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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... parties- Return of Hautia and the captives - Frequency of war in the South Sea Islands - Polynesian war - god - Religious ceremonies and human sacrifices , prior to the commencement of hostilities - National councils- Mustering of ...
... parties- Return of Hautia and the captives - Frequency of war in the South Sea Islands - Polynesian war - god - Religious ceremonies and human sacrifices , prior to the commencement of hostilities - National councils- Mustering of ...
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... parties before the guests stepped on the soil : as soon as they were landed , a kind of circle was formed by the people ; the king or chiefs on the one side , and the strangers on the other ; the latter brought their marotai , or ...
... parties before the guests stepped on the soil : as soon as they were landed , a kind of circle was formed by the people ; the king or chiefs on the one side , and the strangers on the other ; the latter brought their marotai , or ...
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... parties have , within the last few years , reached the Tahitian shores from islands to the eastward , of which the Society Islanders had never before heard . In 1820 , a canoe arrived at Maurua , about twenty miles west of Borabora ...
... parties have , within the last few years , reached the Tahitian shores from islands to the eastward , of which the Society Islanders had never before heard . In 1820 , a canoe arrived at Maurua , about twenty miles west of Borabora ...
Page 92
... parties , conducted to the splendid enter- tainments of the highest classes , and presented at the British court amidst a brilliant assemblage of all that was illustrious in rank , and dignified in station . The Tahitians in general are ...
... parties , conducted to the splendid enter- tainments of the highest classes , and presented at the British court amidst a brilliant assemblage of all that was illustrious in rank , and dignified in station . The Tahitians in general are ...
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... parties from every direction approaching , by land or by sea , the bay , at the head of which our settlement was formed . In a walk through the village , on the afternoon of the day preceding the Sabbath , looking along the shore , we ...
... parties from every direction approaching , by land or by sea , the bay , at the head of which our settlement was formed . In a walk through the village , on the afternoon of the day preceding the Sabbath , looking along the shore , we ...
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Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
Polynesian Researches: During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in ..., Volume 2 William Ellis Affichage du livre entier - 1829 |
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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