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PLATE III.

NGEUNGEU, AND HER SON JAMES MAXWELL.

NGEUNGEU is the daughter of Tara, the principal chief of the Nga-ti-tai tribe, and was married to Thomas Maxwell, an industrious and enterprising settler, who resided for many years at the Island of Waiheke, situated in the frith of the Thames, near the entrance of the river Waitemata, on the banks of which the Town of Auckland is built.

She is the mother of several interesting children, besides the one delineated in the plate. About three years ago, she lost her husband, who was drowned at sea; he had built a small schooner, which he called the "Sarah Maxwell," and after taking his departure from Auckland, on his first voyage, was never again heard of. A very heavy gale of wind from N. E., set in shortly after he left port, and it is supposed his vessel foundered with all on board. Mrs. Maxwell was deeply affected with her loss, and although solicited by more than one European to re-enter the marriage state, she has declined every offer, and still remains a widow. She possesses a considerable estate in land, which circumstance, no doubt, rendered an alliance with her an object of ambition to those who aspired to her hand.

Since her husband's death, she has generally resided at Omupuia, her native village. She is highly respected for the propriety of her conduct, and is very neat in her habits.

She is represented wearing a garland of the pendulous blossoms of the Red Kowai (Clianthus pumiceas) called by the natives Kowai ngutu Kaka, or Parrot's Bill; and her dress is one of the finer kinds of flax garments, made by herself, and ornamented with tufts of scarlet wool.
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NGEUNGEUとHerSonJamESMaxWELL、ニュージーランド人イラスト、1847年、NGEUNGEUとHerSonJAMESMaxWELL [Image of17] PLATE III。、、、。NGEUNGEUはンガ・ティ・タイ族の酋長タラの娘であり、長年にわたりテムズ川の真にあるワイテマタ川の入り口近くのワイヘケ島に住んでおり、オークランドの町が築かれている。皿に描かれたもののほか、いくつかの興味深い子供たちの母である。3年ほど前に、海で溺死した夫を亡くし、サラー・マクスウェルという小型スクーナーを建造し、その最初の航海でオークランドを出発したが、その後消息を絶った。出港後まもなく、N.E.の強風が強大に襲い掛かったため、乗船していた船は全員で出発したものと推測される。ミセスマクスウェルは彼女の喪失に深く感銘を受け、複数のヨーロッパ人から結婚生活への復帰を懇願されたが、彼女はすべての申し出を断り、今でも未亡人である。土地にかなりの財産を所有しており、状況は疑いもなく、彼女の手への憧れの的となった。夫の死後、彼女は通常、故郷のオムプイアに住んでいた。彼女は自分の行為の礼儀を尊重しており、その習慣はとてもきちんとしている。コワイ・ングトゥ・カカ、またはオウムのビルと呼ばれる紅の五葉の花の花の付け根を身に着けている。彼女のドレスは、自分自身で作られたより細かい種類のの服の1つで、毛の房で装飾されている。
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NGEUNGEUとHer Son JAMES MAXWELL、ニュージーランド人イラストレイテッド、1847年、ニュージーランド人イラストレイテッド
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