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Tinomana Rongo-oe II. His baptised name was “Samuela” = 
Samuel. 
Tinomana Mereane (= Mary Ann). Her baptised name was 
«“Mereane” —Mary Ann. Wow living. She is the twentieth 
direct descendant of Karika in the Rongo-oe line, being sister 
(but by a different mother) to the previous sovereign. She is 
niece to Makea Takau of Avarua. 
Pedigree of Makea Takau, as given to me by herself in 1883. 
Makea Karika se .... Makea-the-terrible. 
Makea Putakitetai ... Makea-lord-leading-captives. 
Makea te ariki akamataku ... Makea-the-kiny-striking-terror. 
Makea Atea* rere ao ... Makea-Noon*-rushing-on-the-world 
Makea te ariki iti au ... Mak ea-the-king-giving-peace. 
Makea te arikinoo marie ... Makea-the-quiet-king. 
Makeateratu ... .... Makea-(like)-the-upright-mast. 
Makea Rongo-oet ... ... Makea-Rongot-of-the-paddle. 
Makea vai katau ... .... Makea-of-the-right-wing. 
Makea peau rango ... Makea-of-the-fly-like-wings. 
Makea putua ariki ... Makea-the-feasted-king. 
Makea tinorei ori ... Makea-of-the-handsome-person. 
Rangi Makea ko Takaia ... Heavenly Makea or Takaia (who 
went to Mangaia to wage war). 
Makea tumu pu _... ... Makea-of - the - (royal) - conch - shell 
(who went to Atiu to wage war). 
Makea, who went to Tahiti on a peaceful errand. 
Makea te arikiape tini ... Makea-the-king-with-many-faults. 
Makea taruia We .... Makea-heaped-up. 
Makea te-patua-kino ... Makea-badly-beaten. 
Makea pini ae ... Makea-the-sorrowful. 
Makea Tinirauft ... ... Makea-lordt-of-all-fish. 
Makea Pori ch ... Makea the fat (who welcomed Mr. 
Williams in 1823). 
Makea Davida Ree ... Makea David. 
Makea Tevairua ... ... Makea-the-spirit. 
Makea Daniela _... ..Makea-Daniel. 
Maker Abela as ... Makea-Abel. 
* Atea =Vatea = Avatea — Noon. The full form is Avatea. This 
Atea, or Vatea, is one of the great divinities of Polynesia. ) 
+ Rongo is the son of Atea, or Vatea, whose sanguinary worship was so 
general in Eastern Polynesia. Rongo-oe probably means ‘‘ Rongo-the- 
steersman,” z.e., of the ship of the state. 
{ Tinirau was brother to Atea, Vatea, or. Avatea, and was lord of all 
fish. This fish-god Tinirau, was accordingly one of the great primary 
deities of Polynesia. 
