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Index

• Aa (Ha), 178f.

• Ahoeitu, 300

• Ai-meo, see Mo'orea

• Aitutaki, 58f., 103, 108f., 111, 133, 320

• Akamaru, 202, 219, 226

• Akariki-pangu (Black King), 214f.

• Akariki-tea (White King), 214

• Alofi, 293

• Anaa, 186, 318

• Anakena, 229, 234

• Angakau-i-tai, 202, 214

• Animals, 9, 51, 62, 69, 71, 100, 123, 259, 277, 311, 318ff.; dog, 39, 78, 160, 181, 195, 218, 263, 265, 285, 318, 320 (Origin 53, 195); pig 30f., 39, 78, 121, 149, 155, 160, 181, 195, 218, 263, 265, 285, 318, 320; see also Fowl (under Birds)

• ‘Ani-motua, see Rangi-matua

• Anua-motua, 213, 225, 226

• Aotea (canoe), 279f., 282ff.

• Apakura, 119, 212

• Ape-iti, 213, 221

• Apolima, 293

• ‘Apopo, 119

• Arai-te-tonga, 120

• Archaeological remains (see also Temples and Shrines, Sculpture, Tombs, Tools and Implements), 120, 136ff., 143, 145ff., 148ff., 223f., 230, 236f.,238ff.,244,257, 282

• Archey, Sir Gilbert, 287

• Architecture, see Houses, Temples and Shrines, Forts and fortified villages

• Ari, 103, 118

• ’Arioi Society, 44, 89f.

• Art, see Sculpture, Carving, Dress and ornaments, Decorative motifs and design, Tattooing

• Arts and crafts (see also Canoes, Houses, Tools and implements, Dress and ornaments), 46, 48, 71, 98, 121, 128f., 140, 160, 207, 245, 261, 308; bark cloth, 78, 237, 264, 284, 308, 310; loom weaving, 46, 48, 49; plaiting mats, 46, 128; pottery, 48f., 230

• Asiatic corridor, 7ff.

• Ata, 119

• Atanua, 155, 157f., 209

• Atea (Wakea, Vatea) (Space), 73f., 75f., 81, 87, 114, 133, 134, 154, 155, 157, 179, 193f., 209, 231, 247, 253, 272, 300; Atea-rangi, 193f.

• Atia-te-varinga-nui, 21

• Atiauru, 74

• Atiu, 17, 60f., 104, 111f., 121, 320

• Atiu-mua, 111f.

• Atiu-muri, 60f., 111

• Atua-metua, 231

• Atua-‘apai, 119

• Atu-moana (Ocean-lord), 209

• Atu-motua (Father-lord), 209, 231

• Aukena, 202

• Aunu‘u, 293

• Austral Islands, 23, 51, 68, 79, 170ff., 222, 224, 226, 320; also map, p. 89

• ‘Avaiki, 69, 101, 111, 115, 120, 121, 180

• ‘Avaiki-te-varinga, 120; see also Havai‘i, Havaiki, and Hawaiki

• Baker Island, 142f.

• Beaglehole, Ernest and Pearl, 302

• Beechey, Captain, 40, 64, 207, 220

• Bellinghausen Island (Papaiti), 76

• Best, Elsdon, 271

• Birds, 60, 97, 118, 127, 149, 187, 188, 190, 218, 233, 270, 273, 276, 277, 285; fowl, 39, 40, 160, 181, 195, 218, 233, 235f., 263, 266, 285, 318, 320; frigate hawk, 190f., 212; golden plover, 141, 143, 248; pigeon, 50, 270; snipe, 294; sooty tern and bird-cult, 235f.; white heron, 117f.

• Bligh, Captain, 63

• Borabora, see Porapora, Vavau

• Bornier, Dutroux, 229f.

• Bounty (ship), 223, 227

• Brown, Dr. and Mrs. Forest, 154, 317

• Brown, Macmillan, 148, 176, 181, 230, 237

• Burial of dead, 44, 214ff.; see also Tombs

• Burrows, E. G., 302

• Calendar, 127, 254, 308

• Canoes, canoe-building, and sailing, 9, 28ff., 63ff., 98, 123, 135, 171, 180, 185, 187f., 190, 191, 207, 219f., 228, 236f., 285, 302, 305f., 310; New Zealand canoes, 277ff., 290f.; other named canoes, 33, 38f., 83, 90f., 92, 93, 94, 95, 108, 116, 118, 133, 195, 228

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• Caret, Pére, 207

• Caroline Islands, 46, 47, 49, 256, 315; see map, p. 45

• Carteret, Phillip, 222

• Cartwright, Bruce, 141, 293

• Carving, 121, 160, 161, 166, 171, 239, 242, 285, 285f., 301

• Caucasians, see Europoids

• Central Polynesia, 17, 18, 29, 50f., 60, 69, 71, 92, 123, 127, 133, 154, 156, 160, 194, 213, 231, 232, 252, 253, 263, 265, 277, 280, 285, 286, 289, 292, 300, 309, 311, 315, 320, 321; see also Havai‘i, Tahiti, and maps pp. 72, 88

• Chants: battle, 113; creation, 193, 231, 232, 249, 250; fagu, 193, 194; rongorongo (orongo, o‘ono), 158, 217f., 243f.; sacred, 152f., 156; see also Genealogies

• Christian, Fletcher, 222f.

