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Abdication of the king in favour of his new-born son, a Polynesian custom, iii. 99.
Aberahama, a convert, attempt to murder, ii. 126.
Accident to the author and his party, i. 168.
Adams, John, the patriarch of Pitcairn's Island, iii. 323.
Adams, John, a name assumed by Kuakini, the Governor of Hawaii, iv. 56.
Admission of church members, preparatory teaching for, iii. 56.
Adultery, punishment of, iii. 123, iv. 421; malignant jealousy, iii. 124
Afareaitu, houses built for the missionaries at, i. 171; the district described, ii. 211.
Agriculture, rude state of, in Polynesia, i. 137.
Ahia, or jambo (eugenia Malaccensis) of Tahiti, inferior to that of the Sandwich islands, i. 62.
Aimata, daughter of Pomare, resides in Taliti, ii. 135; is by his desire brought up a Christian, 136; visit from, 199; succeeds to the government of Tahiti, iii. 262; her manners and acquirements, 289; her marriage, 291.
Aito, or toa (casuarina equasiti-folia, a forest tree, i. 131.
Aito and Tuahine, the earliest professors of Christianity in Tahiti, ii. 102.
Aitutake, conversion of, by native teachers, iii. 301.
Akua mao, or shark god, i. 167.
Alphabet, the Tahitian, introduced by the missionaries, ii. 71.
Altars of idols, i. 344; iv. 96, 99, 116, 117.
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, dispatch a party of missionaries to the Sandwich islands, iv. 30.
American missionaries, their first arrival in the Sandwich islands, iv. 30; favourable circumstances, ibid.; their interpreters, 31; spelling-book prepared, ibid.; schools established, 32; kind reception of the author by, 39; he joins them in their labours, 43, 48; visit of some of them to Hawaii, 55.
American vessels, resort of, to the Sandwich islands, iv. 28.
Anthropophagism, i. 309, 358; among the Marquesans, iii. 318.
Anuanua, or Rainbow, the king of Tahiti's state canoe, i. 155.
Aoa, a singular tree, i. 34; legend as to its origin, 36,
Apai, a game so called, i. 213.
Apape, a forest tree, i. 30.
Ape, a kind of arum, i. 44.
Arairi, native baskets, i. 52.
Arapai, a Sandwich island chief, iv. 372; his wife, 375.
Archery, a sacred game in Tahiti, i. 217.
Ardent spirits, distillation of, ii. 128; the Sandwich island chiefs addicted to the consumption of, iv. 39, 44.
Areoi society, i. 229; traditions of its origin, 230; names of the first members, 233; some account of their proceedings, 234; dissolution of these abominable societies, ii. 160; converts from their members, 170, 201.
Armitage, Mr., introduces the cotton manufacture into Eimeo, ii. 207; difficulties and opposition, 299.
Arrow root, culture and preparation of, i. 47.
Arum, or taro, cultivation of, i. 43.
Asiatics and Polynesians, resemblance of, in many points, i. 115.
Assassination of the Christians in Tahiti attempted, ii. 139; how frustrated, ibid.
Astronomy of the South Sea islanders, iii. 167; traditions, 170.

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Atehura, national temple at, i. 341.
Atehurans, the, make war on Pomare, ii. 55; his wanton cruelty, 57; are defeated, 58; are again attacked by Pomare, (Otu), 77; foment a war against him, and expel him from Tahiti, 79, 89; conduct of the rebels, 87; attempt to murder the converts, 139.
Ati, or tamanu (callophyllum inophyllum), a splendid evergreen, i. 32.
Atua and varua, difference between, i. 333.
An, or needle-fish, how caught, i. 139.
Augury, or divination, how practised, i. 377.
Anna, a converted Areoi, ii. 201; becomes pastor of a Christian church, 202; assists in forming the native missionary society, 265; accompanies the author to Tahiti, iii. 147; goes to the Sandwich islands, 283, iv. 2; visits to the Governor of Hawaii, 36; residence in the house of Kaahumana, 41; proceeds to Maui, 43.
Aunana, valley of, its beauty, iv. 13; the last king of Oahu killed there, 17.
Auti, or paper mulberry (morus papyrifera), i. 34.
Auura, a chief of Rurutu, his voyage to Raiatea, iii. 395; his conversion, 396; his return to Rurutu, and the overthrow of idolatry, 397; his friends wish to make him “King of the Church,” 401.
Austral islands, enumeration of the, iii. 375.
Ava, a spirituous drink, how prepared, iv. 381.
Balboa, discovery of the Pacific Ocean by, i. 1.
Ballads, traditionary, of Tahiti, i. 202.
Banana (musa sapientium), culture and uses, i. 60.
Bandy, a sport called apai, resembling, i. 213.
Banishment and confiscation resorted to, in punishment of various offences, iii. 120.
Baptism, delay in administering the rite of, to the South Sea islanders, reasons for, iii. 14, 32; the first public administration of, 18; preparatory instruction, 21; mode of administering, 23; Christian names, 27; infant baptism, 28.
