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two, one of which, (and the one I most esteemed) I had exchang¬ 
ed with Gattanewa, the other, however, was at his service as long 
as he and his tribe remained faithful to us; he and all present 
promised fidelity, and I gave him the name of David, while I took 
that of Temaa Tipee. Tavee (for so he called himself) and all 
his tribe were greatly pleased at the compliment, and from that 
time to the time of our departure conducted themselves with 
the utmost fidelity and friendship, and seldom permitted more 
than four or five days to elapse without sending in presents. Ta¬ 
vee was one of the handsomest men on the island, remarkabLy 
fond of ornamenting his person, a strip of red cloth, a string of 
beads, or a whale’s tooth, had charms for him which were irre¬ 
sistible, and every thing which he held most dear were offered 
to obtain them. 
The wife of Tavee was said to be the handsomest woman on 
the island, and he the fondest husband. Yet Tavee has repeated¬ 
ly offered her to me for a string of glass beads. 
Some time after this I sent a messenger to the Typees to know 
if they wished to be at peace with us, and threatened them with 
punishment in case of hostilities to any tribe which had allied them¬ 
selves to us; that we were strongly disposed to be at peace with 
all the tribes on the island; that this disposition did not proceed 
from fear, as'I had strength enough to drive their united forces 
into the sea; but if they were disposed to be at peace, I was wil¬ 
ling to meet them on the same terms as the other tribes, and only 
required an exchange of presents as a proof of their friendly dis¬ 
position. In reply they desired to know why they should desire 
a friendship with us? why they should bring us hogs and fruit? 
that if I was strong enough they knew I would come and take 
them; and that my not doing so was an acknowledgment of my 
weakness; and that it was time enough to think of parting with 
them when they could no longer keep their valley. I was desi¬ 
rous of avoiding as long as possible hostilities with those people, 
hut was fearful that their example might change the conduct of 
others towards us; their message was delivered to me in the pre¬ 
sence of Gattanewa, of Mouina, and many of the friendly tribes. 
Mouhla frothed with rage, and was for proceeding to hostilities 
immediately; but Gattanewa became serious and dejected, and 
