Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands, Including Descriptions of the Natural History and Scenery of the Islands, with Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants, Volume 2Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1829 - 576 pages |
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... Human sacrifices - Anthropophagism— Islands in which it prevails - Motives and circumstances under which it is practised - Tradition of its existence in Sir Charles Sanders ' Island -Extensive prevalence of Sorcery and Divination ...
... Human sacrifices - Anthropophagism— Islands in which it prevails - Motives and circumstances under which it is practised - Tradition of its existence in Sir Charles Sanders ' Island -Extensive prevalence of Sorcery and Divination ...
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... human sacrifices , prior to the commencement of hostilities - National councils- Mustering of forces - Emblems of the gods taken to the war - Strength of their fleets or armies - The battle of Hooroto - Women engaging in war - Martial ...
... human sacrifices , prior to the commencement of hostilities - National councils- Mustering of forces - Emblems of the gods taken to the war - Strength of their fleets or armies - The battle of Hooroto - Women engaging in war - Martial ...
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... human race . In the island of Raiatea , their traditions informed them , their species originated , and hither after death they re- paired . In connexion with my first voyages to the spot , which many have been accustomed to consider as ...
... human race . In the island of Raiatea , their traditions informed them , their species originated , and hither after death they re- paired . In connexion with my first voyages to the spot , which many have been accustomed to consider as ...
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... human knowledge and Divine truth . The following extract from the journal of a Tahitian , now a native Missionary in the Sandwich group , is not only most interesting from the intelligence it conveys , but creditable to the writer's ...
... human knowledge and Divine truth . The following extract from the journal of a Tahitian , now a native Missionary in the Sandwich group , is not only most interesting from the intelligence it conveys , but creditable to the writer's ...
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... human race was ever perhaps sunk lower in brutal licentiousness and moral degradation , than this isolated people . The veil of oblivion must be spread over this part of their character , of which the appalling picture , drawn by the ...
... human race was ever perhaps sunk lower in brutal licentiousness and moral degradation , than this isolated people . The veil of oblivion must be spread over this part of their character , of which the appalling picture , drawn by the ...
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accustomed appeared Areois attended Austral Islands baptized Barff bark body Borabora bread-fruit called canoe Captain Captain Cook casuarina ceremony chapel chiefs Christ Christianity church circumstances civilized cloth cocoa-nut colour connexion considered coral crime declared deities desire district Divine dress dwellings effect Eimeo engaged erected European favour feet females fish formed formerly frequently friends furnished gods Huahine human human sacrifices idolatry idols individual influence inhabitants kind king labour land laws Leeward Islands magistrate marae mats ment Missionaries mountains nation native occasion offered Palliser Islands parties perhaps person Pomare Pomare III prayer present priest principal punishment raatiras Raiatea received reef regarded rendered resembling residence Rurutu Sabbath sacred Sandwich Islands Scripture seldom ship shore side singular society Society Islands sometimes South Sea Islands spear spirits station supposed Taaroa Tahaa Tahiti Tahitian tataued temple tion tree usually vessel voyage worship