Bard, a native, of the Sandwich islands, iv. 106; royal bards, 462; their office hereditary, ibid.
Barff, Mr., assists in introducing industrial arts in Huahine, ii. 281; in danger in a storm, 304; visits Tahiti, 338.
Bartimeus Lalana (Buaiti) a Sandwich islander, iii. 11; his views of religions truth, 69.
Bathing, fondness for, of the Tahitians, i. 131; iv. 37.
Beechey's, Captain, account of the Christian settlement in the Pearl islands, iii. 307.
Bells, want of, ii. 334; singular substitute for, ibid.
Bennet, Mr., his arrival in Tahiti, iii. 232; visit to Huahine, 248; to the Sandwich islands, iv. 34; introduced to the royal family, 40; makes the tour of Oahu, 43.
Beritani, Mai's house in Huahine, ii. 370; its present proprietors, 371.
Betrothed girls, care taken of, in Tahiti, i. 270.
Benlah, a settlement in Borabora, iii. 278.
Bicknell, Mr., resides at Eimeo with the king, ii. 89; his visits to Tahiti, 100, 165; baptizes Pomare, iii. 19; his death and character, 51; his dying change to Mr. Crook, 52; his widow and orphans, ibid.
Bicknell, Mr. G., nephew of the missionary, his lite spared by mutineers, ii. 133.
Bicknell and Wilson, Messrs., make a missionary tour in Eimeo, ii. 62.
Birds in the Sandwich islands, iv. 24; beauty of some species, ibid.
Bishop, Captain, his protection of the missionaries, ii. 53; assists Pomare against the Atehurans, 58.
Bishop, Mr., his visit to Hawaii, iv. 55; preaches at Kaavaroa,

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62; also at the Governor's house, 65; his danger in visiting the volcano of Kirauea, 243.
Blind people, books desired by, iii. 8; cruel usage of, 40.
Blossom, Mr., teaches carpentering to the natives, and sets up cotton machinery in Eimeo, ii. 295, 297.
Boki, a favourite chief of Rihoriho, iv. 449; his account of his voyage to England, 450; letter from, 457.
Boki, Madame—See Liliha.
Bookbinders, native, ii. 230.
Bookbinding, materials for, ii. 229.
Books in the Tahitian language prepared by the missionaries, ii. 118, 219, 237; great demand for, 166, 219, 233; iii. 6, 11; substitutes for, 7; printing and bookbinding, ii. 220, 229.
Borabora, idolatry relinquished in ii. 166; the author's visit to, iii. 276; the settlement Beulah, 278; new chapel, 279; geology, 280.
Boundaries, how marked, in Hawaii, iv. 349; in the Society islands, iii. 116.
Bounty, mutineers of the, Pitcairn's island colonized by, iii. 322.
Bourne, Mr., practises printing at Afareaitu, ii. 246; his visit to Rimatara, iii. 392; its beneficial effects, 393.
Boxing-matches in Tahiti, i. 208.
Bread-fruit tree (artocarpus), described, i. 39; qualities of the fruit, 41; uses of the other products, 42; legend as to its origin, 68.
Breakfast scene, curious, at Kairua, iv. 56.
British Government, the Sandwich islands ceded to, iv. 28; presents from, to Tamehameha, 33.
British and Foreign Bible Society, generously furnish the paper for printing the Scriptures, ii. 224.
Broken back, native mode of healing, iii. 42.
Broomhall, Mr., a missionary, in danger of his life, ii. 32; his subsequent history, 46.
Buaiti—See Bartimens Lalana.
Buhénehéne, a popular game in the Sandwich islands, iv. 81.
Buhia, a chief of Maeva, singular head dress of, ii. 224.
Building, native style of, in the Society Islands, ii. 345; improvements introduced, 316; in the Sandwich islands, iv. 18, 321.
Bukohola, visit to the temple at, iv. 96.
Bunaauia, the idolaters defeated at the battle of, 151; general reception of Christianity in consequence, 150.
Burder's Point, missionary station at, ii. 323; the author's visits to, iii. 152, 232.
Bure Atua, “Prayers to God,” a name reproachfully given to the Christian converts, ii. 110; attempt to assassinate them, 139.
Burial in caves, practice of, in Hawaii, iv. 144.
Burying alive practised to avoid the trouble of attending on the sick, iii. 49.
Burying-place of the ancient Hawaiian kings, iv. 164.
Butler, Mr., his establishment at Lahaina, iv. 77.
Buua, or puna, native name of swine, i. 70.
Byron, Captain Lord, conveys the bodies of Rihoriho and his queen to the Sandwich islands, iv. 449; visits the volcano of Kirauea, 255.
Byron's bay, in Hawaii, iv. 336.
Calabashes, how prepared, and their uses, iv. 372.
Candle-nut tree (aleurites triloba), its uses, iv. 373.
Cannibalism, prevalence of, i. 309, 358; among the Marquesans, iii. 318.
Canoes, various kinds of, i. 152, 160, 176; native names, 152, 160, 170.
Cape Horn, voyage round, why preferred to that through the Straits of Magellan, iii. 327.
