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Index

• Abduction, 108
• Adultery, the punishment for, 105
• Aitutaki, 90
  • — teachers, 73
• Alofi, 63, 69, 82, 93, 113, 115, 147; arrival at, 6, 10; the cottages of, 14; church of, 18, 35; a council at, 23 et seq.; types of physiognomy at, 88
• Amosa, the Samoan teacher, 77
• Apia, 4
• Architecture, native, 16–18
• Asibeli Kubu, 160
• Ata, 201, 202
  • — family, the, death portent of, 197, 201
• Atatá, the islet of, 152
• Avatele, 72, 77, 147; the people of, 89, 90; the headman of, 122
• Aylen, Captain, 190, 191
• Baker, Shirley Waldemar, 160 et seq., 167, 168, 175, 181, 183, 200, 216
• Bea, 194, 195
• Beauty, the Tongan ideal of, 203
• Bell, Mr., 67
• Blue-jackets, the political influence wielded by, 124 "Broom Road," the, 106
• Bubonic plague, 114
• Burial customs, 50, 51
• Calliope, H.M.S., 190
• Camden, the, 75
• Camping and Tramping in Malaya, H. Rathbone's, 100 (footnote)
• Cannibalism, 102
• Catacombs, ancient, 51
• Cator, Captain, 80
• Celt, a curious stone, 216
• Chincha Islands, the, 81
• Circumcision, the practice of, 92
• Cloudy Bay, a native fight in, 131
• Cook, Captain, 127, 130; landing of, in Niué, 69, 70; a relic of, 150, 205; native traditions of his visit to Tonga, 206
• Cook's Voyages, 220
• Copra, trade in, 56 et seq.; manufacture of, 58, 61; price of, 61; use of, 62
• Crawshaw, Captain, 211
• Crime, an unknown, 113page 230
• Crime and its punishment, 103 et seq.
• Crook, Mr., 75
• Cruise of H.M.S. "Fawn," The, 80 (footnote)
• Custom, a unique, 92
• Dance, a native, 119, 120
• Disease, native fear of, 75, 76; introduced by whalers, 78
• Diseases of the natives, 133 et seq.
• "Dongai," 100
• Duel, a mimic, 121
• Duff, the, 75, 105
• Dunedin, the Bishop of, 162
• Earth, tradition of the peopling of the, 84
• Eaves-dropping, 208
• Elephantiasis, cases of, 176
• English, Mr., 131
• Entertainment, a native, 117 et seq.
• Erskine, Captain, visit of, to Niué, 77
• European merchants, 209
• Evil spirits, belief in, 99
• Fakafolau, the practice of, 102
• Falcon Island, 183
• Fao, 86, 87
• Fataaki, King, 2, 3, 35, 36 (footnote)
• Fatafehi, 157, 168, 171, 182, 189, 214, 216
• — family, death portent of, 197
• Favourite, H.M.S., 194, 195
• Fawn, H.M.S., 80
• Feletoa, fortress, 191, 193
• Fiji, 94, 100; the Mathuata province in, 95; medical officers in, 98; warriors of, 131; concubitancy in, 135; land tenure in, 138
• Fijian architecture, 16, 17
• Finau, George, 185, 190, 191
• — Ulukalala, 189, 191–3
• Flies, swarms of, 140
• Flood, Mr., 50; his store, 55
• Fono, the, 37, 111, 112
• Fornander, 91
• French missionaries, the influence of, 218
• Fujipala, 182
• Futuna, 21, 22
• Galiaga, King, 36 (footnote)
• George Tubou I., King, 144, 158, 216
• George Tubou II., King, 158
• German plantations in Samoa, 3, 81
• Germans in Tonga, the, 153, 172, 173
• Gilbert Islands, 90
• Gill, Mr., 90
• Godefroy and Sons, 57
• Goodenough, Commodore, 35
• Graves. See Burial customs
• Grey, Sir George, 84
• Grice Sumner, Messrs., 81
• Haapai, 212; population of, 179 (footnote)
• Hakupu, the headman of, 133
• Havannah, H.M.S., 77page 231
• Hawaii, 152, 155; the Queen of, and Tonga, 174
• Hawaiian history, 91
• Hayes, "Bully," 57, 79, 81–3
• Head, R. H., 38, 57, 63, 64, 66, 81–3, 133, 135; family of, 67
• — Mrs., 68
• Hihifo, flying foxes at, 196; Captain Cook's visit to, 206
• Home, Captain Sir J. Everard, 190
• Honolulu, the Bishop of, 162
• Hood, Lieut. T. H., his visit to Niué, 65, 80
• Hornets, 198
• Huanaki, 86, 87
• Hunga Cave, the, 190, 191
• Infanticide, 102
• Influenza, prevalence of, 75
• Isabel, the, 65
• John Williams, the, 75
• Jurisdiction over foreigners, 173
• Justice, native, 103 et seq., 107
• Kaiser, the first, a portrait of, 174
• Kanakubolu, 196
• Kau-ulu-fonua, 20–2, 69
• Kava, the use of, 95, 97
• — plant, the., cultivation of, 95
• Kolovai, 200
• — family, the, death portent of, 197
• Kopega, the, 104
• Kubu, 168, 171, 202
• Labour trade, the, 81
• Land tenure, 136 et seq.
