Savage Island: An Account of a Sojourn in Niué and Tonga

by Basil Thomson

[INDEX]

Abduction. [108]
Adultery, the punishment for. [105]
Aitutaki. [90]
— teachers. [73]
Alofi. [63], [69]. [82], [93]. [113], [115]. [147];
arrival at. [6], [10];
the cottages of. [14];
church of. [18], [35];
a council at. [23] et seq.;
types of physiognomy at. [88]
Amosa, the Samoan teacher. [77]
Apia. [4]
Architecture, native. [16]-18
Asibeli Kubu. [160]
Ata. [201], [202]
— family, the, death portent of. [197], [201]
Atatá, the islet of. [152]
Avatele. [72], [77]. [147];
the people of. [89], [90];
the headman of. [122]
Aylen, Captain. [190], [191]
Baker, Shirley Waldemar. [160] et seq.. [167], [168]. [175], [181]. [183], [200]. [216]
Bea. [194], [195]
Beauty, the Tongan ideal of. [203]
Bell, Mr.. [67]
Blue-jackets, the political influence wielded by. [124]
"Broom Road," the. [106]
Bubonic plague. [114]
Burial customs. [50], [51]
Calliope, H.M.S.. [190]
Camden, the. [75]
Camping and Tramping in Malaya, H. Rathbone's. [100] (footnote)
Cannibalism. [102]
Catacombs, ancient. [51]
Cator, Captain. [80]
Celt, a curious stone. [216]
Chincha Islands, the. [81]
Circumcision, the practice of. [92]
Cloudy Bay, a native fight in. [131]
Cook, Captain. [127], [130];
landing of, in Niué. [69], [70];
a relic of. [150], [205];
native traditions of his visit to Tonga. [206]
Cook's Voyages. [220]
Copra, trade in. [56] et seq.;
manufacture of. [58], [61];
price of. [61];
use of. [62]
Crawshaw, Captain. [211]
Crime, an unknown. [113]
Crime and its punishment. [103] et seq.
Crook, Mr.. [75]
Cruise of H.M.S. "Fawn," The. [80] (footnote)
Custom, a unique. [92]
Dance, a native. [119], [120]
Disease, native fear of. [75], [76];
introduced by whalers. [78]
Diseases of the natives. [133] et seq.
"Dongai," [100]
Duel, a mimic. [121]
Duff, the. [75], [105]
Dunedin, the Bishop of. [162]
Earth, tradition of the peopling of the. [84]
Eaves-dropping. [208]
Elephantiasis, cases of. [176]
English, Mr.. [131]
Entertainment, a native. [117] et seq.
Erskine, Captain, visit of, to Niué. [77]
European merchants. [209]
Evil spirits, belief in. [99]
Fakafolau, the practice of. [102]
Falcon Island. [183]
Fao. [86], [87]
Fataaki, King. [2], [3]. [35], [36] (footnote)
Fatafehi. [157], [168]. [171], [182]. [189], [214]. [216]
— family, death portent of. [197]
Favourite, H.M.S.. [194], [195]
Fawn, H.M.S.. [80]
Feletoa, fortress. [191], [193]
Fiji. [94], [100];
the Mathuata province in. [95];
medical officers in. [98];
warriors of. [131];
concubitancy in. [135];
land tenure in. [138]
Fijian architecture. [16], [17]
Finau, George. [185], [190]. [191]
— Ulukalala. [189], [191]-3
Flies, swarms of. [140]
Flood, Mr.. [50]; his store. [55]
Fono, the. [37], [111]. [112]
Fornander. [91]
French missionaries, the influence of. [218]
Fujipala. [182]
Futuna. [21], [22]
Galiaga, King. [36] (footnote)
George Tubou I., King. [144], [158]. [216]
George Tubou II., King. [158]
German plantations in Samoa. [3], [81]
Germans in Tonga, the. [153], [172]. [173]
Gilbert Islands. [90]
Gill, Mr.. [90]
Godefroy and Sons. [57]
Goodenough, Commodore. [35]
Graves. See Burial customs
Grey, Sir George. [84]
Grice Sumner, Messrs.. [81]
Haapai. [212]; population of. [179] (footnote)
Hakupu, the headman of. [133]
Havannah, H.M.S.. [77]
Hawaii. [152], [155];
the Queen of, and Tonga. [174]
Hawaiian history. [91]
Hayes, "Bully," 57. [79], [81]-3
Head, R. H.. [38], [57]. [63], [64]. [66], [81]-3. [133], [135];
family of. [67]
— Mrs.. [68]
Hihifo, flying foxes at. [196];
Captain Cook's visit to. [206]
Home, Captain Sir J. Everard. [190]
Honolulu, the Bishop of. [162]
Hood, Lieut. T. H., his visit to Niué. [65], [80]
Hornets. [198]
