FIG. 23.
29.3.1914.
EASTER ISLAND, FROM THE SOUTH.
FIG. 24.
EASTER ISLAND.
Diagrammatic sketch from Rano Kao looking north and east.
Christmas Day, 1914.
GLOSSARY
OF NATIVE WORDS FREQUENTLY EMPLOYED
| Ahu | A burial-place |
| Aku-aku | Spirit |
| Ana | Cave |
| Ao | The clan or clans celebrating bird rites |
| Ao | A ceremonial paddle |
| Ariki | Chief |
| Atua | God |
| Hanga | Bay or foreshore |
| Haré | House |
| Hau | Hat |
| Hopu | Servant to fetch “First egg” |
| Iti | Small |
| Ika | Fish |
| Ivi-atua | Person supernaturally gifted |
| Kai | Eat |
| Kaunga | Function in honour of a mother |
| Ko | Definite article before proper nouns |
| Kohau rongo-rongo | Tablet with script |
| Koro | Function in honour of a father |
| Marama | Light (In Tahitian = moon) |
| Manu | Bird |
| Manu-tara | The sacred bird (Sooty Tern) |
| Máta | Clan or group |
| Mataa | Obsidian spear-head |
| Maunga | Hill |
| Miro | Wood |
| Moai | An image |
| Motu | Islet |
| Nui | Big |
| Paina | A wooden figure, also the function connected with it |
| Péra | Taboo for the dead |
| Poki | A child |
| Raa | Sun |
| Ranga | Captivity |
| Rano | Crater lake, also the extinct volcano |
| Rapa | Small dancing-paddle |
| Roa | Long |
| Rongo-rongo | Sacred words |
| Také | Ceremonial retreat |
| Tangata | Man |
| Tangata-ika | A slain man |
| Tangata-manu | The bird-man |
| Tangata rongo-rongo | Man learned in sacred words (generally the script) |
| Tatane | Spirits (from “Satan”) |
| Te | Definite article before common noun |
| Tea | White |
Words such as nui, iti, and roa, when they have become in themselves geographical names, are treated as proper nouns, otherwise as adjectives.
CHAPTER IX
ARRIVAL AT EASTER ISLAND
| 1722 | Discovered by the Dutch Admiral Roggeveen. |
| 1770 | Visited by the Spaniards under Gonzalez. |
| 1774 | Visited by the English under Cook. |
| 1786 | Visited by the French under La Pérouse. Receives occasional visits from passing ships. |
| 1862 Dec. | Peruvian slave-raiders carry off many inhabitants. |
| 1864 Jan. | Arrival of first missionary from Valparaiso. |
| 1867 (cir.) | Commercial exploitation begins—arrival of M. Dutrou Bornier from Tahiti. |
| 1868 | Visit of H.M.S. Topaze—removal of statues now in British Museum. |
| 1888 | Visit of U.S.A. warship Mohican. |
| 1888 | Chilean Government takes possession. |
| 1897 | Mr. Merlet of Valparaiso leases the greater part of the island, and subsequently forms a company for the “Exploitation of Easter Island.” |
For further historical details, see below, pp. 200–10.