Old Samoa or Flotsam and Jetsam from the Pacific Ocean
Index
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Index
- A'ana, an early war of, 50.
- Adultery, punishment of, 94.
- Aitu, or god story of, 230.
- Alamea, injury due to, 168.
- Albinos, 63
- Amusements, 132.
- Anchors of the spirits 70
- Annoyances, strange, 261
- Apia, 31.
- Apolima, 33.
- Apteryx, the, 191.
- Aquatic sports, 139.
- Arms, 244.
- Assassins, 110
- Atonga, 273.
- Attendants on chiefs, 74
- Bachelors' houses, 110.
- Banishment, mode of, 7, 91.
- Basket, a peculiar, 243
- Heard, mode of dressing 119
- Bell-ringing, Stranger 264.
- Betrothals, 171.
- Birth-customs, 175.
- Boat-song, a, 73.
- Bonito, 203.
- Boundaries, 83.
- Breadfruit, 55.
- Burials, 178.
- Burning the body, 116.
- Canoe-building, 145, 149.
- Canoe-races, 140.
- Canoe-song, a, 276.
- Canoe-voyages, early, 271.
- Canoes, kinds of, 152.
- Cats, 187.
- Cave, visit to romantic, 48.
- Caverns, 48.
- Census in 1845, 58.
- Chanting, 136.
- Chiefs, ranks of, 65; language of, 68; death of, 75, 180; installation of, 79; Attendants of, 122; sacredness of, 127; burial of, 179, 183.
- Children, mode of rearing, 177; fondness for, 178; training of, 178.
- Cicadae, chorus of, 207.
- Cinet-plaiting, 145.
- Classes of the people, 65.
- Climate, 35.
- Climbing trees, mode of, 63.
- Cloth-making, 143.
- Cocaine, use of, 286.
- Cocoanut-palms, 53.
- Combats, single, 236.
- Complexion of the people, 58.
- Conch-shell, 135, 222.
- Cooking, 122; on voyages, 285.
- Councils 84.
- Counting a game, 138.
- Courttship, 171
- Crabs land 189.
- Crickcket love of, 130.
- Cromlech a, 222.
- Cuckoo, the, 104.
- Cupbearers, 81.
- Cures, unlikely, 166.
- Curse a sister's, 180.
- Curtains, 109.
- Customs, vexatious, 126.
- Cutting, mode of, 167.
- Cyclones, 38.
- Dances, night, 132; day, 134.
- Dead, the, spirits of, 215; state of, 217.
- Death, customs at, 180
- Diet, 121.
- Diseases, 165.
- Districts, 83.
- Diving, 65, 139.
- Divinities, 210.
- Doctors, 165.
- Dogs, 187.
- Doves, 113, 191.
- Dress, 113.
- Drought, 37.
- Drums, 135.
- Dwellings, 105.
- Dyes, 145.
- Earth, origin of the, 212; tradition of, 238.
- Earthquakes, 41, 238.
- Easter Island Inscriptions, 288.
- Eating, mode of, 121.
- Elephantiasis, 169.
- Embalming, 184.
- Employments, list of, 142.
- Etiquette, 124.
- Evil spirits, agency of, 259.
- Execution, mode of, 101.
- Families, leading, 77.
- Family names, 75.
- Feasts, 137, 235.
- Feathers as ornaments, 117.
- Ferns, tree, 53.
- Fighting, mode of, 247.
- Fights, 137.
- Fines, 96.
- Fire, origin of, 238.
- Fish, sacred, 82; poisonous, punishment by, 95.
- Fishing, mode of, 201.
- Flutes, 131.
- Flying foxes, 188.
- Fono. the, 84.
- Forests, 52.
- Furniture. 112.
- Hair, mode of dressing, 118.
- Haunts of the spirits, 228.
- Head-dresses, 117.
- Herons, 193.
- House-building, 153, 156.
- Houses, 105.
- Lagoons, 44.
- Language of chiefs. 68.
- Le Tamafainga, his character, 77; campaign of, 250; death of, 252.
- Leeches, 208.
- Mafui'e, tradition of, 238.
- Malae, the, 84.
- Malie, story of, 72.
- Malietoa, 78.
- Malietoa-fainga, tradition of, 240.
- Mangrove-trees, 32.
- Manono, 32; influence of, 79; the war of, with A'ana, 250.
- Manu'a, 21, 25.
- Manufactures, 141.
- Manu Mea, the, 186, 195, 197.
- Marriages, 171.
- Mat-making, 143.
- Meals, 121.
- Meetings, 84.
- Messenger of Peace, the, arrival of, 258.
- Meteorology, 36.
- Moso, a god, 223.
- Mullet, 204.
- Musical instruments, 135.
- Mutilation, 117.
- Mythology, 210.
- Names of islands, 25.
- Naval warfare, 245.
- Necklaces, 115.page 296
- Net-making, 142.
- Nightingale, the, 192.
- Nu'u Lopa, 33.
- Pangopango, 27.
- Parliaments, 84.
- Parroquets, 193.
- Parrots, 193.
- Pigeons, 113, 190.