Huanaki. [86], [87]
Hunga Cave, the. [190], [191]
Infanticide. [102]
Influenza, prevalence of. [75]
Isabel, the. [65]
John Williams, the. [75]
Jurisdiction over foreigners. [173]
Justice, native. [103] et seq.. [107]
Kaiser, the first, a portrait of. [174]
Kanakubolu. [196]
Kau-ulu-fonua. [20]-2. [69]
Kava, the use of. [95], [97]
— plant, the, cultivation of. [95]
Kolovai. [200]
— family, the, death portent of. [197]
Kopega, the. [104]
Kubu. [168], [171]. [202]
Labour trade, the. [81]
Land tenure. [136] et seq.
Langa'iki, the deity. [93]
Lavinia, the princess. [20], [159]
Lawes, Frank. [9], [10]. [19], [23]-28. [30], [31]. [53], [54],
67. [93], [97]. [103], [109]-12. [118], [121]. [122], [135],
141. [143], [147]
— Mrs.. [28]; bounty of. [145], [146]
— Rev. W. G.. [71], [79]
Lizard, the, sanctity of. [93], [98]
Lomaloma. [97]
London Missionary Society, the. [9], [13]. [60];
the house of. [12], [13];
influence of. [51], [52]. [59], [141];
the penal code of. [105]
Macgregor, Sir William. [216] (footnote)
Maclennan, Dr. Donald. [155], [156]. [175], [177]. [213]
Maealiuaki, William. [178]
Mafuike. [87]
Malden Island. [81]
Malofafa. [20]
Mangaia. [90]
Maria Bay. [196]
Mariner, William. [190], [191] (footnote). [193], [218]. [220]
Marshall, H. J., r.n.. [190]
Martin, John, M.D.. [191] (footnote). [193]
Matapulega, the rite of. [92]
Mateialona. [212]
Mau'i, the deity. [84]-6. [88]
Measles, an epidemic of. [180]
Messenger of Peace, the. [71]
Mildura, H.M.S.. [11] (footnote). [147]
Mua. [196], [219]
Murder, the punishment for. [104]
Native beliefs. [94] et seq.;
customs. [50], [51]. [92], [95]. [133] et seq.;
mythology. [84];
superstitions. [51], [52];
justice. [103] et seq.. [107];
entertainment. [117] et seq.
Neiafu, the port of. [172], [184]
New Zealand, annexation of Niué to. [45], [147];
and her dependencies. [149]
Niué-Fekai, letter from chiefs of, to Queen Victoria. [1];
the inhabitants of. [3], [11];
native politics in. [9];
the architecture of. [15]-18;
the church in. [16];
a tradition of the invasion of. [20] et seq.;
the language of. [28];
institutions of. [34];
sovereignty in. [37], [38];
annexation of, to New Zealand. [45], [147];
burial customs in. [50], [51];
superstition in. [51], [52];
traders in. [56] et seq.;
cocoanut plantations in. [57], [58];
a set of stocks in. [65];
influence of Samoan teachers in. [77];
anchorages of. [79] (footnote);
mythology of. [84];
meaning of the name. [88];
origin of the people of. [89] et seq.;
tattooing in. [92];
a unique custom in. [92];
beliefs in. [94];
infanticide in. [102];
the tribunals of. [103] et seq.;
the warriors of. [127], [130]. [131];
want of dignity in the natives of. [129];
earth-hunger in. [138]
Niuafoou, population of. [179] (footnote)
Niuatobutabu, population of. [179] (footnote)
Nukualofa. [145], [155]. [158], [159]. [163], [164]. [194], [198]. [201], [211];
plague of hornets at. [199], [200]
Ofa, Princess. [159], [164];
joins the Church of England. [162], [163]
Pacific Islands, the, federation of. [146]
Pacific Islands Co., the. [55], [137]
Pakieto, King. [36] (footnote)
Patterson, H. W.. [57]
Patuavalu, King. [36] (footnote)
Paula, the Samoan teacher. [77]
Penal code, a. [112], [113]. [178]
Penalties for crimes. [108]
Peniamina Nukai. [75], [78]
Petitions from the natives. [206], [207]
Polynesian chiefs. [170], [175]
— music. [218]
Polynesians, the. [3], [165];
dignity of. [129]
Population returns. [179]
Porpoise, H.M.S.. [4], [33]. [117], [123]. [146], [184]. [215], [216];
a royal visit to. [46], [171]
Port-au-Prince, the. [192]
Pratt, Rev. G.. [79]
Priesthood, the. [95]
Protectorates. [41] et seq.
Pulangi Tau, the. [103], [104]
Punimata, King. [36] (footnote)