• Langa'iki, the deity, 93
• Lavinia, the princess, 20, 159
• Lawes, Frank, 9, 10, 19, 23–28, 30, 31, 53, 54, 67, 93, 97, 103, 109–12, 118, 121, 122, 135, 141, 143, 147
• — Mrs., 28; bounty of, 145, 146
• — Rev. W. G., 71, 79
• Lizard, the, sanctity of, 93, 98
• Lomaloma, 97
• London Missionary Society, the, 9, 13, 60; the house of, 12, 13; influence of, 51, 52, 59, 141; the penal code of, 105
• Macgregor, Sir William, 216 (footnote)
• Maclennan, Dr. Donald, 155, 156, 175. 177, 213
• Maealiuaki, William, 178
• Mafuike, 87
• Malden Island, 81
• Malofafa, 20
• Mangaia, 90
• Maria Bay, 196
• Mariner, William, 190, 191 (footnote), 193, 218. 220
• Marshall, H. J., r.n., 190
• Martin, John, m.d., 191 (footnote), 193
• Matapulega, the rite of, 92
• Mateialona, 212
• Mau'i, the deity, 84–6, 88
• Measles, an epidemic of, 180
• Messenger of Peace, the, 71
• Mildura, H.M.S., 11 (footnote), 147
• Mua, 196, 219
• Murder, the punishment for, 104page 232
• Native beliefs, 94 et seq.; customs, 50, 51, 92, 95, 133 et seq.; mythology, 84; superstitions, 51, 52; justice, 103 et seq., 107; entertainment, 117 et seq.
• Neiafu, the port of, 172, 184
• New Zealand, annexation of Niué to, 45, 147; and her dependencies, 149
• Niué-Fekai, letter from chiefs of, to Queen Victoria, 1; the inhabitants of, 3, 11; native politics in, 9; the architecture of, 15–18; the church in, 16; a tradition of the invasion of, 20 et seq.; the language of, 28; institutions of, 34; sovereignty in, 37, 38; annexation of, to New Zealand, 45, 147; burial customs in, 50, 51; superstition in, 51, 52; traders in, 56 et seq.; cocoanut plantations in, 57, 58; a set of stocks in, 65; influence of Samoan teachers in, 77; anchorages of, 79 (footnote); mythology of, 84; meaning of the name, 88; origin of the people of, 89 et seq.; tattooing in, 92; a unique custom in, 92; beliefs in, 94; infanticide in, 102; the tribunals of, 103 et seq.; the warriors of, 127, 130, 131; want of dignity in the natives of, 129; earth-hunger in, 138
• Niuafoou, population of, 179 (footnote)
• Niuatobutabu, population of, 179 (footnote)
• Nukualofa, 145, 155, 158, 159, 163, 164, 194, 198, 201, 211; plague of hornets at, 199, 200
• Ofa, Princess, 159, 164; joins the Church of England, 162, 163
• Pacific Islands, the, federation of, 146
• Pacific Islands Co., the, 55, 137
• Pakieto, King, 36 (footnote)
• Patterson, H. W., 57
• Patuavalu, King, 36 (footnote)
• Paula, the Samoan teacher, 77
• Penal code, a, 112, 113, 178
• Penalties for crimes, 108
• Peniamina Nukai, 75, 78
• Petitions from the natives, 206, 207
• Polynesian chiefs, 170, 175
• — music, 218
• Polynesians, the, 3, 165; dignity of, 129
• Population returns, 179
• Porpoise, H.M.S., 4, 33, 117, 123, 146, 184, 215, 216; a royal visit to, 46, 171
• Port-au-Prince, the, 192
• Pratt, Rev. G., 79
• Priesthood, the, 95
• Protectorates, 41 et seq.
