Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niue and Tonga
Index
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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
- 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)