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1779. accounts as we thought could be depended upon ; and (hall 

 leave the reader to form, from them, his own ideas of the 

 nature of their government. 



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 firft arrival'. 

 All the natives were feen proftrated at the entrance of their 

 houfes ; and the canoes, for two days before, were tabooed* 

 or forbidden to go out, till he took off the reflraint. He 

 was, at this time, juft returned from Mowee, for the pof- 

 feilion of which he was contending in favour of his fon 

 Teewarro, who had married the daughter and only child 

 of the late king of that ifland, againft Taheeterree, his. 

 furviving brother. He was attended, in this expedition, by 

 many of his warriors ; but whether their fervice was vo- 

 luntary, or the condition on which they hold their rank and 

 property, we could not learn. 



That he collects tribute from the fubordinate Chiefs, we 

 had a very finking proof in the inftance of Kaoo, which has 

 been already related in our tranfactions of the 2d and 3d of 

 February. 



I have before mentioned, that the two mod powerful Chicfs- 

 of thefe iflands are Terreeoboo of Owhyhee, and Perreeoran- 

 nee of Woahoo ; the reft of the fmallcr iiles being fubject to 

 one or other of thefe ; Mowee, and its dependencies, being, 

 at this time, claimed, as we have juft obferved, by Terreeo- 

 boo for Teewarro his fon and intended fucceflbr ; Atooi and 

 Onccheow being governed by the grandfons of Perreeorannce. 



The following genealogy of the Owhyhee and Mowee 



kings, which 1 collected from the priefts, during our refi- 



vlencc at the Moral in Karakakooa Bay, contains all the in- 



2 formation 