Capital punishment, first instance of, under the laws of Tahiti, iii. 141; only one other instance, 142; abolished on the revision of the laws, 195.
Carpenter, Dr., refutation of his charge of Unitarianism against the early missionaries of Tahiti, ii. 182.
Catechism, preparation of a, by the missionaries in Tahiti, ii. 77; it is printed, 236.

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Cats, favourites in Tahiti, i. 72.
Cattle, herds of wild, in Hawaii, iv. 24, 400.
Caves, burial in, practised in the Sandwich islands, iv. 144.
Caw, Mr., a shipwright, joins the mission, ii. 70; his illness and death, iii. 52.
Ceremonious salutations of the Polynesians, ii. 337.
Chamberlain, Mr., an American missionary, iv. 39; his account of the crater of Kirauea, 253.
Chandeliers, native, in the chapel at Raiatea, ii. 360.
Chesnut, the native, a tree of stately growth, i. 63.
Chiefs, the highest rank of, in Tahiti, allied to royalty, iii. 98; homage paid to, 105; each sovereign in his own district, 119; resembled the barons of the feudal system, 121; in the Sandwich islands, iv. 412.
Children, ceremonies on the birth of, i. 258; treatment of, 261; iii. 82; singular punishment, 83.
Children of missionaries, anxiety concerning, iii. 267; establishment for their education, 269.
Christian church, general view of a, iii. 53; preparatory teaching, 56; qualifications and duties of communicants, 58; the sacrament of the Lord's supper, 60; manner of admitting church members, 65; appointment of deacons, 80; female conversational meetings, 82; dismissal of members, 89.
Christian experience, questions on, ii. 437; pleasing instances of, iii. 10; devotional feelings, 62.
Christian refugees in Eimeo, ii. 141; return to Tahiti, 145; battle of Bunaauïa, 147; general reception of Christianity, 159.
Christianity, first impressions from, on the adult heathen, iv. 315; formal establishment of, in Tahiti, ii. 159.
Church, Christian, general view of a, iii. 53–see Christian church.
Church members, how admitted, iii. 65; dismissal of, 89; fanatical visionaries, 91.
Church Missionary Society, their labours in New Zealand, iii. 358
Cities of refuge (puhonuas) in Hawaii, iv. 167, 363.
Clocks unknown in the South Sea islands, ii. 383; mode of indicating time, 384.
Cloth, manufacture of, from various materials, in Tahiti, i. 79; the chief women excel in the, 185; in the Sandwich islands, iv. 109.
Clothing made of cocoa-nut fibre, i. 53.
Cloth-plant of the Sandwich islands (a variety of the morus papyrifera), iv. 109.
Cock-fighting, a favourite sport of the Tahitians, i. 221.
Cocoa-nut oil received in payment for copies of the Scriptures, ii. 231.
Cocoa-nut tree (cocos nucifera) its various uses, i. 51; mode of gathering the fruit, 57.
Coffee plant, the, successfully introduced into the Society islands, ii. 291.
Commerce of the Sandwich islands, iv. 26.
Commercial and maritime enterprise of the Hawaiians, iv. 408 - national flag, 409.
Communicants, qualifications and duties of, iii. 58.
Conscience, instances of the power of, iii. 77.
Contributions from native missionary societies, amount of, iii. 299.
Conversational meetings, ii. 420; when held, and their objects, ib.
Converts to Christianity, their satisfactory conduct, ii. 116; persecution of, 123, 125, 139; seek refuge in Eimeo, 141; return to Tahiti, 145.
Cook, Captain, visits Tahiti, i. 8; mistakes the native name, 9; carries Mai to England, ii. 365; various islands discovered by him, iii. 379, 393, 404; iv. 1; accuracy of his descriptions, iv. 2; visit to the scene of his death, 38; native account of that event, 131; sorrow expressed by them, 133; reverence paid to his memory, 134; question as to the disposal of his bones, 137.
Coral reefs, surrounding Eimeo and other islands, i. 18, 19, 21; breaks in the, form harbours, 23; of the Sandwich islands, iv. 21.

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Cornelius, a modern, iv. 64.
Corpse-praying priest, the, i. 401.
Cotton, cultivation of, attempted, in Huahine, ii. 287; the manufacture introduced in Eimeo, 297; its extension, 302.
Council, public, at Oahu, iv. 48; Auna explains the friendly sentiments of the Tahitians to the chiefs, and removes existing prejudices, ibid.
Councils, national, in the South Sea islands, usually convoked by the kings before undertaking affairs of importance, iii. 117; their dilatory proceedings, ibid.
Courtesy of the chiefs in Polynesia, iv. 380.
Courtly phraseology in Tahiti, specimen of, iii. 113.
Courtship and marriage among the Tahitians, i. 267.
Cox—see Keeaumoku.
Creation, legend of the, i. 325.
Crook, Mr., a missionary, placed in the Marquesan islands, ii. 10; comes to the Society islands, assists in printing, 224; attends the death bed of Mr. Bicknell, iii. 52.
Cuttle-fish, singular method of taking, i. 144.
