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to cause him to be put to death might naturally excite a desire of 

 revenge. 



This decision was at once communicated to the chiefs, with a 

 statement, that in conformity with the laws of Tahiti in such cases, 

 Tuvai should be transported to a desert island, where he would never 

 again have an opportunity of killing a white man. The chiefs, 

 although evidently relieved from the most intense part of their dis- 

 tress, were still much affected by this decision. 



The prisoner was then ordered to be taken on board the Peacock, 

 whither he was followed by a crowd of natives, with many tears 

 and lamentations, among whom his wife was the most affected. 

 Among others, Pea the chief of Apia, to whom, as has been stated, 

 the prisoner was related, was very much distressed and excited. 

 Unable to vent his rage and trouble in any other manner, he spent 

 it tipon the crowd around him, striking in all directions with a 

 huge stem of a cocoa-nut leaf, by which he soon dispersed them. 

 I felt a curiosity to see what effect the sentence would have upon 

 the prisoner. Death he would have suffered without uttering a 

 murmur ; but when he heard he was to be taken from his native land, 

 his firmness was overcome, and he was observed to shed tears. He 

 made no resistance to his being removed on board ship, but after he 

 got there he said he would rather be put to death and buried in his 

 own native island, than banished to a desert one. 



After this difficult business was arranged, they brought their own 

 grievances before me, and particularly their complaints against the 

 American whalers. They said that some of them had evaded their 

 port charges, and refused to pay for the provisions with which they 

 had been furnished. To this I replied that I was ready to indemnify 

 them for their losses, and should ask no other proof of them than 

 their own statement. They appeared struck with the unexpected 

 liberality of this offer ; but after consultation, as if to manifest a 

 corresponding feeling, declined to accept it. I then informed them 

 that their port charges for the squadron should be paid, which gave 

 much satisfaction, particularly to old Pea, who would derive the 

 principal benefit from them. The fono then broke up in great good 

 humour. 



Pea and some of the other chiefs were very anxious to hear from 

 me what sort of an island Tuvai was to be put upon. They asked 

 many questions in relation to it, and always among the first, whether 



