The Origins of International Rivalry in Samoa: 1845–1884
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- Aberdeen, Earl of, to Cowley re French policy, 55
- Aborigines, Select Committee on, 40–42
- Adventurers in Samoa and Pacific, 112
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Agreement—
- Steinberger with Godeffroys, 119–120
- German-Samoan, 1884, 188–189
- Alvensleben, Baron, German delegate, 190
- America, United States of—
- American—
- Ampthill, Lord, warns Granville, 183
- Anglicizing of Samoa, 43
- Annexation—
- Apia—
- Apolima, islet in group, 19
- "Arcona," H.I.M.S., 71, 79, 120, 136
- "Ariadne," H.I.M.S., 143
- Arms and Ammunition—
- "Augusta," H.I.M.S., arrival of, 141–142
- Aunuu, islet, 19
- Australasian Colonies—
- Australia—
- Autonomy of Native States—
- Ava or Kava, Samoan ceremonial drink, 26
- Baker, The Rev. Shirley, Wesleyan Missionary and Prime Minister in Tonga, 73
- Bananas, luxuriant in islands, 19
- Baring Bros., 160–161
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"Barracouta," H.M.S.—
- Arrival of, 125
- Captain Stevens of, 126
- Steinberger deported in, 126
- Report on Barracouta affray, 138
- Bates, G., United States Commissioner to Samoa, 1888, 190
- Baumann, Roggewein's name for Samoa, 24
- Berlin Act, 1889, 71
- Bible, translation of, 30
- Bismarck, Prince—
- Bismarck, Count Herbert, on American policy, 191
- Borabora, German treaty with, refused, 158
- Bougainville, voyage of, 24
- Bowen, Sir G., Governor of New Zealand, 93
- Breadfruit, luxuriant growth of, 19
- Brincken, Baron von, German Ambassador in London, 168
- British—
- Brown, Rev. George, letter to Steinberger, 118
- Bülow, Herr von, 159
- Bundesrat, Samoan Subsidy Bill passes, 161
- California—
- Campbell, United States Under Secretary of State, letter to Foster, 126
- Canal—
- Carnarvon, Earl of, Secretar of State for Colonies, 1874–7898–101
- Chevreul, experiments of, 57–5
- Christianity—
- Churchward, W., British Consu[gap — reason: illegible]1882–85, on labourers, 76,
- Civil War in U.S.A., 130, 13[gap — reason: illegible] 135
- Climate of Samoa, 19
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Cochin China—
- Godeffroys in, 63
- United States treaty with,
- Cocoa, cultivation of, 62
- Coconut Fibre for mats, 59page 225
- Coconut Oil—
- Coconuts, luxuriant, 19
- Coffee, cultivation of, 61
- Colmesnil—
- Colonial Office on Vogel's proposals, 92–104
- Commerce—
- Commissions—
- Communications—
- Communism—
- Condominium—
- Conferences—
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Consul, British—
- O. Pritchard as, 38, 44
- Difficulties of position, 46
- (See also Williams, Swanston, Maudslay, Liaidit, Graves, Churchward)
- Consul, German (see Weber, Poppe, Zembsch, Stuebel)
- Consul, United States (see J. C. Williams, Foster, Griffin, Dawson, Colmesnil)
- Consuls, good treatment of, 110
- Convicts, Escaped—
- Cook, Captain James, influence in opening up Pacific, 25
- Copra Trade, 57–61
- Cornwall, his estates, 75, 174
- Cotton—
- Cowley, Lord, British Ambassador in Paris, Aberdeen to, 54
- Cumming, Miss Gordon, 73
- Currency, debased, introduced, 72–73
- Dawson, United States Consul, report of, 72, 76, 154, 163
- Declaration of Rights, Samoan, 123
- Derby, Lord, Secretary of State for Colonies, Russell to, 158, 179
- Des Voeux, Sir W.—
- Deutsche, Handels und Plantagen Gesellschaft, 160, 161, 185
- Diseases brought by Europeans, 26
- Disputes between Samoans and Europeans, 46page 226
- Eimeo, L.M.S. missionaries driven to, 33
- Ellice Islands—
- Ellis, Rev. W.—
- Erromanga, Williams killed at, 37
- Evangelical Revival, 32
- Evarts, United States Secretary of State, 154
- Export—
- Faipule, Representative House in Samoan Parliament (see Taimua)
- Falealili—
- Federation Act of New Zealand, 1883, 175
- Fergusson, Sir James, Governor of New Zealand, 94–97
- Fertility of islands, 19, 41, 45
- Fibre, coconut, 59
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Fiji—
- Inhabitants, 20
- Position re Samoa, 37, 165
- Unsuitable for Consulate, 41
- Cotton in, 60