Dances of the Tahitians, i. 215; various kinds of, 217; in the Sandwich islands, iv. 78, 100, 105; address to the dancers, 79.
Dangerous Archipelago, or Pearl islands, European vessel seized by the natives, ii. 133; their conversion, 228–see Pearl islands.
Daphne, capture of the, by the Tahitians, ii. 133; recaptured by Captain Walker, ibid.
Darling, Mr., school house at Burder's Point fitted up by, iii. 153; assists at the coronation of Pomare III. 261.
Dauntless, visit of the, to Huahine, iii. 282.
Davies, Mr. undertakes particularly the instruction of the children, ii. 70, 73; his school in Eimeo, 92, 207; assists the newly arrived missionaries to acquire the language, 262; baptizes Mahine, the king of Huahine, iii. 24; assists at the coronation of Pomare, III. 261; visit to Rapa, 372.
Davies, Mrs, death of, ii. 91.
Deacons, appointment of, in Huahine, iii. 80; names of the first, 82.
Dead, disposal of the, among the Polynesians, i. 398; iv. 358; embalming, i. 401; depositories, 405; elegiac ballads, 411; funeral ceremonies, 413; iv. 175.
Death, views of the Polynesians as to the cause of, i. 395.
Decimal notation practised by the Tahitians, i. 90.
Decoration, fondness of the Polynesians for personal, i. 134.
Degradation of females in Polynesia, i. 129; its removal, 124.
Deluge, traditions or the, among the Polynesians, i. 386; iv. 441.
Demons, or genii, modes of propitiating, i. 335.
Depopulation of Polynesia, i. 103; causes assigned, 105; iv. 23; checked by the influence of Christianity, i. 108.
Deputation from the London Missionary Society, visits the South Sea islands, iii. 232; proceeds to the Sandwich islands, iv. 34.
Diseases, introduction of foreign, ascribed to the God of the missionaries, ii. 65, 125; increase of, iii. 36; practice of physic, 37; surgery, 41; want of medicines, 45.
Dishes, wooden, curiously carved, i. 191.
Dismissal of church members, iii. 89.
Divination, modes of, i. 377.
Divinities of the Polynesians, i. 323; of the Sandwich islands, iv. 89, 212.
Dogs, used for food in Tahiti, i. 72; reared for that purpose, iv. 347; great number baked for a single feast, 346.
Double canoe, the, of Tahiti, i. 164; of the Sandwich islands, iv. 340.
Dress of the Polynesians, i. 178; grotesque combination of European and native, ii. 395; shoes, hats, bonnets, 398; substitutes for ribands, 403.

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Dyes, vegetable substances used as, i. 182.
Early missionaries to Tahiti, their acquirements and deficiencies, ii. 188; unjustly termed Unitarians, 182.
Earthquakes, common in the Sandwich islands, iv. 286.
Easter Island, remarkable monuments in, iii. 325.
clipse, terror of the Polynesians at an, i. 331.
Eels fed and tamed in Tahiti, i. 76.
Eimeo or Moorea, its situation, i. 7; size, 11; beauty, 18; excellent harbour, ibid; first missionary visit to, ii. 62; Pomare (Otu) in exile in, 89; progress of Christianity in, 92, 109, 115, 120, 122; public acknowledgment of Jehovah, 135; Christians seek refuge in, 141; conduct of Pomare, 142; the author's visit to, 200; the printing press, 212.
Ellis, Mr. (the author), his arrival in Tahiti, ii. 175, 193; first interview with Pomare, 195; works as a printer, 224; his acquisition of the language facilitated thereby, 235; removes to Huahine, 248; delivers his first discourse to the natives, 274; labours to introduce the culture of sugar, cotton and coffee, 287–289; in peril in a storm, 305; visits Tahiti, 338; embassy to the Queen of Huahine, iii. 147; interview with Pomare, 155; with the assistance of Mr. Nott, revises the laws for Huahine, ibid; visit to the Windward Islands, 215; return to Huahine, 233; visit to Borabora, 276; to Raiatea, 281; to the Sandwich Islands, 285; voyage to England, 295; return to Huahine, ibid; first visit to the Sandwich Islands, iv. 34; second visit, 48; tour of Hawaii, 74; return to Oahu, 457.
Embalming, practice of i. 401.
Eooa—see Ua.
Epidemic influenza, prevalence of, iii. 35.
European cloths preferred by the Polynesians to their own manufacture, ii. 301.
European vessels seized, and the crews murdered, ii. 133.
Eva, plain of, in Oahn, iv. 11.
Expenses of the missions, how defrayed, ii. 75; attempts of the missionaries to meet them, 263; formation of a native missionary society, 263.
Extortion and violence of the royal servants in the South Sea islands, iii. 129.
Extinct craters near Kiranea, iv. 271; other extinct volcanoes, 299.
Faahee, or surf swimming, i. 223, 226.
Family idols of Pomare, ii. 173; his letter on sending them to England, ibid.
Fare Beritani, the missionaries' first dwelling in Tahiti, ii. 5.