• Pulangi Tau, the, 103, 104
• Punimata, King, 36 (footnote)
• Pylstaart Island, 91
• Quarantine regulations, 113, 115
• Ranfurly, Lord, 11 (footnote), 147
• Rarotonga, 74, 105page 233
• Rathbone, H., 100
• Ravenhill, Captain, 23, 39, 46, 48, 123
• Relationships, 136
• Resolution, the, 206
• Review of Reviews, The, 210
• Ross, Captain, 65
• Sakaio, the Samoan teacher, 77
• Samoa, 152; German plantations in, 3, 81; visit of John Williams to, 74; mission school in, 74, 75, 77
• "Samoa Convention, 1899," the, 4, 173
• Samoan teachers, the, 77, 92, 105, 133 [77
• Samuela, the Samoan teacher,
• Sateki, 158, 164, 169, 209, 210
• Savage Island. See Niué
• Seddon, R. J., 146
• Spearman, Lieutenant, 70
• Spells, the working of, 98
• Stanmore, Lord, 66
• Stone of power, the, 35
• Suicide, 109
• Superstition, prevalence of, 51, 197, 201
• Tahiti, 105
• Takalaua, King, 20
• Talanga, 87 [197
• Talatala hina, the, flowers of,
• Tamajia, 20
• Tangaloa, the deity, 84 [II.
• Taufa'ahau. See George Tubou
• Tauranga, H.M.S., 124
• Tauvu, 94
• Taxes, 29
• Tepá, 89
• Theft, 109
• Toeumu, 191
• Tonga, 91, 153, 155, 172; the protectorate over, 4, 172, 174, 215, 216; taxes paid by labourers in, 29; the Free Church of, 161; the army of, 167; the Queen of, 175; the European colony of, 180
• Tongan castaways, a colony of, 91
• —families, death portents of, 197
• —music, Appendix
• Tongans, the, 173, 189; cave of, 14, 18, 19; burial customs of, 51, 52; energy of, in copra-making, 59; practice of tattooing amongst, 91; regard of, for the English, 124 et seq.; their ignorance of surgery, 176; their ideal of female beauty, 203
• Tongatabu, 152; population of, 179 (footnote)
• Tongia, King, 34, 35 (footnote), 36–9, 113, 116, 128, 137, 148; his daughter, 83; letter from, to Queen Victoria, 151
• Totemism, 93
• Traders, 56 et seq.
• Treaty, the signing of a, 30, 172 et seq.; 214
• Tuapa, 9, 10, 35 (footnote), 36, 54, 55, 63, 134; cave near, 65; the road to, 49; the King's palace in, 54
• Tui Belehake. See Fatafehipage 234
• Tui Kanakubolu, death portent of the, 197
• — Tonga, the, 88
• Tuitonga, King, 2, 35, 36 (footnote)
• Tukuaho, 154, 157, 158, 163
• Tungi, 154, 163, 195, 212, 213
• Turner, Dr., 75–7, 96, 106
• Tutunekai, the, 146
• Ugliness, the cult of, 129
• Unga, 188
• Utulei Point, 184
• Vavau, 172, 182 et seq.; the native church of, 16, 18; the German coaling-station at, 186, 187
• Victoria, Queen, letter to, from native chiefs, 1; from King Tongia, 151; a portrait of, 23, 28; autograph letters for, 150; presents from the King of Tonga, 167
• Webber, Mr. Amherst, 25, 203, 213, 214, 219, 220
• Wesleyan missionaries, 59
• Whalers, 78
• Williams, John, 71–6, 127
• Witchcraft, belief in, 96, 97
• Women doctors, 135
• Woodlark Island, 216 (footnote)