- Germans suffer through British annexation of, 77, 156, 158
- Offered cession of, 84, 88, 92
- Bank of, 96
- Strategic value of, 103
- Americans on, 108
- On trans-Pacific route, 109
- Difficulties in, 139
- Deputation to, 141
- Riff-raff from, at Apia, 173
- Fish, Hamilton, United States Secretary of State, 117, 119, 121, 126, 128, 129
- Foster, S.—
- France, re annexation of Samoa, 167
- Franco-Prussian War, 67, 79
- French—
- Fuaiupolu shelled by H.I.M.S. Arcona, 136
- Gambier Islands—
- "Gazelle," H.I.M.S., to the Pacific, 79, 156
- German—
- German Plantations—
- Germany—
- Gilbert Islands, labourers from, 75; 119, 156
- Gladstone, W. E., on Aborigines Committee, 40; 98
- Godeffroy—
- Gold, discovery of, 83
- Gordon, Sir Arthur (Lord Stanmore), Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, 139, 141, 156, 163–165, 167, 168, 169, 172
- Government, British—
- Grant, Ulysses S.—
- Granville, Earl, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1880–85, 156, 165, 168, 183, 188
- Graves, Hicks, H.B.M. Consul, 1879–82, 146, 163
- Great Britain—
- Grey, Sir George—
- Griffin—
- Guam, 109
- Guizot, letter to Cowley, 54
- Gunpowder (see Arms and Ammunition)
- Hamburg merchants to South Seas, 63
- Hansemann, Geheimrat von, 160
- Hassenpflug, Captain of H.I.M.S. Augusta, 142
- Hawaii or Sandwich Islands—
- Hawaiian—
- Hawaiki identified with Savaii, 20
- Haweis, The Rev. Dr., in founding of L.M.S., 31
- Hayes, B., President of U.S.A., 189
- Herbert, Sir Robert, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Colonies, re New Zealand annexation schemes, 89, 92, 96, 97, 101, 115
- "Hertha," H.I.M.S., commissioned to Samoa, 67, 79, 142, 156page 228
- Hoskins, Commodore on H.M.S. Pearl, 138
- Huahine, German treaty with, 158
- Hunkin, missionary on Tutuila, 21
- Imports—
- India-rubber, cultivation of, 62
- Inter-Colonial Convention of Australasian Colonies, 176–179
- Jackson, A., President of U.S.A., 108
- Jaluit, German trading station, 156
- Japan opens ports, 108
- Justice, administration of, 48
- Kimberley, Earl of, Secretary of State for Colonies, 1870–74, on New Zealand annexation projects, 92–96
- Kingship in Samoa, 23, 120, 133
- Kingsmill or Gilbert Islands, King of Apemama refused missionaries, 34
- Kolonial Verein und Zeitung, 179–180
- Kotzebue, expedition of, 25
- Krauel, Herr, German Commissioner, 190
- Labourers—
- Lackawanna, U.S.A. agreement on, 133, 146
- Lands—
- La Pérouse, Galoiys de, French navigator, 24, 31
- Lawlessness, 139–140
- Liardit, Edward—
- List, F., [gap — reason: illegible]n Colonization, 78
- London Missionary Society—
- Lundon, J., intrigues in Samoa, 174–175, 184
- Lyons, Lord, British Ambassador in Paris, 167
- McIlwraith, Prime Minister of Queensland, 177
- Makada, Germans acquire harbour of, 156
- Malet, Sir Edward, British Ambassador in Berlin, 183
- Malietoa, family of high chiefs, 23, 122, 146
- Malietoa Laupepa—
- Malietoa Talavou (uncle of Laupepa, and King, 1873, 1879–81), 132, 144, 146, 164
- Malietoa Tavita, Wilkes' treaty with, 110
- Malmesbury, Earl of, 51
- Malua, L.M.S. seminary at, 30, 39, 43, 111
- Mamea Le, Samoan chief, 141, 143
- Manoho, islet, 19
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Manua—
- Eastern group, 19
- Roggewein at, 23
- Bougainville at, 24
- Marist Priests, 52
- Marshalls Islands, 75, 156
- Marquesas Islands—
- Mataafa, high chief, 146, 192
- Matautu, east wing of Apia harbour, 147
- Maudslay, A. P., Acting-Consul in Samoa, 1878–79. In Fijian Government, 1875–80, 74, 135, 150, 163, 169, 170
- Mauga, treaty with Meade, 93, 113
- Meade, Captain, treaty for Pago-Pago harbour, 1872, 68, 93, 111, 113, 115
- Melanesia, Christianizing of, 37, 39, 86–87
- "Messenger of Peace," built by Williams, 35
- Micronesia, 20
- Mioko, Germans acquire harbour of, 156
- Missionaries, 16, 25, 26
- Mulinuu—
- Municipal Government of Apia, 147–149, 162, 173–174
- Murray, Rev. A., 11, 37, 49
- "Narrangansett," U.S.S., 68, 112
- Native Races—
- "Nautilis," missionaries sail in the, 33
- Navigator Islands, 24
- New Britain, 37
- New Caledonia—
- New Guinea, 37, 84, 177
