–89; special meeting 125–26, 129; winding up of operations 189, 214; see also Black Dog; Brisk, Earl of Hardwicke; Enderby Settlement; Fancy; Lord Duncan; Samuel Enderby
spermaceti, or sperm oil 37, 43, 158, 194, 200
St Elmo’s fire 33
steam shipping 129
Stephen, Sidney 185, 186, 188
Stewart, Keith 59, 60
Stilbocarpa polaris 53, 142, 142, 145
storekeeper 25, 61, 156, 167
stores and supplies 21, 27, 28, 62, 63, 69, 72, 127, 130, 148, 202; shipment from Enderby Settlement 171, 202, 204, 205; Special Commissioners’ charges 153, 155, 156, 158, 167–68; see also food
Stove, Captain 135, 171
Stove, Janet 134–35, 216
Stove, Mrs 139
supplies see food; stores and supplies
Sydney 44, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 69, 72, 73, 76, 83, 102, 104, 118, 127, 130, 136, 155, 160, 172, 177, 183–84, 206, 207, 209–10
Syren 43
Tagua Bay coastwatcher station, World War II 55
Taieri district, Otago 88
Tapsell, Thomas 16, 27, 31, 34–35, 46, 63–64, 71–72, 73, 87, 91, 99, 109
Tarrant, Dr 121
Tasmania 82, 83, 172, 214
Terror Cove 15, 17, 18, 19, 74, 133, 136
Toenga 28–29, 30
Total Abstinence Society proposal 81
Towns, Robert 60, 72, 102, 127, 130, 170, 186, 195, 209
Tucker Point 27
Tula 45
United States: American War of Independence 41; Enderby family trade 41; whaling 41, 42, 43, 46, 49, 193
United States Exploring Expedition 17
Valpy, Caroline 87, 210
Valpy, Catherine see Fulton, Catherine (née Valpy)
Valpy, Juliet see Mackworth, Juliet (née Valpy)
Valpy, William 87, 87, 88, 89, 90, 210
vegetable gardens 24, 116, 128, 148, 149; Maori 68, 115–16, 133, 134
vegetation 26, 51, 53, 57, 76–77, 113; see also herbfields; megaherbs; and names of species, e.g. rata
Venus, transit of 17
Victoria, Australia 123, 207, 211; see also Melbourne
Victoria Passage 14, 17, 53, 54
Victoria, Queen 21
volcanic origins of Auckland Islands 18, 52, 55, 107, 110, 111
Wakefield, Edward Jerningham 95
wandering albatross 114
weather see climate and weather
Weddell, James 33, 44
Wellington 69, 86, 88, 89, 95, 126–27, 128–29, 133, 134, 136, 137, 180, 183–85, 190, 191, 211–12
Welsh, John 58
whale oil: brought to settlement by Sir James Ross 106; case oil 104; Enderby family trade in 41; from Enderby Settlement whaling 103, 104–05, 109, 115, 118, 125, 133, 138, 139, 157–58, 160, 203; quantities 37; rendering 38, 39; from Samuel Enderby whaling out of Sydney 177; spermaceti, or sperm oil 37, 43, 158, 194, 200; uses 34, 41; vegetable oil in competition with 49; from whale captured in Wellington harbour 184
whales: black whales 18, 20; blue whales 24; common [right] whales 31, 34, 42, 63–64, 194, 215; humpback whales 34, 64, 80, 103; pilot whales (blackfish) 104; sperm whales 20, 34, 35, 37, 41, 42, 193, 194; whalebone whales 34
Whale’s Head (now Dea’s Head) 74
whaling 32, 35; attacks by whales on whaleboats and mother ships 37, 38; Brisk 31, 33, 34, 66, 99, 109; Britain 24, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47–49; captains 40; capture of whale in Wellington Harbour 184; crews 40–41; cutting blubber from dead whale 37–38, 39, 104, 203; decline 193–94, 215; Enderby family 41–45, 46, 48, 49, 78; harpooning a whale 35, 35–37, 36, 38; H.F. (Bertie) Cook 212; Maori employment 16; officers and mates 40; pay 40; shipboard life 40–41; twentieth-century revival 215; United States 41, 42, 43, 46, 49, 193; see also Southern Whale Fishery Company
Whitelock, William 205, 206
Wilkes, Charles 17, 46, 144
women 25, 28, 62, 63, 64
World War II: Erlangen, German cargo steamer, in Carnley Harbour 56; New Zealand’s Tagua Bay coastwatcher station 55
Wrecked on a Reef (Raynal) 55–56
Wright (Lord Nelson crew member) 158, 159
yellow-eyed penguin 108
Young, Robert 138–39, 150
Younger, Isabel 80, 101, 102, 216
Younger, Thomas 13, 25, 31, 80, 100, 117–18, 125