FROM THE MUTINY TO PITCAIRN ISLAND—MAUDE 539 
until the year 1822 when Nott, the missionary, succeeded in negotiat- 
ing a final peace between Tamatoa, whom he recognized as “by heredi- 
tary right, the King of the island,’ and Tahuhuatama. (Ellis, 1831, 
vol. 3, pp. 385-887.) The dynasties then appear to have united and 
Tamatoa IV, who was buried in the marae at Peetau, near Natieva, 
was also known as Tahuhuatama. In 1844 the island was governed 
by a Tamatoa, and his descendants continued to reign until the island 
became a French possession in 1880 (Aitkin, 1930, pp. 121-123). 
Fort George.—Christian and Tamatoa were soon on terms of friend- 
ship, exchanging names and presents at a formal ceremony. Blame 
for the hostility shown on the first visit was put on Tinarou and his 
followers, who together with almost the entire population of the is- 
land had congregated at Bloody Bay when the Bounty appeared at 
the entrance to the lagoon: after the ship’s departure they left again 
for their own territory. An epidemic which immediately followed 
the visit was ascribed to the wrath of the gods at their having attacked 
the vessel; a factor which no doubt helped to bring about the better 
reception experienced on their return from Tahiti. 
Unfortunately, however, the only suitable land which Christian 
could find for his proposed settlement was 4 miles to the east of the 
reef passage, or well within Tahuhuatama’s territory. On a visit 
there he was warmly greeted by Taroatohoa and offered his choice of 
any land he desired ; names were again exchanged as a token of friend- 
ship, and indeed Taroatohoa and his family never wavered in their 
loyalty to Christian right up to the day of his departure. 
But this action brought with it the enmity of Tamatoa, who 
promptly made an alliance with Tinarou, by which both agreed to 
boycott the Europeans, who for their part were willing and anxious 
to engage in barter. The supply of provisions was thus greatly 
curtailed, as Taroatohoa’s district (the smallest of the three) could 
not supply enough to satisfy their requirements, and measures had 
to be taken to conserve the remaining ship’s stores and the livestock 
brought from Tahiti. Nevertheless, Christian pressed on with his 
plans for settlement, and the Bounty was warped up through the 
shoal lagoon with some difficulty and anchored off Natieva. (See 
map, fig. 1.) 
The land required for the proposed colony was purchased from 
Taroatohoa for a quantity of red feathers (Buffett, 1846, p.2). Chris- 
tian had fortunately brought a supply of these with him from Tahiti, 
as they proved to be much in demand on Tubuai, whereas no interest 
was shown in the axes and other iron tools which on most islands 
were preferred above all other goods except muskets. Indeed, it was 
hard to find any European article which the Tubuai people would 
acknowledge as better than their own, even cloth being rejected as 