Fa-re, district of, in Huahine, ii. 248; its improvement under the care of the missionaries, 328; iii. 80, 295.
Farefau, a convert, his bold profession of his faith, ii. 135, 137; commissioned to destroy the idol Oro, 151.
Farmers, an influential body in Tahiti, iii. 96.
Fei, the mountain plantain, i. 61.
Female apparel among the Polynesians, i. 178; ii. 391; partial adoption of European clothing, 392.
Female degradation in Polynesia, i. 121; its removal under the influence of the spread of Christianity, ii. 124.
Female occupations, instruction in, given by the missionaries' wives, ii. 389.
Females, low estimation of, in the Sandwich Islands, shewn in the tradition of Kahavari, iv. 302.
Feudal system, its chief features found to prevail in the South Sea islands, iii. 121.
Fire-arms, resolution of the missionaries not to retain, ii. 29.
Fish-hooks, often made of human bone, i. 145; European ones little valued, 150; conceived to be shoots of plants, 150.
Fishing, methods of, i. 139; nets, 140; spears, 143; hooks, 145; canoe, 148.

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Fishing canoes in Tahiti, i. 148.
Fishing-spear, different kinds of, and how used, i. 143.
Fish-pond at Kihoro, a monument of the genius of Tamehameha, iv. 407.
Flag of truce, use of, among the Tahitians, i. 315.
Folger, Captain, murdered by Tahitian mutineers, ii. 133.
Foot-ball, a game followed more by the women than the men, i. 213.
Foot-race, in Tahiti, i. 210.
Foreign Missions—see American Board.
Fortifications, ancient, in Hawaii, iv. 103.
Fortresses, how constructed among the Polynesians, i. 313.
Fowl, the domestic, found in Hawaii, iv. 25; seldom eaten by the natives, ibid.
Funeral ceremonies in Tahiti, i. 412; in the Sandwich islands, iv. 358.
Furniture, native articles of, i. 188.
Fur-trading vessels, their visits to the Sandwich Islands, iv. 26; one seized by the natives, and the crew murdered, 27.
Future state, ideas of the Hawaiians regarding a, iv. 145.
Gambier, Captain, R.N., his testimony in favour of the efforts of the missionaries in Tahiti and Huahine, ii. 349.
Games, native, in the Sandwich Islands, iv. 197; in Tahiti, i. 193.
Geese, wild, found in Hawaii, iv. 6. 25.
Gentry, a recognised class in Tahiti, iii. 97.
Geological character of Tahiti, i. 11; of Hawaii, iv. 6, 59, 171, 183; volcanoes, 217, 266.
Georgian Islands, their situation, i. 7; islands composing the group, ibid.
Goats, large flocks of, reared in the Sandwich Islands, iv. 379.
Gods of the Sandwich Islands, sanguinary character ascribed to the, iv. 362.
Goodrich, Mr., his visit to Hawaii, iv. 55, 67.
Gospels, translation of the, ii. 118; St. Lake's, printing of, 224; the other Gospels printed, iii. 13.
Government, form of, in the South Sea islands, iii. 93; intimately connected with idolatry, 132; new form established, 137, in the Sandwich islands, iv. 411.
Grammar, brief sketch of the, of the Hawaiian language, iv. 465.
Grief for the dead, modes of expressing, i. 407; iv. 175, 358; self-inflictions, i. 409.
Gunpowder, many natives of Tahiti killed or wounded by an explosion of, ii. 32.
Gyles, Mr., endeavours to introduce the sugar manufacture in Eimeo, ii. 283; opposition, 284; is obliged to withdraw, 285.
Haa, the chief of Waipio, iv. 355; his hospitality and intelligence, 357.
Haamanemane, the high-priest, in Tahiti, ii. 7; his character and influence, 34; is murdered, 36.
Haapii parau, or learners, a name adopted by the converts, ii. 117.
Haari, or cocoa-nut tree, cultivation of the, i. 50.
Hamakua, a district of Hawaii, its romantic appearance, iv. 379.
Harbour regulations of Huahine, iii. 209.
Harwood, Mr., his visit to Hawaii, iv. 55.
Haupape, a house in shape resembling an English dwelling, i. 175.
Hautaua, valley of, the first native meetings for prayer held in the, ii. 104.
Hautia, governor of Huahine, rebels captured by, iii. 210, 226.
Hawaii, its position and size, iv. 4; its striking appearance, 5; height of its mountains, ibid; the interior uninhabited, 6; the population found only on the sea-shore, 7; estimate of its number, ibid; not now the residence of the kings, ibid; tour of, 55; volcanic phenomeua, 217.
Haweis, Dr., promotes the mission to the South Sea islands, ii. 4.
Haweis, a vessel built by the King and the missionaries, launch of the, ii. 240; is sold, 242.
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other islands, ii. 78; remains alone there, 88; with Mr. Nott, makes a missionary tour, 117; returns from England, iii. 157.
Hayward, Mrs., death of, ii. 91; reflections on this and other bereavements, ibid.
Heiau, idol temples in the Sandwich Islands, iv. 95; visit to that at Bakohola, 96.
