Malacca, attack by the King of Acheen on, 43.
Malays, nautical character of the,
Resemblance between them and the people of the South Sea Islands, 37. Their fisheries long established on the coast of New Holland, 43.
Mangaja, treatment of the mission- aries in this island, 226. Mariner, William, particulars re- lated by him respecting the first missionaries in Tonga, 258. Marion, a French commander, visits New Zealand, where he is mur- dered, 342. Marquesas, when first discovered by Mendana, 181. Climate, ib. Products, ib. Cannibalism, 182. Description of natives, ib. Visited by Cook, 183. Dædalus arrives, 184. Bennett's account of these isles, 190. The gospel makes small progress in them, 399. Romish missionaries land at this station,
Matavai, this district ceded to the missionaries, 136, 140.
Mauke, one of the Hervey group, noticed, 224. Visited by Lord Byron, 228. Church described,
229. Melanesia, or Black Islands, 21. Mendana, visit of this navigator to the Marquesas, 182. Metempsychosis, 74.
teachers, 147. Cause of their dis- persion, 152. Return in 1811, 154. Forced by circumstances to become traders, 166. Gratifying results of their labours, 235. In- trusive disposition manifested by them in the Sandwich Islands, 323. Remarks on the changed character of the South Sea Islanders, said to be in consequence of the strict laws enforced by them, 404. Missionary enterprise, remarks on, 392, 395. Results, 398. Missionary Society, when first form- ed, 101.
Missions, little good effected at first by them, 104. Probable causes of this failure, 105, 391. Civilisation and morality introduced in Poly- nesia owing to their efforts, 125, 240. Mosaical Law, interest in the cere- monies of the, shown by the South Sea Islanders, 72.
Motives for renewing intercourse with the Society Islanders, 95. Mountainous Islands, 28. Mowee, progress of religion and Mythological ballads, notice of those learning in this island, 408. in use among the Polynesian tribes, 49.
Nautilus, unfortunate results from the visit of this vessel at Otaheite, 141.
Navigators' Islands, human sacri- fices unknown, 71. Their situa- tion, 267. Appearance of the country, 268. Manners of the in- habitants, 269. Visited by Wil- liams, 271. Introduction of Chris- tianity, 273. Mixed reasons which led to the conversion of the chiefs and others, 275. Good effects of the advice of the missionaries in putting an end to a dreadful con- test, 276. First missionary meet- ing, 277. Improvement in the manners of the people of these is- lands, ib. Remains of Mr Wil- liams interred, 285. Nelson, settlement formed at this place, 366.
Missionaries, improvement in the Polynesian isles caused by, 18, 62, 116. Question put to them by the Polynesians respecting the origin of evil, 73. Their statements as to sorcery, 83. The spirit and zeal displayed by, 90, 92. First land- ing at Otaheite, 101. Remarks on the modes of conveying divine knowledge to the heathen, 103. Zeal and perseverance manifested by these teachers, 111. Evil may be mingled with the good effected, 112. Testimony in their favour, 115. Conspiracy formed against them, ib. Mechanical arts taught by, 122, 136. Their attempts to put a stop to infanticide and hu- man sacrifice, 139. Miseries en- dured by these devoted men, 144. Second arrival at Otaheite of these Obookiah, notice of this youth, 304.
Nicholson, Port, colony established there, 363. Noticed, 366. Noukahiva, or Martin's Island, de- scribed, 191. Habits of the natives, ib.
Ohittahoo, attempts to introduce Christianity into this island, 187. Omai, brought to England by Cook, 133. Visits Atiu on his way home, 223.
Oro, the god of war, 58, 70. Orsmond's translation of the Otahei- tan account of the Deluge, 65. Otaheite, notices of, 20. Its physi- cal origin, 28. Distinction of caste in, 35. Manners of the inhabitants, 77. Arrival of the Bounty, 96. Fruits peculiar to the country, 97. Visit of Spanish missionaries, 98. The supremacy of the King of Spain acknowledged, ib. Re- spect shown to the Lord's-day, 123. Civilisation introduced by mis- sions, 125. Visited by Captain Wallis, 132. Arrival of Cook, 133. Reinforcement of missionaries, 147. Their treatment, 148. Po- mare returns from exile, 156. Conversions to Christianity in- crease after this event, 157. Im- provement in the people conse- quent on this change, 396. At- tempt to establish a Roman Cath- olic mission, 397. Productions.of the island, 422.
Otoo, one of the rulers of Otaheite, 96, 99. His notions as to religion, 111. Conduct to the missionaries, 142, 145. Assumes the title of Pomare II. on the death of his father, 150. Learns to write, 151. Professes Christianity, 154; and is baptized, 171.
Ouapoa, or Trevennien's Island, 189.
Owhyhee noticed, 297. Improve- ments introduced by foreigners into this island, 300.
P. Pelew Islands, visited by Captain Wilson, 290. Character of the natives, ib. Productions, 291. Perouse, La, his observations on the language of the natives of the South Sea Islands, 38.