• Christianity, 130, 135f., 169, 193, 207, 210, 251, 253, 274, 290, 295f.; see also Missionaries

• Christmas Island, 141ff.

• Churchill, William, 44

• Collocott, E. E. V., 298

• Cook, James, 67, 104, 143, 229, 292

• Cook Islands (Hervey Islands), 16, 17, 23, 25, 51, 64, 69, 89, 90, 103ff., 126, 127, 129, 131, 133, 155, 156, 160, 170, 194, 247, 320; see also map, p. 88

• Cooke, Dr. C. M., Jr., 185

• Cowan, James, 283

• Crescent Island (Temoe), 210

• Dance, 90, 130, 167, 265; stilt dancing, 110

• Davies, Reverend, 178, 182

• Decorative motifs and design, 121, 171, 237, 242, 264f., 285, 286f., 307f.

• Disease, 151f., 182, 229

• Divisions of mankind, 8ff., 14ff.

• Dixon, Roland B., 322f., 323

• Drama, 55f., 83, 101ff., 110, 130; see also ‘Arioi Society

• Dress and ornaments, 74, 85, 97, 124, 128, 130, 161f., 165, 234, 237, 261f., 264, 284, 285

• Drowned archipelagoes theory, 148ff., 230, 245

• Easter Island, 11, 18, 20, 100, 120, 155, 160, 213, 218, 224, 226, 229ff., 287, 320, 322, 323, 324; bird-cult, 235f.; stone images, 234, 238ff.; wooden tablets, 241ff.; see also map, p. 88

• Eimeo, see Mo‘orea

• Ellice Islands, 46, 293; see map, p. 44

• Emory, K. P., 83, 146, 149, 185, 191, 192, 197, 201, 203, 210, 214

• ‘Enua-manu, see Atiu

• Equatorial Islands, 141ff.; see also map, p. 88

• Eua, 297, 299

• European explorers, 5f., 67, 104, 143, 148, 151, 171, 180, 182, 202, 220, 224, 229, 246, 292, 318

• Europoids, 8, 10, 14ff., 19

• Evari‘i (Eva-ariki), 172

• Explorers and adventurers, 23, 42f., 52ff., 67f., 80, 87, 90ff., 98, 100ff., 104, 109ff., 111f., 115, 117ff., 121, 133f., 141, 151ff,. 172, 180, 197, 211, 218, 225f., 228f., 252, 255ff., 259, 261, 277ff., 295, 301f., 317, 320, 323ff.; see also European explorers

• Fa'ahotu (Hakahotu Ho‘ohoku) (To-begin-to-form), 73, 74, 81, 87, 133, 155, 179, 253, 273

• Fakahotu, 193

• Fanning Island, 141ff.

• Fatuhiva, 151

• Feasts and festivals, 34f., 83, 106f., 129f., 164ff., 198f., 216f., 233, 235f., 239, 265, 305

• Fiji Islands, 7, 10, 11, 43, 47, 48, 50, 119, 198, 297, 302, 310f., 317, 318, 319, 320; see map, p. 43

• Fish, fishing, and marine life, 27, 28, 40, 50, 52, 63f., 83, 87, 116f., 125f., 127, 129, 137, 146, 149, 179, 188, 190, 207, 212, 220, 233, 258, 266, 270, 273, 276, 284, 318; bonito, 63, 129, 146; eel, 231, 270 312; shark, 40, 63, 270; tridacna, 40, 71, 124; (Giant-tridacna, 93ff.); turtle, 143, 179, 198f., 224

• Fiti-nui, see Tahiti

• Food, 63, 71, 79, 106, 114, 149, 167, 173f., 181, 192, 198, 313ff.; see also Plants and plant migration, Animals, Water

• Fornander, Abraham, 255

• Forts and fortified villages, 182ff., 287f.

• French Oceania, 68

• Friendly Alliance, 99

• Futuna, 293, 302, 303

• Gambier Islands, 24, 68

• Genealogies, 23ff., 81, 109, 111, 115, 116 123, 132ff., 157ff., 196ff., 231, 234, 242f., 246f., 249f., 271, 296; see also Mythology, legends, and traditions: Chants: Creation

• Gifford, E. W., 47, 298, 316

• Gilbert Islands, 40, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 61ff., 91, 122, 317; see maps, pp. 45, 88

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• Gods, 22, 29, 34, 35, 37, 64, 72ff., 87ff., 103, 111ff., 114ff., 126f., 132f., 154ff., 169f., 178f., 193f., 198, 209f., 223, 231ff., 246, 249ff., 254f., 265, 271ff., 283, 294f., 300f., 310f., 317; see also Mythology, legends, and traditions

• Ha (Aa), 178f.

• Haapai, 297, 299, 303

• Haddon, A. C., 18, 46

• Hakahotu (Fa‘ahotu, Ho‘ohoku), 133, 134, 253

• Haloa, 253

• Handy, E. S. C., 153, 157ff., 317; Mrs. Willowdean, 153

• Hao, 190f., 219

• Harihari, 288; 289

• Havai‘i (Ra‘iatea), 66, 67ff., 87ff., 101, 114, 150, 152, 160, 246, 247, 256, 259, 262, 278, 292; see also Hawaiki, Ra‘iatea, Central Polynesia, maps, pp. 70, 88

• Havaiki, 69, 75, 157, 185, 198, 212, 213; see also Hawaiki

• Hawai‘i (island), 55, 246f., 248, 249, 255, 259ff.