Heiva, a term for amusements in general, i. 204.
Henry, Mrs., death of, ii. 90.
Hibernia recaptures the Venus schooner from the Tahitians, ii. 88.
High island—see Raivavai.
Hiro, an idolatrous priest, conversion of, iii. 9; why be received the name of Paul in baptism, 10. Hiro, the god of thieves, iii. 9. 77.
Hiro, district of, in Hawaii, iv. 351.
Hoakau, a king of Hawaii, his cruelty, iv. 365.
Hog, dedicated to the gods, in Tahiti, i. 371.
Hogs, original breed of, in Tahiti, i. 70; present breed, 71; tradition of their origin, 77, 371; in the Sandwich Islands, iv. 24; pet hogs, 41.
Hoi, a native plant, somewhat resembling rice, i. 47.
Hokukano, tomb of a celebrated priest at, iv. 129.
Homage paid to priests in Tahiti, iii. 105.
Honaunau, the former royal residence and burial-place of the Hawaiian kings, iv. 164; puhonua, or city of refuge at, 167.
Honesty, instance of, in two Christian chiefs, i. 151.
Honesty of the natives of Eimeo, ii. 247; restitution of stolen goods, iii. 77.
Honghi. a New Zealand chief, head of, iii. 355.
Honoree, John, the Hawaiian catechist, iv. 46.
Honoruru, plain of, its geological character, iv. 12.
Honoruru, town of, iv. 17; its harbour well frequented, ibid; the fort, 18; the American mission, 46; service in the American mission chapel, ibid.
Honuapo, state of the people at, iv. 203.
Hooroto, sangninary battle of, i. 283.
Hope, arrival of the, with missionaries, iii. 157.
Hope, Mount, the residence of Mr. Crook, visit to, iii. 154.
Hopu, Thomas, a native teacher, his labours at Kairua, iv. 62.
Horne, Rev. Melville, effect of his Letters on Missions, ii. 4.
Horopae, an Atehuran, execution of, iii. 141.
Horse, sent as a present for Pomare, ii. 198; astonishment of the natives, 200; names given to it, ibid.
Hospitality of the Sandwich islanders, iv. 344; singular notions respecting, 345; in the Society islands, ibid; courtesy by which accompanied, 380.
Houra, a popular amusement in the Sandwich Islands, iv. 299.
House for hidden prayer, ii. 203.
House-building in Tahiti, i. 171; in the Sandwich Islands, iv. 321.
Huahine, residence of Mr. Hayward at, ii. 78, 88; conversion of the king of, 108; idolatry abolished in, 172, 253; the printing press removed to, 248, 273; missionary labours, 245; a missionary society formed, 270; the sugar manufacture, 288; improvements effected by the introduction of the mechanic arts, 338; Captain Gambler's testimony, 350; a chapel built, 358; schools, 364; baptism administered, iii. 20; code of laws, 144, 177; harbour regulations, 209.
Human sacrifices, i. 274, 289; iii. 108; iv. 150; how performed, i. 347; martyrdom of a Christian, ii. 127.
Huntingdon, Countess of, her earnest desire for the conversion of the Polynesians, ii. 4, 160.
Hutu (Barringtonia speciosa), a tree resembling the magnolia, i. 32.
Hymns composed by the missionaries take the place of the native songs, ii. 120; a hymn book printed at Huahine, 235; in the language of the Sandwich islands, iv. 463.

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Iconoclasts, the missionaries not ambitious of being, iv. 16.
Idia, wife of Pomare, her superstition, ii. 69; her death, 117.
Idolatry, support of, by Pomare, ii. 68; renounced by Pomare Otu, 93; other renunciations, 100, 107; heroic conduct of Patii, 112; abolition of, 159; connected with the kingly government, iii. 132; in the Sandwich islands, overthrow of, iv. 30, 38, 122.
Idol-maker, conversation with an, i. 337.
Idol temples in Hawaii, visits to several, iv. 96, 99, 116, 117.
Idols of the Polynesians, i. 337, 353; prayers and offerings to, 343; public burning of, by Patii; ii. 112; destroyed by Pomare (Otu), 155.
Idols, different feelings towards, in the Sandwich islands, iv. 15, 16; many burnt by order of Kaahumana, 44; erected in mountain passes in the Sandwich islands, iv. 15; often overthrown, but re-erected, 15, 16; the missionaries not iconoclasts, 16.
Idols, family, of Pomare, sent to England, ii. 173; his letter accompanying them, ibid.
Iharu, a musical instrument, i. 197.
Inauguration of the king, in Tahiti, mode of, iii. 107; miracles supposed to accompany it, ibid.
Indolence of the Polynesians, i. 130.
Industrial arts, introduction of various, into the Society islands, ii. 281.
Infant baptism, anxiety for, iii. 29.
Infanticide, its prevalence in Polynesia, i. 249; attempts to check, ii. 21; disappearance of, 159, 328; compunctious retrospects, iii. 84; in the Sandwich islands, iv. 326; its peculiarly frightful character there, 328; idleness its chief motive among them, 329; prohibited by the chiefs, 331.
