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that they would be willing to make peace ; but not before. 

 I informed them that they would not find me so ready to 

 make peace after beating them, as at present ; and that I 

 should insist on being paid for the trouble they might put 

 me to. They informed me they had an abundance of fruit 

 and hogs, and would be willing to sacrifice the whole to 

 purchase my friendship, if 1 should conquer them. Seeing 

 that these strange people were resolutely bent on trying the 

 ejGfect of their arms against ours, I thought that the sooner 

 they were convinced of their folly, the better it would be 

 for themselves and us, as it would relieve us from the con- 

 stant apprehension of an attack from them ; and I believed 

 it likely, that, by giving them timely notice of our inten- 

 tions, they would avoid coming so near as to permit our 

 muskets to have much effect. Indeed it became absolutely 

 necessary to do something ; for the Happahs present in- 

 formed me that their tribe believed that we were afraid to 

 attack them, as we had threatened so much, without at- 

 tempting any thing ; and this idea, 1 found, began to pre- 

 vail among those of our valley, which is called the valley of 

 Tieuhoy, and the people Havouhs, Pakeuhs, Hoattas, Szc, 

 For the valley is subdivided into other valleys by the hills, 

 and each small valley is inhabited by distinct tribes, govern- 

 ed by their own laws, and having their own chiefs and 

 priests. 



But before I proceed farther in my narrative, it may 

 be best, for a proper understanding of the subject, to give 

 a statement of the names of the different tribes of the 

 island, with the names of the chiefs of each tribe, as far as 

 I have been able to obtain a knowledge of them. 



The tribes residing in the valley of Tieuhoy are in 

 number six, and are called collectively Taeehs, which 

 signifies friends. Gattanewa is the acknowledged chief of 

 four tribes, to wit, the Pakeuhs, Maovhs, Hozmeeahs, and 

 Heknahs, He has, however, much influence with the 

 other two, called Hoatlas, of which Kecoponea is chief ; 

 and Havouhs, which is a perfect democracy without a 

 chief. The priest, however, whose name is Tawattaa^ has 

 great influence with the people, and decides in alKrcases 

 of controversy, and names the time of going to war* It 

 seems that a few years since they expelled their chief, who 

 was a relation of Gattanewa, and a notorious gluttoa>. 