• Hawaiian Islands (sometimes referred to as Hawai‘i), 11, 17, 20, 23, 40, 47, 50, 61ff., 69, 76, 89, 99, 100, 116, 141, 154, 160, 238, 239, 246ff., 309, 316, 317, 320, 321; see also map, p. 88

• Hawai‘i-loa, 61, 255f.

• Hawaiki (the homeland), 20f., 23, 43, 65, 69, 150, 193; Hawaiki (for Havai‘i), 278ff., 286, 289, 290; Hawaiki-nui, 65; Hawaiki-roa, 256

• Hedley, Charles, 44

• Hema, 92, 100

• Henry, Teuira, 29, 33, 72, 99

• Heragi, see Pitcairn Island

• Hervey Islands, 104, 121; see Cook Islands

• Hikueru, 187, 188

• Hikuleo (Si‘uleo), 299, 301

• Hina (first woman, sometimes goddess), 74, 175; Hinahuone, 175; Hina-mata-one, 157; Hina-one, 210; Hina-popoia, 232; Hina-tu-na-one, 157; see also 224, 312

• Hina-poutunui, 224

• Hine-i-te-papa, 57f.

• Hine-nui-te-po, 276

• Hiro (‘Iro), 33, 38, 98, 119, 172, 180, 197, 231, 275f.

• History, see Origin of Polynesians, Explorers and Adventurers, Migrations, Settlement, Genealogies, Mythologies, legends, and traditions

• Hiti-au-rereva, 92, 94, 96

• Hiti-nui (Tahiti), 185, 198

• Hiva Islands, see Marquesas

• Hivaoa, 151, 159, 160, 213

• Hogbin, H. I., 47

• Hono‘ura, 98

• Ho‘ohoku (Fa‘ahotu, Hakahotu), 253

• Ho‘ohoku-ka-lani, 248, 253

• Hornell, James, 36, 310

• Horouta (canoe), 279, 282

• Hotu-matua, 228f., 232, 234

• Houses, 135, 136, 145, 161, 187, 188, 190, 206, 207, 237, 285, 310; Guest house, 304f.

• Howland Island, 142f.

• Huahenga, 195

• Huahine, 68, 76, 82; see also map, p. 70

• Huku, 56, 58

• Hull (Maria) Island, 170

• Human sacrifice, 97, 115, 163, 233, 263, 265, 301

• Ilaheva, 300f.

• Indonesia, 7, 17, 18, 26, 29, 42, 43, 48, 49, 50, 116, 120, 256, 314

• Io, 194, 274, 275

• Irihia, 21

• ‘Iro (Hiro), 119, 180

• Irutea, 204ff.

• ‘Iti (Tahiti?), 120

• Iva, 23, 118, 119

• Jarvis Island, 142f.

• Jaussen, Bishop Tepano, 243

• Jones, Wood, 9

• Judd, A. F., 293

• Kaahumanu, 265

• Kaha'i, 255

• Kahiki (Tahiti), 259

• Kahoolawe, 246, 248, 262

• Kahu-koka, 65f.

• Kahukura, 186

• Kalakaua, 249

• Kamaka, 202, 225

• Kamakau, 254f.

• Kamehameha I., 253

• Kanaloa (Ta‘aroa, Tangaroa), 251, 252, 255

• Kane (Tane), 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 260

• Kao, 297, 299

• Kapa-kapa-ua-a Kane, 255f., 260

• Kapu, 247

• Karika, 119, 121f.

• Kauai, 246, 248, 249, 257, 258, 259, 262

• Kaula, 248

• Kauulufonua, 302

• Kava, 304, 307, 310

• Keke, 213

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• Kepelino, 254

• Keppel Island (Niuatobutabu), 293

• Kermadec Islands (Rangitahua), 51, 282

• Kiho-tumu, 194

• Ki‘i (Tiki), 251, 252, 255

• Koro, see ‘Oro

• Ku (Tu), 251ff.

• Kualoa, 262, 316

• Kumu-honua (Foundation of the earth)

• Kumulipo (Creation Chant), 249, 250ff.

• Kupe, 60, 267, 277ff.

• Kuporu, 117, 118

• Kurahaupo (canoe), 279f., 281

• La‘a-mai-Kahiki (Raka-from-Tahiti), 262f.

• La‘ila‘i, 251, 252

• Laka, 255

• Lalo-honua, 253

• Lanai, 246, 248

• Language and dialects, 26, 44, 46, 47, 68, 69, 104, 107, 127, 154, 172, 179, 188, 191, 200, 203f., 249f., 294f., 298

• Lavachery, Henri, 224

• Laval, Pére, 170, 207, 220

• Life after death, 20f., 115, 159, 233, 300f., 310

• Lifuka, 297

• Liliu-o-kalani, 249

• Line (Equatorial) Islands, 141ff.

• Linton, Dr. Ralph, 153, 164f.

• Lono (Ro'o, Rongo), 251, 253

• Lono-i-ka-makahiki, 251

• Lono-kaeho, 247, 263

• Lord Howe Island (Mapiha‘a), 76

• Lua, 248

• Lua-nu‘u (Ruanuku), 257

• Lu'ukia, 260f.

