142 cook's voyage to march, 



The great power and high rank of Terreeoboo, the 

 Eree-taboo of Owhyhee, was very evident, from the 

 manner in which he was received at Karakakooa on 

 his first arrival. All the natives were seen prostrated 

 at the entrance of their houses; and the canoes, for 

 two days before, were tabooed, or forbidden to go out 

 till he took off the restraint. He was, at this time, 

 just returned from Mowee, for the possession of which 

 he was contending in favor of his son Teewarro, who 

 had married the daughter and only child of the late 

 king of that island, against Taheeterree, his surviving 

 brother. He was attended in this expedition by 

 many of his warriors; but whether their service was 

 voluntary, or the condition on which they hold their 

 rank and property, we could not learn. 



That he collects tribute from the subordinate 

 chiefs, we had a very striking proof in the instance 

 of Kaoo, which has been already related in our 

 transactions of the 2d and 3d of February. 



I have before mentioned, that the two most power- 

 f ul chiefs of these islands are Terreeoboo of Owhyhee, 

 and Perreeorannee of Woahoo; the rest of the 

 smaller isles being subject to one or other of these; 

 Mowee, and its dependencies, being, at this time, 

 claimed, as we have just observed, by Terreeoboo 

 for Teewarro his son and intended successor ; Atooi 

 and Oneeheow being governed by the grandsons of 

 Perreeorannee. 



The following genealogy of the Owhyhee and 

 Mowee kings, which I collected from the priests, 

 during our residence at the Moral in Karakakooa 

 Bay, contains all the information I could procure 

 relative to the political history of these islands. 



This account reaches to four chiefs, predeces- 

 sors of the present ; all of whom they represent to 

 have lived to an old age. Their names and succes- 

 sions are as follow : 



First, Poorahoo Awhykaia was king of Owhyhee, 