Pylstaart Island. [91]
Quarantine regulations. [113], [115]
Ranfurly, Lord. [11] (footnote). [147]
Rarotonga. [74], [105]
Rathbone, H.. [100]
Ravenhill, Captain. [23], [39]. [46], [48]. [123]
Relationships. [136]
Resolution, the. [206]
Review of Reviews, The. [210]
Ross, Captain. [65]
Sakaio, the Samoan teacher. [77]
Samoa. [152];
German plantations in. [3], [81];
visit of John Williams to. [74];
mission school in. [74], [75]. [77]
"Samoa Convention," the. [4], [173]
Samoan teachers, the. [77], [92]. [105], [133]
Samuela, the Samoan teacher. [77]
Sateki. [158], [164]. [169], [209]. [210]
Savage Island. See Niué
Seddon, R. J.. [146]
Spearman, Lieutenant. [70]
Spells, the working of. [98]
Stanmore, Lord. [66]
Stone of power, the. [35]
Suicide. [109]
Superstition, prevalence of. [51], [197]. [201]
Tahiti. [105]
Takalaua, King. [20]
Talanga. [87]
Talatala hina, the, flowers of. [197]
Tamajia. [20]
Tangaloa, the deity. [84]
Taufa'ahau. See George Tubou II.
Tauranga, H.M.S.. [124]
Tauvu. [94]
Taxes. [29]
Tepá. [89]
Theft. [109]
Toeumu. [191]
Tonga. [91], [153]. [155], [172];
the protectorate over. [4], [172]. [174], [215]. [216];
taxes paid by labourers in. [29];
the Free Church of. [161];
the army of. [167];
the Queen of. [175];
the European colony of. [180]
Tongan castaways, a colony of. [91]
— families, death portents of. [197]
— music, Appendix
Tongans, the. [173], [189];
cave of. [14], [18]. [19];
burial customs of. [51], [52];
energy of, in copra-making. [59];
practice of tattooing amongst. [91];
regard of, for the English. [124] et seq.;
their ignorance of surgery. [176];
their ideal of female beauty. [203]
Tongatabu. [152];
population of. [179] (footnote)
Tongia, King. [34], [35] (footnote). [36]-9. [113], [116]. [128], [137]. [148];
his daughter. [83];
letter from, to Queen Victoria. [151]
Totemism. [93]
Traders. [56] et seq.
Treaty, the signing of a. [30], [172] et seq.; 214
Tuapa. [9], [10]. [35] (footnote). [36], [54]. [55], [63]. [134];
cave near. [65];
the road to. [49];
the King's palace in. [54]
Tui Belehake. See Fatafehi
Tui Kanakubolu, death portent of the. [197]
— Tonga, the. [88]
Tuitonga, King. [2], [35]. [36] (footnote)
Tukuaho. [154], [157]. [158], [163]
Tungi. [154], [163]. [195], [212]. [213]
Turner, Dr.. [75]-7. [96], [106]
Tutunekai, the. [146]
Ugliness, the cult of. [129]
Unga. [188]
Utulei Point. [184]
Vavau. [172], [182] et seq.;
the native church of. [16], [18];
the German coaling-station at. [186], [187]
Victoria, Queen, letter to, from native chiefs. [1];
from King Tongia. [151];
a portrait of. [23], [28];
autograph letters for. [150];
presents from the King of Tonga. [167]
Webber, Mr. Amherst. [25], [203]. [213], [214]. [219], [220]
Wesleyan missionaries. [59]
Whalers. [78]
Williams, John. [71]-6. [127]
Witchcraft, belief in. [96], [97]
Women doctors. [135]
Woodlark Island. [216 (footnote)], [216 (footnote)]

PLYMOUTH
WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, PRINTERS

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] In October, 1900, the boat that landed Lord Ranfurly for the ceremony of annexation shipped a big sea, and the captain of H.M.S. Mildura so re-formed the landing-place with gun cotton that a boat may now turn round in it.

[2] Here I may remark that His Majesty lacked his usual frankness, for the first recruiting vessel that called after my visit found him as active an ally as ever.

[3] The two great stones against which Tongia's last two predecessors had leaned may still be seen standing in the square before Alofi Church. Tongia chose to have the ceremony at his own village of Tuapa.

[4] The following is a list of the kings as far back as their names are recorded:—