• Macgregor, Gordon, 302

• Mahuika (Fire), 53, 173, 195

• Mahuta, 133, 134, 139, 159

• Maiao-iti, 76, 77; see also map, p. 70

• Ma‘ina, 109

• Makemake, 232ff., 235, 244

• Malae, 301

• Malama, 305

• Malden Island, 142, 145ff.

• Malo, David, 25, 248, 254

• Mamae-a-rohi, 92, 94, 96

• Manahune, 61, 67, 78, 80, 82, 257f.

• Manaia, 39f., 281

• Mangaia, 16f., 24, 39, 104, 114f., 121, 160, 170, 320

• Mangareva, 17, 50, 55, 62, 87, 89, 100, 155, 160, 164, 170, 182, 185, 192, 199, 201, 202ff., 216, 218, 222, 223, 224, 225, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 238, 241, 242, 306, 320, 323f., 324; see also map, p. 88

• Manihiki, 17, 58, 61, 122ff., 131, 182; see also map, p. 88

• Manono, 293

• Manu'a Archipelago, 120, 293ff., 298, 304

• Manuka (Manu'a), 23, 200, 298

• Maoris, 15f., 18, 21, 36, 40, 49, 50, 82, 89, 104f., 188, 203f., 240, 250, 251, 260, 267ff.; see also New Zealand

• Mapiha‘a (Lord Howe Island), 76

• Maps

• Polynesian Triangle, showing Melanesian and Micronesian routes, end-papers

• Centre of Polynesian Triangle, showing Hawai‘i the birthplace of lands, 70

• Marginal Islands in Melanesia, 45

• Havai‘i as octopus (plan), showing spread of culture, 88

• Marae, see Temples and Shrines

• Marae-renga, 228, 242

• Mareikura, 274

• Marere-nui, 79f.

• Marginal islands in Melanesia, 46f., 293; see map, p. 45

• Maria (Hull) Island, 170

• Mariri, 111f.

• Maro-kau, 190

• Marquesas, 17, 23, 68, 76, 100, 116, 146, 151ff., 181, 184, 198, 209, 210, 212, 213, 215, 217, 218, 232, 234, 237, 238, 239, 241, 242f., 317, 320f., 323, 324; see also map, p. 88

• Marshall Islands, 40, 47, 256, 257; see map, p. 45

• Mataatua (canoe), 279f., 281f.

• Mata-ki-te-rangi, 213, 225f.

• Matuku-takotako, 211

• Maui (island), 246f., 248, 259

• Maui (and brethren), 52ff., 65, 74f., 90, 126, 158, 173ff., 176, 195f., 210, 251, 255, 259, 275f., 296, 298f., 310

• Mauke, 104, 111, 114, 121, 320

• Maupiti (Maurua), 76, 91; see also map, p. 70

• Maurua (Maupiti), 76, 91; see also map, p. 70

• McKern, W. C., 298, 307

• Mead, Margaret, 293

• Me‘ae, see Temples and Shrines

• Melanesia, 7, 9, 11, 18ff., 43ff., 89, 293, 310, 315, 317, 318, 319; see also end-paper map

• Menehune, 61, 257ff.

• Meti‘a (Meetia), 77; see also map, p. 70

• Métraux, Dr. Alfred, 230, 232, 234, 241

• Micronesia, 19, 47ff., 59, 65, 69, 72, 286, 311; see end-paper map

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• Migrations (see also Settlement of Polynesia, and end-paper map)

  • early man, 7ff., 23ff.

  • early migrations down Asiatic corridor, 8f

  • from Havai‘i outward, 68f., 99ff., 180

  • from Havai‘i to Cook Islands, 101ff., 108f., 111f.

  • from Havai‘i to Marquesas, 99f., 151ff.

  • from Havai‘i to Samoa, 310f.

  • from Havai‘i to Tahiti, 80

  • from Havai‘i to New Zealand (New Zealand canoes), 277ff.

  • from India into Indonesia, 18, 26

  • from Marquesas to Mangareva and Easter Island, 100

  • from Micronesia to Hawaiian Islands, Society Islands and Samoa, 61ff.

  • from Micronesia to Society Islands, later, 65, 67f.

  • from Rarotonga and Tahiti to Northwest Atolls, 122

  • from Rarotonga to Mangaia, 115

  • from Samoa and Tonga, 301f.

  • from Samoa to Tonga, 62

  • from Tahiti to Cook Islands, 90

  • from Tahiti to Rarotonga, 119ff.

  • from Tahiti and Tuamotu to Mangareva, 292

  • from Tuamotu, Havaiki, and Hiva to Mangareva, 212

  • into Polynesia through Melanesia (theory), see Southern route

  • into Polynesia through Micronesia, see Northern route

  • of Melanesians into Polynesia (theory), 10, 18f.

  • of Mongoloids into Indonesia, 18

  • of Polynesians westward, 18, 47

  • primary reason for migrations, 218

  • to Equatorial Islands and Hawaiian Islands from Central Polynesia, 141

  • to Hawaiian Islands, 100, 141, 255; from Tahiti, 252, 256f., 259ff; from Havai‘i, 246, 262

  • to Mangareva, 62

  • to New Zealand, probably from Tonga, 62

  • to Tuamotu, 62

• Milu (Miru), 116, 252

• Missionaries, 127, 169f., 177f., 182, 192, 207, 230, 233; see also Christianity

• Mitiaro, 104, 111ff., 121, 320

• Moikeha, 260ff.