- New Hebrides, 35
- New Zealand—
- Nicaragua, route for trans-Isthmian canal, 82, 109
- Nukapu, Patteson's murder at, 87
- Pacific—
- Pago-Pago Harbour, 19, 68, 141
- Palmerston, Viscount, 46, 47
- Panama, 109, 191
- "Pandora," H.M.S., at Samoa, 25
- "Papalangi" or "cloud burster," 21, 22, 25, 36
- Patteson, Bishop J. C, murder of, 87, 88, 90
- "Pearl," H.M.S., sent to Samoa, 138
- "Peerless," Steinberger's yacht, 120, 125
- Petition—
- Philippines, United States acquisition of, 109
- Philips, Coleman, projects of, 96, 100
- Picpus, Roman Catholic Missionary Society of, 52
- Polynesia Vogel's project for annexation of, 95–104
- Polynesian Land and Commercial Company, 111, 114, 139
- Polynesians, Samoa home of, 20
- Pomare—
- Poppe, A., German Consul, 125, 159
- Porer, United States Captain, 108
- Pratt, Rev., translator of Bible, 37
- Pritchard, George—
- Protection—
- Puletua, the Malietoa or royal party, 132, 140, 143, 144, 146
- Punishment—
- Queen Victoria—
- Raiatea—
- Railway—
- Raratonga—
- Reichstag, 161
- Roggewein, Jacob, Dutch navigator, first discovered Samoa in 1722, 23, 24
- Roman Catholics—
- Rose Island, 19
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Ruge, Hedemann & Co., 63, 155
- Herr Ruge, 186
- Russell, Lord Odo (Lord Ampthill), British Ambassador in Berlin, 79, 158
- Sailing Gods, 26
- Sainte Vallier, M. de, French Ambassador in Berlin, 159
- Salisbury, Marquis of, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 144, 146, 152, 154, 165, 167
- Saluafata—
- Samoa—
- Samoan—
- Samoan Subsidy Bill, 160–162, 165
- Sandwich Islands (see Hawaii)
- Santa Cruz Island (see Nukapu)
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Savaii, 19, 20, 37, 115
- Gained by Germany, 193
- Seed, William, report on Samoa, 124
- Selwyn, Bishop G. A., Melanesian Missions, 39, 86–87
- Senate, United States, reject Meade's treaty, 133
- Seward, W., United States Secretary of State, policy, 127–128
- Society Islands, 37, 45
- Solomon Islands—
- Spermacetti, 58
- Spirits, intoxicating, 42, 59
- St. Julian, Charles, Consul-General at Sydney, 51, 133
- Steinberger, A. B.—
- Sterndale, H.—
- Stevens, Captain, of H.M.S. Barracouta, 126–127
- Stevenson, Robert Louis, quoted, 43, 68, 74, 76, 132, 145, 147, 185
- Stewart, James, 114–117, 139
- Strategic Position—
- Stuebel or Stubel—
- Swanston, Robert, H.B.M. Acting-Consul, 1878, 144
- Tahiti, 20, 114
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Taimua and Faipule, 77
- In Constitution, 122
- Loyal to Steinberger, 130, 143–144
- "Talafale" or "talking man," 23
- Tamasese, of Tupua family, Vice-King, 1881, 146, 186, 192
- T'Au, in Manua group, 19
- Taumatu Archipelago, Godeffroys in, 63
- Thornton, Sir Edward, British Ambassador in Washington, 128
- Thurston, J., Government Secretary in Fiji and High Commissioner, 76, 185, 190
- Tonga—
- Tongan—
- Tongatabu, 35
- Trade—
- Traders, 37, 40, 58
- Travers, German Commissioner to Samoa, 1886, 190
- Treaty—
- Treitschke, 78
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Tripartite Government, 145, 160
- (See also Condominium)
- Tupua, family of high chief, 23, 122
- Turner, George, 30, 118
- Tutuila, 19, 21, 24, 37, 49
- United States (see America, United States of)
- Unselm, August, 66–67
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Upolu, 19, 37, 111, 112
- Becomes German, 193
- Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 51, 91
- Wakeman, Captain, report, 91, 112
- Wallis Island, Roman Catholics on, 53, 54
- Walpole, Consul at Chile, 45
- Warships—
- Webb, W. H., steamship line, 68, 91, 112, 113, 115, 117, 141, 143
- Weber, Theodore, 67–68, 73, 74
- Werner, Captain Von, 142–143
- Wesleyan Missionary Society, 29, 73
- West, Sir Lionel, British Ambassador in Washington, 191
- Whalers—
- Wilkes, Charles, Commander of United States Exploring Expedition, 42, 110–111
- Williams, John, L.M.S. missionary to Samoa, 26, 29–38, 132
- Williams, John Channer (son of missionary)—
- Williams, S. F. (son of J. C. Williams), H.B.M. Acting-Consul, 1874–78, in pay of Weber, 73, 138
- Woods, adventurer in Fiji, 139