PROCEEDINGS OF SECTION G. 627 
8.—THE GENEALOGY OF THE KINGS OF RARO- 
TONGA AND MANGATA, AS ILLUSTRATING 
THE COLONISATION OF THAT ISLAND AND 
THE HERVEY GROUP. 
By the Rev. Witu1am Wyarr Gitt, LL.D. 
ANYTHING that can throw light upon the original colonisation of 
the South Pacific Islands must be of the deepest interest to 
scientists. In the absence of books and inscriptions, we can only 
look to the traditions of the islanders themselves. No surer 
ground can be found than the well-preserved genealogies of the 
reigning families. 
In 1888 Great Britain annexed the Hervey Group, the prin- 
cipal island of which is Rarotonga. I propose to give the 
pedigree of the Makea and Tinomana regal families of Rarotonga. 
These families claim to be descended from the renowned Makea 
Karika, who, with Tangiia, centuries ago colonised Rarotonga. 
Rarotonga was practically discovered by the late Rev. John 
Willams in 1823. On that occasion he landed native teachers, 
and thus introduced Christianity and civilisation. 
Five years subsequently Mr. Williams, after paying a second 
and prolonged visit to the queen-island of the Hervey Group, 
sailed back to his own station at Raiatea, in the famous 
Messenger of Peace, accompanied by Makea Davida, principal 
king of Rarotonga at that date. Referring to this chief, Mr. 
Williams writesj :—‘‘ The present Makea is the twenty-ninth of 
that family.” Ina note he adds :—“* When we were departing for 
Raiatea, the uncle of Makea, whom he had appointed Regent, 
delivered a most interesting address, in which he enumerated the 
ancestry of the king, commencing with Makea Karika, and for 
every one of whom he had a peculiar designation descriptive of 
his character, as was the case with the Pharaohs of Egypt. I 
much regret that I did not obtain a correct report of this address, 
as I listened to it with peculiar interest.” 
In 1869 I endeavoured to ascertain whether this account of 
the ancestry of the Makea kings was still extant. After many 
inquiries, Teava, at that period native pastor at Avarua, placed in 
my hands the greater part of the materials out of which the 
following list is composed. For the subsidiary genealogy of the 
kings of the split, or Puaikura, tribe I was indebted to Tinomana 
Samuela, or Rongo-oe the Second, the brother and predecessor of 
the present chieftainess. 
All this information was imparted with a request for secrecy, 
as the following pedigree is the native title to the kingly office 
+ ‘‘ Missionary Enterprises,” page 199. 
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