• Molokai, 246, 248

• Momo, 299, 302

• Mongoloids, 8, 14ff., 26, 47

• Mo‘orea (Eimeo, ‘Ai-meo, Tahiti-iti, Little Tahiti), 68, 78, 79, 80; see also Tahiti and map, p. 70

• Motoro, 115

• Motu-nui, 235

• Mythology, legends and traditions, 20ff., 23ff., 36f., 47, 52ff., 68, 71ff., 87ff., 101, 108ff., 114ff., 116ff., 126f., 132f., 142, 154ff., 159, 169f, 172ff., 178ff., 192ff., 204ff., 207f., 209ff., 218ff., 224ff., 228, 230ff., 233ff., 246ff., 249ff., 254ff., 266, 270ff., 293, 294ff., 298, 310f., 312, 314f.

  • Apakura and her lament for her son, 212f.

  • Canoes of New Zealand, 277ff.

  • Creation of Samoa, 294

  • Creation of Tahiti, anchoring, and coming of gods (and interpretation), 76ff.

  • Descendants of worms, 62, 294

  • Dwarf Menehune of Hawaiian Islands, 61, 257ff.

  • First man, see Tiki

  • First woman, see Hina

  • Hawaiian version of Eden, flood, and creation, 253ff.

  • Hawaiki, land of origin, 20f.

  • Hina's voyage to Heragi on turtle, 224f.

  • Kapu fishes up Hawaiian Islands, 247

  • Kupe discovers New Zealand, 277

  • Maui's birth, 52, 74; creates first dog, 53, 195; secures fire for man, 52; pushes up heaven, 299; fishes up islands, 55ff., 195, 211, 275, 298f.; separates Rapa-hanga from Manihiki, 58; tries to gain immortality for man, 196; and dies, 276, 277; marks sea birds, 126f.

  • Papa gives birth to Hawaiian Islands, 248

  • Pipiri-ma, the star children, 84

  • Po-period (pre-creation period), 72, 115, 179, 193, 249, 271

  • Rata, chopping of tree and building of canoe, 31f.; overcomes giant-tridacna and other sea-monsters, 92ff.

  • Rongo supplants Tangaroa in Mangaia, 115

  • Ruatapu outwits Taruia, 109

  • Rumia, egg from which world was created, 72, 74

  • Son of Rongo-ma-tane overthrows Te Pare, 112ff.

  • Ta‘aroa creates universe, gods, and man, 72ff.

  • Tahaki loses his skin, 211f.

  • Tane's creation, 73; migration from Tahiti to Mangaia, 37f.; props up skies, 75, 272

  • Tangiia's voyages, 119ff.

  • Tonga, the child who was koa, 204ff.

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  • Tuna and origin of coconut, 312

  • Voyages of ‘Ui-te-rangiora and Te Aratanga-nuku to Antarctic, 116.

• Nanauhi stadium, 164ff. (plan, 163)

• Necker, 246, 257

• Negroids and Negritos, 8, 9, 14ff., 44

• New Guinea, 6ff., 44, 45, 47, 48; see map, p. 45

• New Zealand, 6, 11, 15f., 18f., 20, 23, 36, 38, 39, 40, 49, 50, 54, 55, 59, 62, 64, 69, 89, 99, 104, 105, 110, 127, 147, 154, 155, 156, 158, 159, 161, 162, 171, 172, 180, 181, 182, 183, 194, 196, 198, 203, 206, 208, 211, 213, 227, 237, 238, 239, 241f., 243, 246, 249, 255, 260, 267ff., 296, 309, 320, 321; see also Maoris, and map, p. 88

• Ngaro-puruhi, 126

• Ngatoroi-rangi, 280

• Nihoa, 246, 257

• Niihau, 246, 248

• Niuafou, 293, 303

• Niuatobutabu (Keppel Island), 293, 303

• Northern route to Polynesia, 43, 47ff., 315

• Nuclear Polynesia, 292

• Nuku, 38f.

• Nukuhiva, 151, 157, 159, 160, 164, 213

• Nuku-tere, see Rarotonga

• Nu‘u, 253

• Oahu, 246f., 248, 259, 316

• Ofu, 293

• Olopana (Oropa‘a), 261

• Olosega, 293, 306

• Omoka, 131f., 134

• ‘Ono (‘Ono-tapu, Rongo), 154, 155

• Opoa, 33, 71, 76f., 78, 79ff., 87ff., 92f., 97, 99, 114, 120, 121, 126, 156, 193, 274, 311, 312, 317

• Opu‘u-ka-honua, 252f.

• Origin of man, 8

• Origin of Polynesians (see also Migrations), 13ff., 20ff.; evidence of physical anthropology, 13ff.; theory of origin in Egypt, 21; of origin in India, 21, 26, 241; of origin in Irania, 21; of Mesopotamian and Hebrew origin, 21, 255; of American origin, 64f.

• ‘Oro (Koro), 37, 81, 89f., 97

• Orongo, 233, 236

• Oropa‘a (Olopana), 260

• Oro-taere, 117f.

• Orovaru, 192

• Orsmond, Reverend, 72, 170

• Paeo, 263f.

• Palmyra Island, 142

• Papa (Earth-foundation), 81, 87, 114, 115, 133, 179, 193, 197, 231, 248ff., 253, 255, 272, 300; Papa-‘a‘o and Papa-‘una, 154f.; Papara-haraha, 72

• Papaiti (Bellingshausen), 76

• Paparua, 179f.

