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dence at the Moral in Karakakooa Bay, contains all the in- 1779. 
formation I could procure relative to the political hiftory , March ' 
of thefe illands. 
This account reaches to four Chiefs, predeceffors of the 
prefent; all of whom they reprefent to have lived to an old 
age. Their names and fucceffions are as follow: 
Firft, Poorahoo Awhykaia was king of Owhyhee, and 
had an only fon, called Neerooagooa. At this time Mo wee 
was governed by Mokoakea; who had alfo an only fon, 
named Papikaneeou. 
Secondly, Neerooagooa had three fons, the eldeft named 
Kahavee; and Papikaneeou, of the Mowee race, had an 
only fon, named Kaowreeka. 
Thirdly, Kahavee had an only fon, Kayenewee a mum- 
mow ; and Kaowreeka, the Mowee king, had two fons, 
Maiha-maiha, and Taheeterree; the latter of whom is now, 
by one party, acknowledged Chief of Mowee. 
Fourthly, Kayenewee a mummow had two fons, Terree- 
oboo and Kaihooa; and Maiha-maiha, king of Mowee, had 
no fon, but left a daughter, called Roaho. 
Fifthly, Terreeoboo, the prefent king of Owhyhee, had a 
fon named Teewarro, by Rora-rora, the widow of Maiha- 
maiha, late king of Mowee; and this fon has married 
Roaho, his half lifter, in whofe right he claims Mowee 
and its appendages. 
Taheeterree, the brother of the late king, fupported by 
a conliderable party, who were not willing that the poffef- 
lions fbould go into another family, took up arms, and 
oppofed the rights of his niece. 
When we were firft off Mowee, Terreeoboo was there 
with his warriors to fupport the claims of his wife, his fon,■ 
and daughter-in-law, and had fought a battle with the op- 
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