Inquiries of the Tahitians as to the seat of the affections, ii. 422; as to prayer, 425; as to the future state of the wicked, 429; as to scruples of conscience, 431; as to English piety, 433; as to the resurrection. 435; as to Christian experience, 437.
Inquiries into other people's business, an essential part of politeness in the Society islands, iv. 344.
Inquiring of the gods, how performed, i. 276, 371, 373.
Insanity, respect paid to persons afflicted with, iii. 40.
Inscriptions, rude attempts at, in, Hawaii, iv. 459.
Inspiration, exposure of a pretender to, i. 375; pretenders to, among the converts, iii. 91.
Instruction, payment for receiving, often required by the natives, ii. 389.
Interment, present mode of, in the South Sea islands, iii. 245.
Intoxication, its prevalence among the Polynesians, ii. 132; Pomare (Otu) addicted to, 119; frequent, of the king and chief people of the Sandwich islands, iv. 39, 44.
Ioretea, or Raiatea—See Raiatea.
Iron, the Tahitians acquainted with the use of, ii. 11; Pomare and the blacksmith, 12.
Jealousy and deadly revenge, examples of, iii. 124; murder of Europeans, ibid.
Jefferson, Mr., his missionary tour in Tahiti, ii. 60; death of, 77; reflections on visiting his grave, 78.
Jets d'eau, natural, in the Sandwich islands, iv. 60, 191.
Joe, an Englishman, assists Pomare in war, ii. 148.
Juan Fernandez, isle of, iii. 327; Alexander Selkirk, ibid.
Judicial impartiality, instance of, iii. 213.
Judicial proceedings, in the South Sea islands, iii. 142, 143, 190; in the Sandwich islands, iv. 422; where held, ibid; mode of procedure, 423.
Justice, courts of, in the Sandwich Islands, iv. 422; also courts of equity, ibid; ordeals, 423.
Juvenile amusements among the Tahitians, i. 227.

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Kaahumanu, the favourite queen, a person of great influence in Oahu, iv. 40; Auna and bis wife go to reside with, 41; public worship in her house, ibid; desires the author to remain in the islands, 43; her diligence and perseverance, 44; burns a great number of idols, ibid; becomes a pupil of the missionaries, 47.
Kahavari and Pélé, tradition of a combat between, iv. 301.
Kairua, landing of the first missionaries at, iv. 30; favourable circumstances attending, ibid; second visit to, 56; scarcity of fresh water, 57; cavern of Raniakea, 58, native chapel erected at, 400.
Kalakua, a queen of the Sandwich islands, iv. 74.
Kamakau, chief of Kaavaroa, builds a house for public worship, iv. 62; his zeal, 63; his reasons for renouncing idolatry, ibid; his family, and noble appearance, 64; a modern Cornelius, ibid; public prayer by him, 67.
Kamapiikai, traditionary visit of, to Tahiti, iv. 394.
Kamehamaru, queen of the Sandwich islands, her visit to England, and death, iv. 448; her amiable character, 452; her affectionate parting with her people, 454.
Kamtschatka, trade with, by the Sandwich islanders, iv. 19.
Kana, tradition of the achievements of, iv. 393.
Kapena Kuke, the Sandwich island pronunciation of the name of Captain Cook, iv. 131.
Kapihe, styled Admiral of Hawaii, his voyage to England, iv. 455; his death, ibid.
Kapihe, a Hawaiian priest, his false prophecies, iv. 145.
Kapuahi, a volcanic cavern, inhabitants of, iv. 224.
Karaimoku, prime minister of the Sandwich islands, iv. 18; his house at Honororu, ibid; favours the establishment of the missionaries, 31; becomes their pupil, 47; his conduct to the idolators, 124; prohibits infanticide, 331; his prompt decision on a complaint, iv. 423; his conduct on hearing of the death of Riboriho, 450.
Karaipahoa, a famous idol of Morokai, formed of poisonous wood, iv. 91; tradition of its origin, 92; much dreaded by the people, 93.
Karuaokalani, visit to the temple of, iv. 117.
Kauaikahaora, visit to the temple of, iv. 116.
Kauikeouli, the young prince, governs Tauai, iv. 20; patronizes the missionary schools in Lahaina, 9; becomes himself a pupil, 47; succeeds to the throne on the death of Rihoriho, 451.
Keanaee, vaulted avenue of, its remarkable appearance, iv. 173.
Keapuana, cavern of, iv. 226.
Kearakekua bay, the scene of the death of Captain Cook, iv. 38, 66, 138; mission station formed at, 138.
Keeaumoko, or Cox, general to Tamehameha, iv. 146; governor of Maui, 39; visit from, ibid; account of his establishment, 45; becomes a pupil of the missionaries, 47.
Kekauruohe, a Sandwich island princess, iv. 74.
Kekuaokalani, death of, iv. 123; his tomb, and those of his companions, 125.
Keopuolani, the mother of Rihoriho, iv. 78; favours the first establishment of the American missionaries, 31, 77; her interest in their labours, 78; her charitable hope regarding her idolatrous ancestors, 80; her interest in religion, 84; her kindness to the missionaries, ibid; mourning at her death, 179.