• Penrhyn Island (Tongareva), 61, 82, 109, 122; see also Tongareva

• Peruvian slavers, 135f., 182, 229

• Petania, see Pitcairn Island

• Phoenix Islands, 47, 61, 66, 122; see maps, pp 45, 88

• Physical anthropology, 13ff., 46ff., 239

• Pili, 296

• Pili-kaaiea, 263

• Pitcairn Island, 213, 222ff., 224

• Plants and plant migration, 11, 51, 62, 68, 69f., 78, 100, 106, 107, 121, 123, 124, 142, 149, 155, 160, 181, 185, 192, 201, 213f., 218, 227, 233, 253, 258, 259, 263, 269, 277, 279f., 283, 284, 285, 311, 312ff.; arrowroot, 75, 124, 314; banana, 11, 32, 59, 78, 124, 160, 181, 225, 227, 283, 314, 315, 316, 321; breadfruit, 11, 32, 40, 59, 78, 124, 155, 160, 170, 181, 210, 213f., 223, 224, 225, 227, 262, 280, 283, 305, 313, 314, 320; coconut, 11, 32f., 40, 51, 59, 109, 124, 127, 128, 129, 133, 134, 139, 140, 141, 142, 145, 155, 158, 170, 181, 210, 211, 212f., 231, 283, 314, 315, 316, 318, 320; origin, 312; gardenia, 109; gourds, 40, 263, 284, 314, 320, 322, 323; pandanus, 40f., 104, 124, 128, 133, 145, 259, 313, 315, 316; paper mulberry, 124, 160, 218, 232, 264, 284, 308, 314, 320; plantain, 78, 124, 181, 225, 314; sweet potato, 40, 71, 121., 181, 266, 284, 314, 317, 322ff.; taro, 59, 78, 124, 142, 173, 181, 182, 258, 284, 314, 315, 316, 317, 320; wild hibiscus, 49, 105, 107, 124, 243; yam, 124, 181, 233, 284, 314, 315, 316, 320

• Plays, see Drama

• Poere, 179f.

• ‘Polynesian outliers,' 47

• Polynesian Triangle, 11f., 43, 47, 52, 69, end-paper map

• Porapora (Vavau), 68, 76, 82, 91, 98, 152, 159, 263; see also Vavau, and map, p. 70

• Pou-tiriao, 274

• Pukapuka, 292, 302

• Pukerua, 191

• Pulotu, 20, 299, 300, 310, 316

• Putai (Scilly Island), 76

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• Ra (Sun), 21, 54f.

• Ra‘a (Meteorology), 87

• Ra'iatea, 68ff., 87ff, 151, 152, 178, 262, 274, 282, 310, 315, 317; see also Havai'i,

• Rangiatea, and maps, pp. 70 and 88

• Ra‘i-tupua, 75

• Raivavae, 170f., 172, 175ff., 238

• Raka (Winds), 64, 273

• Rakahanga, 17, 55, 58, 12ff., 131, 133, 144, 159; see also map, p. 88

• Rangi (Sky), 194, 247, 252, 272

• Rangiatea, 212, 282f.; see also Ra‘iatea

• Rangihoa, 190

• Rangi-matua (Sky-father), 157

• Rangiroa, 199

• Rangitahua (Kermadec Islands), 282

• Rapa, 116, 119, 172, 178ff., 224, 288, 320; see also map, p. 88

• Rapa-nui, 119; see Easter Island

• Raroia, 197

• Rarotonga (Nuku-tere), 21, 24, 25, 57, 58, 82, 90, 99, 103, 104ff., 107, 109, 114, 115,116, 119ff., 122,124,127,128,180, 203f., 317, 320

• Rata, 3If., 60, 92ff., 100, 211

• Ray, S. H., 44

• Reao, 191

• Rehua, 36

• Reitoru, 187f.

• Religion, 68, 71ff., 80ff., 87ff., 98f., 103, 108, 120, 121f., 126, 159, 169f., 179, 232, 271ff., 289, 290, 301, 316f., 323; see also Gods, Mythology, legends and traditions, Rituals, Taboos, Temples, ‘Arioi Society, Human Sacrifice

• Ri, 195

• Rikitea, 203, 207, 211, 213

• Rimatara, 170f., 177

• Rituals, 29, 30f., 33ff., 37, 81, 95, 97, 119, 120, 126, 159, 163ff., 176, 193, 198, 216f., 225, 232, 233, 235f., 241f., 269, 275, 283, 285, 301, 307

• Rivers, W. H. R., 44

• Rongo (Lono, Ro'o, ‘Ono) (Agriculture, War, Peace), 24, 108, 115, 116,156,179, 193, 210, 231, 251, 273, 300, 311

• Rongo-ma-tane, 112ff., 114

• Rongonui, 133, 185

• Ro'o (Rongo), 73, 81, 87, 175, 251

• Rori (Sea-slug), 196

• Routledge, Mrs. S., 209, 230

• Ru, 74, 90f., 101ff., 108, 110, 111, 115, 155, 194, 272, 299

• Ruanuku (Lua-nu'u), 114, 231, 257

• Ruapou (‘Uapou), 213

• Ruatapu, 108ff., 133

• Rurutu, 170f., 172, 177

• St. John, Professor, 313

• Samoa, 13, 17, 19, 20, 29, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50, 61, 62, 64, 66, 69, 71, 87, 120, 154, 204, 212, 237, 238,263,292ff., 312, 316, 317, 318, 319; see also map, p. 88

