THE PACIFIC OCEAN. i5i 



formation I could procure relative to the political hillory of ^^ 

 thefe iflands. 



This account reaches to four Chiefs, prcdeceflbrs of the 

 prefent ; all of whom they reprefent to have lived to an old 

 age. Their names and fucceffions are as follow : 



Firft, Poorahoo Awhykaia was king of Owhyhee, and had 

 an only fon, called Neerooagooa. At this time Mowee was 

 governed by Mokoakea ; who had alfo an only fon, named 

 Papikaneeou. 



Secondly, Neerooagooa had three fons, the eldeft named 

 Kahavce ; and Papikaneeou, of the Mowee race, had an only 

 fon, named Kaowreeka. 



Thirdly, Kahavee had an only fon, Kayenewee a mum- 

 mow ; and Kaowreeka, the Mowee king, had two fons, 

 Maiha maiha, and Taheeterree ; the latter of whom is now, 

 by one party, acknowledged Chief of Mowee. 



Fourthly, Kayenewee a mummow had two fons, Terree- 

 oboo and Kaihooa ; and Maiha maiha, king of Mowee, had 

 no fon, but left a daughter, called Roaho. 



Fifthly, Terreeoboo, the prefent king of Owhyhee, had a 

 fon named Teewarro, by Rora-rora, the widow of Maiha 

 maiha, late king of Mowee ; and this fon has married Roaho, 

 his half filler, in whofe right he claims Mowee and its ap- 

 pendages. 



Taheeterree, the brother of the late king, fupported by a 

 confiderable party, who were not willing that the pofTefuons 

 fhould go into another family, took up arms, and oppofed 

 the rights of his niece. 



When- we were firft off Mowee, Terreeoboo was there with 

 his warriors to fupport the claims of his wife, his fon, and 



X 2 daughter- 