Keoroeya, an idol at Maui, iv. 89; his sacred hogs, ibid.
Keona, a rival of Tamehameha, account of the defeat and death of, iv. 209.
Keoua, governor of Lahaina, iv. 77.
Keoua, wife of Kuakini, iv. 109.
Kihoro, large fish-pond constructed at, by Tamehameba, iv. 407.
Kinao, the governor of Puna, his sickness, iv. 291.

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King, Captain, on the height of the mountains of Hawaii, iv. 5; his account of the death of Captain Cook, 135; on the treatment of women, 391.
King, in Polynesia, ceremony of the inauguration of the, iii. 107; revenues, 127; usually necessitous, 128; despotic rapacity, 129; abdication of, on the birth of his son, 99; acts as regent, 100; sacredness of the royal person, 101; singular mode of travelling in consequence, 100; remark of Pomare thereon, 101.
King, in the Sandwich islands, an absolute monarch, iv. 411; the royal authority hereditary both in the male and female line, 412; punahele, or royal favourites, ibid; profound deference paid to royalty, ibid; the king, proprietor of the soil, ibid; revenue, 413.
King's servants, at Lahaina, conversation with, iv. 85; their sloth and ignorance, 87.
Kirauea, approach to the crater of, iv. 217; volcanic sand, 231; the crater, 235; pools of fresh water, 240; sulphur banks, 241; midnight view, 247; native traditions, 249; dimensions of the crater, 253; offence given by the visit, 275.
Kirauea, little, iv. 266; temple of Pélé near, ibid.
Knives, substitutes for, iv. 346.
Konane, a game in Hawaii, iv. 213.
Ko Pari—see Pari.
Koreamoku, the father of medicine in the Sandwich islands, iv. 335.
Kuakini, the governor of Hawaii, visit from, iv. 35; visits to,38, 56; wishes to learn to write, ibid; his character and appearance, 39, 105; public preaching in his house, 65; his friendly aid, 104; his conversation with the missionaries, 113; prohibits infanticide, 331; builds a chapel, 404; attends public worship, 407; his doubts as to the deluge, 442.
Kukairimoku, a war god of the Sandwich islanders, iv. 98.
Lahaina, romantic beauty of its situation, iv. 76; mission established at, 8.
Lamp, novel kind of, ii. 252.
Land, tenure of, in the South Sea islands, iii. 115; in the Sandwich islands, iv. 414.
Land-marks, removal of, a heinous offence among the South Sea islanders, iii. 116; in Hawaii, iv. 349.
Language of the Society islands, i. 8; of the Sandwich islands, iv. 20, 50, 459; acquirement of the Tahitian, by the missionaries, ii. 13, 262; friendliness of the natives, 17; native orthography, 19.
Lanui, a young chief, his anxious inquiry after truth, iv. 44.
Latitudes and longitudes, tables of, i. 8.
Lava streams in Hawaii, iv. 59; their destructive course, how supposed to be arrested, 60; ancient cataract of, 171; pillars of, 183.
Laws, first code of, in Tahiti, iii. 137; its promulgation, 138; written out by Pomare himself, 140; first example of capital punishment under, 141; judicial proceedings, described by Captain Gambler, 142; revision, 195.
Laws of Huahine, when promulgated, iii. 144, 175; literal translation of, 177; reasons for some of their provisions, 192; opposition to, 217.
Laws of Raiatea, an improvement on those of Tahiti, iii. 143.
Leather, native mode of tanning, ii. 231.
Leeward islands, or Society islands, i. 7; Mr. Wilson preaches the Gospel in, ii. 118; subversion of idolatry in, 167.
Letter of Pomare, on sending his family idols to England, ii. 173.
Letters from home, value of, to the sojourner in a foreign land, iii. 159.
Lewis, Mr., a missionary, murder of, ii. 37.
Liliha, or Madame Boki, her voyage to England, iv. 455; letter from, 457.
Lime, native mode of preparing, ii. 342
Literature of Tahiti, since the introduction of printing, ii. 236; substitutes for books, iii. 7.

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London Missionary Society, its foundation, ii. 4; supports the Polynesian mission, 75; favours the introduction of industrial arts, 283; send a deputation to visit the missions in the South Sea islands, iii. 232; founds the South Sea Academy, 269; how delayed in sending missionaries to the Sandwich islands, iv. 29; visited by the Sandwich island chiefs, 455.
Loomis, Mr., an American missionary, iv. 39.
Lord's supper, mode of administering the, iii. 60.
Maaro, a Sandwich island chief, his sickness, iv. 316; visits to, 326, 332.
Macquarie, Governor, his endeavours to restrain the bad conduct of seamen and others visiting the South Sea islands, ii. 42.
Maeva, in Huahine, a fortification, i. 314; afterwards a missionary station, iii. 2; scenery in the neighbourhood, 3.
Magellan, missionary zeal of, ii. 3.
Mahamene, a native missionary, iii. 397.
Mahapu, a missionary station in Huahine,