- Pigs, 187.
- Pipes, 135.
- Plaiting cinet, 88.
- Plovers, 104.
- Poisoning, self, 95,
- Polygamy, 175.
- Population, decrease of, 56; census of, 58; classes of, 55.
- Post-mortem examinations, 167.
- Priesthood, classes of the, 220.
- Priests, 70.
- Property, exchange of, 82.
- Prophecies, remarkable, 291.
- Pulling, game of, 136.
- Punishments, 91.
- Quarrel, story of a fatal, 98.
- Rain, 37.
- Rarotonga, visit to, 72.
- Rats, 188.
- Ray, the, 206.
- Recorders, native, 290.
- Red bird, the, 186, 195, 197.
- Reefs, 44.
- Remedies for sickness, 164.
- Ring-barking, 54.
- Roofs, 105.
- Royal progress, 81.
- Rubbing, 165.
- Samoa, description of, 21; discoverers, 21; first contart with Europeans, 22; names of, 25; appearance, 26, 31; soil, 32, 53; vol-canoes, 34, 43; forests, 34, 53; climate, 35; winds, 37; seasons, 37; rain, 37; storms, 38: waterspouts, 41; earthquakes, 41; reefs and lagoons, 44; harbours, 47; caverns, 48; wars, 50; trees, 52; ferns, 53; crops, 54; decrease of population, 56; appearance of people, 58; habits of people, 63; description of chiefs, 65; priests, 70; classes of people, 70; slavery, 75; government, 76; kings, 76; districts, 83; councils or parliaments, 84; malaes, 84; punishments, 91; banishment, 91; fines, 96; conflict averted, 98; mode of execution, 101; dwellings, 105; assassins, 110; furniture, 112; pets, 113; dress, 113; ornaments, 115; head-dresses, 117; mode of wearing the hair, 120; diet, 121; rneals, 121; households in, 122; etiquette, 124; causes of offence, 124; sacredness of chiefs, 127; travelling parties, 128; dances, 132; musical instruments, 135; singing, 136; sports, 136; feasts, 137,235; games, 138; manufactures, 141; nets, 142; cloth, 143; dyes, 145; canoe-building, 145; housebuilding, 153; tattooing, 157; treatment of the Sick, 164; diseases, 165; ele-phantiasis, 169; marriage, 171; polygamy, 175; birth-customs, 175; the rearing of children, 177; death-bed customs, 180; funerals, 182; embalming, 184; animals in, 186; birds of, 190; fish of, 199; modes of fishing, 201; snakes in, 206; chorus of cicadae, 207; leeches, 208; sea-worm, 208; mythology, 210; deities, 210; traditions, 211, 229, 238, 272, 292; spirits of the dead, 215; War-gods, 216; condition of the dead, 217; veneration of war-clubs, 210; priesthood, 220; spirit-houses, 226; haunts of spirits, 228; dread of Aitu, 231; Satanic agency, 233, 259; offerings to Aitu, 234; Single combats, 236; song, 237; intercourse with Tonga, 241; wars, 242; weapons, 244; mode of fighting, 245; treatment of the slain, 249; wars of 1830, 250; early voyages, 271; Mode of living on canoes, 285; native records, 287.
- Samoans, description of, 58.
- Sandpipers, 194.
- Satanic agency, 233, 259.
- Savaii, description of, 34.
- Sea-birds, 194.
- Sepetaio, 265, 290.
- Sharks, 201.
- Shaving, mode of, 119.
- Shell-blowers, 123.
- Shell-fish, 199.
- Shell ornaments, 115.
- Sick, treatment of the, 164.
- Singing, 133, 136.
- Slain, treatment of the, 249.
- Slavery, 75.
- Slings, 244.
- Snakes, 206.
- Song, fighting, 237.
- Sorcery, 164.
- Speaking, public, 25.
- Spirit-houses, 226.
- Spirits, fear of, 184; state on disembodied, 215.
- Sports, 136.
- Sting-ray, barb of, used as a weapon, 111.
- Stone-throwing, strange, 264.
- Submarine volcanoes, 42.
- Swallows, 194.
- Swimming, 64, 139.
- Tangaloa, 212.
- Tangatā nu'u, 74.
- Tangiia, 281.
- Tattooing, 157.
- Temples, 112, 226.
- Thatching, 155.
- Titles, native, 65.
- Tonga, intercourse with, 241.
- Tonga, or offerings, 82.
- Trades, list of, 142.
- Traditions, early, 211, 229, 238, 272, 292.
- Trees, 52.
- Truces, 248.
- Tui A'ana,71.
- Tui-one-ula, story of, 98.
- Tulafale, the, 70.
- Tuli, 212.
- Tupu, a title, 76.
- Tutuila, discovery of, 22: description of, 26.
- Upolu, description of, 31.
- War-clubs, reverence for, 219
- War-cry, 80.
- Wars, 243, 244, 248.
- Washing, mode of, 122.
- Water-hen, the, 192.
- Weapons, 244.
- Wigs, 121.
- Winds, 37.
- Wounds, treatment of, 167.
- Yams, cultivation of, 54.