26o Poruamhv CoUcctiou of Hawoiiaii I'olk-lorc. 



ing witli his company, and guided by the god of thunder, Tauraki, arrived at, and set- 

 tled on the banks of the river Churaki. 



At the North Ca])e and at Bay of Islands the tradition refers to a large country 

 situated to the north and northwest of New Zealand, called Uliiiiama or Oiidi-iiiara 

 (English, Ortagi), a land exposed to the heat of the sun and abounding in hogs. Some 

 of the New Zealand ancestors went there at one time in a large canoe, and only a few 

 returned, having been absent about one month. Another tradition mentions that a small 

 vessel came from that countr)- ; Umr of the crew landed at Tatara-nui and were killed 

 liy the New Zealanders. 



New Zealand is called by the natives "Aotea-roa." The North Island is called 

 "Ika-na-Maui," and the South Island, "Kauai-runamu." 



The Ngatipaoa tribe count fifteen generations since their ancestors left Hawaiki 

 and came to New Zealand. 



One of the canoes, in which they came, was called Armva. It was made from 

 a "Torara tree that was cut down in Rarotonga, which lies on the other side of Ha- 

 waiki." When another of these emigrant canoes, called the Kaiiiiii was ready, Rata, 

 one of the builders, slew the son of INIanaia and hid his body in the chips and shavings 

 of the canoes. This resembles the Hawaiian legend of Paao and his brother when 

 the former left for Hawaii. 



No hogs were in New Zealand in Cook's time, or for some time afterwards. 



As in most of the Polynesian tribes, New Zealand women are admitted to the 

 succession in the government ; so also with the Battas in Sumatra. 



Among the Battas, the descendants of the rajahs form a class in society, similar 

 to the rangatiras of New Zealand, Tahiti and other Polynesian tribes. 



The kaiiif>oiig, or fortified places of the Battas arc nearly identical with the pa 

 of the New Zealanders. 



The three gods of the Battas, Batara-Guru, Sora-Pada and Maugala-Bulong, cor- 

 respond in attributes to the New Zealand Maui-Rangi, Tauraki and Maui-Mua. The 

 first is the great god of all, the second has power over the air and all between heaven 

 and earth, and the last rules over the earth. 



Cannibalism is common to both nations ; also polygamy. 



The victor chief in New Zealand eats the eye of his slain enemy. In Tahiti the 

 eye of the human sacrifice was ofifered by the priest to the officiating chief. In Hawaii 

 that custom probably obtained formerly. The expression cia kuii iiiaka. used as a mark 

 of submission or devotion to another, most likely refers to some such ancient custom, but 

 neither that nor cannibalism were practised in Hawaii, at least no trace of them remains 

 in tlieir traditions. 



A New Zealand chiefs wife frequently hung herself on the death of her husband. 

 There was no law or absolute necessity for so doing, but it was a custom whose observ- 

 ance was much a])plauded as the mark of a true and devoted wife. 



In New Zealand the awa root is not used as a l)everage, as in the other Polynesian 

 tribes. The piper c.vcclsuiii, called kcnva grows there, but is not used. No salt nor spices 

 is used with victuals. 



Pigs and iKjultry were introduced by Europeans. Dogs and rats were indig- 