Pitcairn's Island, its occupation by the mutineers of the Bounty, 96. Noticed, 192. Described, 200. Good conduct of natives, 203. Polarity of the mountains in South- ern Ocean, 23. Polygamy, 60, 72, 79.
Polynesia, discovery of, 18. Situa- tion, 21. Colour of natives, ib. First application of the name, 22. Volcanic action in, ib. Smaller archipelagos, 23. Origin of the
people, 32, 378, 384, 385. Pro- bability that they migrated from Asia, 36. Their resemblance to the Malays, 37, 41. Observations on the language, 38. Distance from Sumatra, 42. Description of the several classes of inhabi- tants, 43. Climate and scenery, 46. Character of the people, 47. Ancient monuments, 49. My- thological ballads, ib. Form of government, 51, 58. Reverence shown to the king, 51. Different orders of society, 55. Regal cere- monies, 57. National assemblies, 59. Laws, 60. Human sacrifices, 61, 382. Notions of religion, 62. Traditions of the Deluge, 64. Species of worship, 67. Honours shown to the dead, 69. Religious devotees, 70. Belief in a future state, 71. Inquiries respecting the resurrection of the body, 73. In- tellectual powers, 74. Mental capacity of the inhabitants, 75. Physical attributes, 76. Duration of life, 77. Marriage ceremonies, 78. Belief in sorcery, 81. Public entertainments, 85. Improved character of the people owing to missionary enterprise, 117, 235. Remarks on the past and present state of these islands, 377. Resem- blance in religious usages to the Asiatics, 378. First intercourse between Europeans and the na- tives attended by fatal diseases, 393. Commercial enterprise at the present time, 420. Polypes, coral, notices of, 23, 25. Pomare, motives which led him to abjure idolatry, 104. His delight in seeing the mission- aries at work as smiths, 137. His reluctance to allow them to de- part, 143. Kindness shown to them by this prince, 145. His death noticed, 150. Etymology of the name, 151.
Pomare II. His letter to the Lon- don Missionary Society, 151. His conversion to Christianity, 154. Effect of his clemencyon the people, 158. Orders the idols' temple to be destroyed, ib. Prayer composed by him, 159. He throws off the first sheet printed in the South Sea Islands, 162. Large church erected by his means, 169. His baptism, 171, His death, 172. Statement of Mr Ellis respecting him, 173.
Pomare III. Coronation, 174. His death, 175.
Raatira, or chief, 80.
Raiatea, success of the missions in this island, 172, 214. Sudden con- version from idolatry, 390. Raivavai, discovery of this island, 207. Idolatry abolished, 208. Rapa, one of the Austral Isles, de- scribed, 206. Arrival of mission- aries, 207.
Rarotonga discovered by Mr Wil- liams, 225, 229. Progress of the gospel in this island, 230, 237. Cus- toms and laws of the natives, 232. Hurricanes, 234.
Remarks on the motives which lead to voyages of discovery, 89. Rienzi, his works referred to, 81. Rihoriho, Christianity established in the Sandwich Islands by this prince, 306. Becomes king under the name of Tamehameha II.. ib. Rimatara, character of the inhabit- ants, 215. Visited by Williams, 216. Improvement in the customs of the natives, 217.
Roman Catholic missions, attempts to establish them in several Poly- nesian islands, 397. Their success in Gambier's Island, 398. Romatane, exertions of this chief in the cause of religion, 227. Rum, its injurious effect on the peo- ple of Polynesia, 120. Rurutoo, discovered by Cook, 212. Conversion of inhabitants, ib. Visited by Mr Ellis, 215.
Sandilands, Captain, peace main- tained in Otaheite through his intervention, 177. Sandwich Islands, discovered by Captain Cook, 296. Position and extent, 297. Enterprise of the natives, 298-301. Importance of the local position for trading, 301. Means through which Christianity was introduced, 304. Abolition of idolatry, 311. King and queen visit England, 315. Death and character of the king, 316. Change in the manners of the natives dur- ing the last few years, 318-320,
328. Increase of civilisation, 332. Religious awakening, ib. Usages at the death of friends, 381. Re- semblance of these customs to the practices of the Israelites, ib. Present state of society noticed, 406. Decrease of the population, 410. Causes which may lead to this result, 412. Americans enjoy nearly all the trade carried on between these islands and other countries, 422.
Savaii, one of the Navigators' Isl- ands, 267.
Slavery, its mild form in Polynesia, 55.
Society Islands, notices of, 21, 29, 49. Motives which led to a re- newal of intercourse with the natives, 95. Christianity and civilisation introduced, 172. Disaf- fection and dissolute habits caused by the very disastrous war which raged in these islands, 178. Solomon Islands, where situated, 286. Productions, and character of the natives, 287.
Sorcery practised in South Sea Isl- ands, 81.
Southern Ocean, when first discover- ed, 18. Description of the islands in, 19.
South Sea Fishery, its great extent, 424.
South Sea Islands, religious belief
in, 63. Marriage ceremonies, 78. Spain, King of, acknowledged owner of Otaheite, 98.