• Savai'i, 43, 69, 263, 293

• Scilly Island (Putai), 76

• Scott, Professor J. H., 15

• Sculpture, 160,176ff., 224, 230,237, 238ff.; see also Easter Island: Stone images

• Sea-of-rank-odour, 75, 82; see also map, p. 70

• Sea-of-the-moon, 75, 76, 82; see also map, p. 70

• Settlement (see also Migrations)

  • early settlement of Pacific lands, 6f., 10, 23ff., 48, 60ff., 122

  • of Austral Islands, 170, 172, 222

  • of Cook Islands, 90, 103f., 108f., 110f., 115, 118, 121

  • of Easter Island, 100, 226, 229f, 233

  • of Equatorial Islands, 141,142, 143,149f.

  • of Hao, 219

  • of Hawaiian Islands: early, 61ff.; later, 141, 252f., 255ff.

  • of Mangareva, 100, 212

  • of Marquesas, 100, 151, 152 160,

  • of New Zealand, 62, 276, 277ff.

  • of Northwest Atolls, 122, 128, 133, 134

  • of Pitcairn Island, 222, 223ff.

  • of Samoa, early, 62ff.; later, 296

  • of Society Islands, early, 62ff.; later 66, 67ff.

  • of Tahiti, 80; see also Society Islands

  • of Tonga, 62

  • of Tongareva, 109

• Shapiro, Dr. H. L., 16, 17, 47

• Sina (Hina), 312

• Si'uleo (Hikuleo), 30if.

• Smith, Percy, 21, 25, 116, 119, 296

• Social and political organizations, 22f., 81, 97, 120, 127, 134, 159, 182, 183, 213f., 216, 234, 264, 278, 302f., 319; trade union (carpenters' guild), 304ff., 310

• Social customs, 30, 44, 104f., 106f., 110, 128f., 131, 138f., 187, 188f., 199f., 203, 218f., 235f, 264, 268, 269, 270f., 298, 303ff., 306f., 309f, 311if.; see also Taboos, Women, Burial of dead, Feasts and festivals

• Society Islands, 23, 50, 61ff., 66, 68ff., 87ff., 122,133,153,180, 194, 198,216, 238, 247, 256, 315, 322, 324; see also map, p. 70

• Solomon Islands, 289; see map, p. 45

• South America, 7, 8, 11, 229, 323f.

• Southern route to Polynesia, 43ff., 315

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• Starbuck Island, 142, 147

• Stilt dancing, 110

• Stimson, J. F., 185, 191, 192, 194, 197 201, 203

• Stokes, J. F. G., 172, 176, 178

• Symbols, 37, 38, 97, 120, 163, 177f, 232, 233, 235, 243, 286, 287

• Ta'aroa (Tangaroa) (Creator, Ocean), 72f., 77, 81, 87, 88f., 90, 95, 96, 175, 251, 274, 311; see also Tangaroa, Kanaloa, Tagaloa

• Taboos, 15, 44, 114, 125, 131, 164, 181, 254f., 264, 270, 309, 310

• Tafa'i, 79f., 92, 100

• Tagaloa (and family), 294, 295f, 298, 300, 304, 310, 311, 317; see also Ta'aroa, Tangaroa

• Taha'a (Uporu, Upo'u), 68, 76, 77, 82, 152; see map, p. 70

• Tahaki, 211f.

• Tahiri, 190

• Tahiti, 23, 29, 33, 37, 39f., 44, 61, 67ff., 87ff., 103, 111, 115, 119, 120, 121, 124, 126,127,133,152,154,162,170,171, 172,177,179,185,187,194,196,198, 199, 202, 207, 210, 221, 222, 225, 231, 237, 239, 247, 248, 249, 250, 252, 257, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 266, 280, 296, 317, 318; see also Central Polynesia, and map, p. 70

• Tahiti-iti, see Mo'orea

• Tahuata, 151

• Tai-koko, 118

• Tainui (canoe), 39, 290f.

• Taipi-vai, 159

• Take, 151, 152, 159

• Takitimu (canoe), 279f, 282

• Talakaifaiki, 302

• Tana'oa (Tangaroa), 156

• Tane (Kane) (Craftsmanship, Forestry, Beauty), 22, 29, 30f., 33ff, 37f, 73, 75, 81, 87, 90, 114, 133, 154, 156, 172, 173ff., 179, 193, 194, 210, 231, 232, 251, 252, 272, 273, 275, 300, 311

• Tangaroa (Ta'aroa, Tana'oa) (Ocean, Creator), 29, 52f., 102f., 108, 111, 114, 126, 133,156,179,193,198, 209,231f., 251, 252, 273, 274, 311; Tangaroa-i'u-mata, 117; Tangaroa-upao-vahu, 178; see also Ta'aroa, Kanaloa, Tagaloa

• Tangaroa-manahune, 185, 198

• Tangihoro, 126

• Tangiia, 24, 115, 119f.

• Taputapu-atea (temple), 81, 85, 89, 90, 97, 99, 120, 149

• Taranga, 52f.

