Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau mai a Salter ki Teignmouth, Devon, Ingarangi i te tau 1816, ka heke ki Kanata i te tau 1834 ka noho tuatahi ki Plympton; i muri mai ka whawhai ia i te Upper Canada Rebellion
o te tau 1837. I muri mai ka marenatia ia i te tau 1839 ka whakaako i te kura i a ia e whiwhi ana i tana tohu i roto i te maatauranga whenua me te hangarau hangarau.