Spanish discoveries in Pacific, 98. Spanish missionaries, Captain Cook denies any converts were made by them, 99. Imperfect success among the Indians, 105. Stewart, Rev. C. S., his account of the Sandwich Isles referred to, 318, 327, 329. Surville, a French navigator, his cruel conduct at New Zealand noticed, 340.
Taaroa, a deity of the Polynesians, 63, 64, 67.
Taboo, observations on, 35. Nature and extent of the custom, 306. Manner in which this superstition was abolished in the Sandwich Islands, 308.
Tama, worshipped in Polynesia, 68.
Tamatoa, a convert to Christianity, his character and death noticed, 178.
Tamehameha, rise of this chief, 299. Cedes the sovereignty of his domin- ions to the British monarch, 300. George III. assures him of his friendship, 302. Character, 303. His anxiety to introduce Chris- tianity, 303-306. Tamehameha II., suspicion evinced by him in regard to the mis- sionaries, 314. Learns to read and write, ib. He and his queen visit England, where they die, 315. Character of this prince by Mr Ellis, 316. Kotzebue's account of him, 317. Tamehameha III., 328. Presides at the opening of a church, 331.
Tanna, cannibalism in this island,
281. Account of the natives, 282. Tasman, Tonga discovered by this navigator, 242; also New Zealand and Van Diemen's Land, 335. Tonga or Friendly Islands, visited by Cook, 243, 244. Arrival of the ship Duff, 245. Tongataboo, one of Friendly Isles, visited by Cook, 243. Cultivation of the soil, 244. Conspiracy against Cook, ib. Arrival of the Duff, 245. Missionaries protected by the king, 247. Superstition of Favourable the natives, 250.
character of the inhabitants, 253. Three missionaries murdered, 259. Arrival of Mr Williams, 260. Cli- mate and productions, 263. Toobouai, situation of this island, 208. Christianity established, 210. Celebrity of this spot, owing to its being the refuge of the mutineers of the Bounty, 211.
Tooi, visit of this young chief to England, 374. Turnbull, his favourable testimony respecting the missionaries in Ota- heite, 115.
nesia owing to, 22. Still of fre- quent occurrence, 23-27. Action of, 27, 28.
Voyages of discovery, motives which lead to these enterprises, 89.
Waimate, one of the chief towns in New Zealand, 353. Waldegrave, Captain, his descrip- tion of the islands of Low Archi- pelago, 191. Testimony as to the value of a liturgy, 203. Wellington, fine situation of this town, 366.
Wesleyan missionaries, plan pur- sued by them in Tongataboo, 263. Williams, Mr, division of the South Sea Islands into classes by, 28. His opinion of the origin of the His language of Polynesia, 41.
work referred to, 62. Visits Ri- matara, 216. Discovers Raro- tonga, 225, 229. Introduces the gospel into Aitutaki, 225. Arrives at Mangaia, 226. Visits Naviga- tors' Islands, 272. Murdered in the New Hebrides at Erromango, 284.
Wilson, Captain, expedition under,
101. His account of the kindness shown by the king and queen of Otaheite, ib. Visits the Pelew Islands, 290.
Woahoo, results of missionary labour in this island, 312. Improved man- ners of the natives, 403.
X. Xavier, Francis, his labours alluded to, 90.
Yate, Rev. William, his account of New Zealand, 348, 351, 354, 358. His remarks on the Litur- gical service, and the religious belief of the natives, 417.
Zealand, New, practices at, 71. Discovered, 335. Visited by Cook, 337. Where situated, 339. Soil, productions, and climate, 339, 340. Attempt of the French to form a settlement in the country, 341. Murder of the commander, and consequent massacre of the natives, 342. Intercourse with Australia, 344. Character of the natives, 345. One of them visits England, ib. The crew of the Boyd murdered,
345. Arrival of the church mis- sionaries, 347. Two chiefs visit England, 348. Protection given to the christian teachers in con- sequence, 349. Disadvantage to this country from its not having a king over the whole group, ib. First report of the missionaries, 350.
Manner in which the Sun- day services are conducted, ib. Progress of Christianity, and social improvement resulting therefrom, 352-355. Cultivation of flax, 357. Harbours, ib. Bishop of Austra- lia visits these islands, 358. A bishop sent out from England, 360. Results of the missionary labours, ib. Worst kind of Euro- peans take refuge here, 361. First attempt to colonize the country,
Sovereignty of the British monarch declared, 365. Advan- tages of this country, 367. Pre- sent state and aspect of the islands, 368. Character of the natives, 368-371. Improvement produced by Christianity, 372. Necessity for Britain continuing its attempts to civilize the inhabitants, 373. Epidemic diseases introduced from intercourse with Europeans, 413. Change in the character of the natives within a few years, 414. Facilities for commerce, 423. Exports, ib. Whale trade, 424. Zealand, New, Company, its forma- tion, 362.
Zuniga, his opinion as to the origin of the people of South Sea Islands,
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