• Taruia, 109, 134

• Tattooing, 161, 165, 218, 233, 268, 287, 297

• Tau, 293, 294, 295, 296

• Tauere, 190

• Tautira, 79, 81

• Tawhirimatea (Winds), 64, 273, 275

• Te Agiangi, 213, 225

• Te Ara-tanga-nuku, 119f.

• Te Arawa (canoe), 36, 279f, 280f.

• Te Erui, 108, 109, 110

• Te Fatu (Lord, Core), 74f.

• Teiti-a-tuou, 214, 219f.

• Te Kasi, 137f

• Telea, 306

• Te Mahora, 175, 176

• Te Mangi-tu-avake, 213f., 219f.

• Te Ma-puteota, 203, 207, 214, 220

• Temoe (Crescent Island), 210

• Temples and shrines, 29, 39, 81, 120, 122, 126, 133, 135f., 143, 146, 148, 149, 163ff. 175f., 179, 190, 198, 207, 210, 213, 223, 224, 240, 258, 263, 265, 289, 310; Taputa-puatea at Opoa, 82, 86, 89, 90, 97, 120, 149; Stadium at Nanauhi (with plan), 163f.

• Te Pare, 113

• Tere-he, 77f., 80f.

• Te Tiroa, 77; see also map, p. 70

• Te Tumu (Source, Cause), 81, 87, 114, 155, 179, 193, 273; see also Tumu-nui

• Te Vaitau, 184

• Te Wai-pounamu, 286

• Thilenius, G., 44

• Tiaria, 116

• Tiki (Ti'i, Ki'i) (first man, sometimes a god), 74f., 154, 155, 157, 175, 180f., 194f., 210, 232, 250, 251, 273, 301

• Tinaku-te-maku, 212

• Tin-can Island (Niuafou), 293

• Tinirau, 224f.

• Tino-rua (Ocean), 73, 75

• Toa, 126, 127

• Toareva, 175

• Toa-tutea, 225

• Tofua, 297

• Tohetika (Toutika), 156

• Toi, 278f.

• Tokelau Islands, 62, 66, 182, 292, 297, 302

• Tokerau, 133

• Tokomaru (canoe), 279f, 281

• Tombs, 146, 306; trilithon in Tongatabu, 306

• Tonga, 204ff., 216, 298

• Tonga Islands, 17,19, 29,44,47,48, 50,55, 62, 63, 146f., 182, 237, 239, 263, 288, 292ff., 316, 319; see also map, p. 88

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• Tonga-‘iti, 114, 118

• Tongareva (Penrhyn Island), 82, 109, 122, 131ff., 142, 143, 146, 149, 159, 198, 253; see also map, p. 88

• Tongabatu, 297, 300, 306; trilithon, 306

• Tonofiti, 154

• Tools and implements, 30, 32, 38, 48, 50, 69, 71, 72, 82, 121, 124, 129, 146, 147, 152, 160f., 171f., 183, 221, 223, 224, 226, 227, 237f., 255, 263, 284, 285, 287, 298, 307

• Toutika (Tohetika), 119, 156

• Tu (Ku) (War), 73f., 77, 78, 80, 87, 114, 115, 154, 155, 175, 209, 213, 220, 231, 251, 273, 300, 311

• Tuamotu Islands, 17, 23, 40, 53, 62, 68, 76, 83, 89, 94, 155, 157, 160, 185ff., 202, 203, 206, 207, 212, 213, 220, 223, 232, 276, 290, 318, 323f.; see also map, p. 88

• Tubou, George, 307

• Tubuai, see Tupua‘i

• Tuitatui, 307

• Tu-koihu, 228, 231, 234

• Tu-maheke, 234

• Tu-mou‘a (Mountains), 73

• Tumu-nui (Source), 72, 193, 197; see also Te Tumu

• Tumu-nui (king), 92f., 96

• Tumu-te-varovaro, see Rarotonga

• Tuna, 195, 312

• Tupa, 213f.

• Tupai, 76; see also map, p. 70

• Tupou-eriki, 214, 221

• Tupua‘i (Tubuai), 79, 170ff., 177, 222, 223

• Tutapu, 119ff.

• Tu-te-rangi-marama, 21, 25

• Tutuila, 293, 296, 305

• Uahuka, 151

• ‘Uapou, 151, 152, 213

• Uenuku, 279, 280

• Ui, 297f.

• ‘Ui-te-rangiora, 116, 118

• Upolu, 293, 296

• ‘Uporu (Upo‘u, Taha‘a), 23, 68, 76; see also Taha‘a, and map, p. 70

• Uru (god), 73; (land), 21

• Uturoa, 83ff.

• Uvea, 293, 302, 303

• Vahieroa, 92, 93, 100

• Vaipae, 110

• Vatea (Atea, Wakea), 114, 157, 247, 272

• Vavau (Porapora), 23, 66, 68, 76, 91, 185, 198, 263, 297, 299, 303; see also Porapora, and map, p. 70

• Wakea (Atea, Vatea), 247ff., 251, 252, 253. 255, 272

• Wallis Island, 119

• Washington Island, 142ff.

• Water on coral islands, 143ff., 183

• Weapons and armour, 50ff., 111f., 121, 171, 310

• Wheke-a-Muturangi, 277

• Whiro, 272, 275

• Williams, John, 64, 90, 99, 178

• Women, 63f., 165, 181, 260, 265f., 309f.

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