INDEX. 
481 
Iconoclasts, the missionaries not 
ambitious of being, iv. 16. 
Idia, wife of Pomare, her supersti¬ 
tion, ii. 69; her death, 117. 
Idolatry, support of, by Pomare, 
ii. 68; renounced by Pomare 
Otu, 93; other renunciations, 
106, 107; heroic conduct of Pa- 
tii, 112; abolition of, 159; con¬ 
nected with the kingly govern¬ 
ment, iii. 132 ; in the Sandwich 
islands, overthrow of, iv. 30, 38, 
122 . 
Idol-maker, conversation with an, 
/ i. 337. 
Idol temples in Hawaii, visits to 
/ several, iv. 96, 99, 116, 117. 
Idols of the Polynesians, i. 337, 
353; prayers and offerings to, 
343; public burning of, by Patii; 
ii. 112; destroyed by Pomare 
(Otu), 155. 
Idols, different feelings towards, in 
the Sandwich islands, iv. 15, 16; 
many burnt by order of Kaahu- 
mana, 44; erected in mountain 
passes in the Sandwich islands, 
iv.15; often overthrown, but re¬ 
erected, 15, 16 ; the missionaries 
not iconoclasts, 16. 
Idols, family, of Pomare, sent to 
England, ii. 173 ; his letter ac¬ 
companying them, ibid. 
/ Iharu, a musical instrument, i 
/ 197. 
Inauguration of the king, in Tahiti, 
mode of, iii. 107; miracles sup¬ 
posed to accompany it, ibid. 
Indolence of the Polynesians, i. 
130. 
Industrial arts, introduction of 
/”' various, into the Society islands, 
/ ii. 281. 
Infant baptism, anxiety for, iii. 29. 
Infanticide, its prevalence in Poly¬ 
nesia, i. 249; attempts to check, 
ii. 21; disappearance of, 159, 
828; compunctious retrospects, 
iii. 84 ; in the Sandwich islands, 
iv. 326; its peculiarly frightful 
character there, 328; idleness its 
chief motive among them, 329; 
prohibited by the chiefs, 331. 
Inquiries of the Tahitians as to the 
seat of the affections, ii. 422; as 
to prayer, 425 ; as to the future 
state of the wicked, 429; as to 
scruples of conscience, 431 ; as 
to English piety, 433; as to the 
resurrection, 435; as to Christian 
experience, 437. 
Inquiries into other people’s busi- 
ne-s, an essential part of polite¬ 
ness in the Society islands, iv. 
344. 
Inquiring of the gods, how per¬ 
formed, i- 276, 371, 373. 
Insanity, respect paid to persons 
afflicted with, iii. 40. 
Inscriptions, rude attempts at, in 
Hawaii,, iv. 459. 
Inspiration, exposure of a pre¬ 
tender to, i. 375 ; pretenders to, 
among the converts, iii. 91. 
Instruction, payment for receiving, 
often required by the natives, ii. 
389. 
Interment, present mode of, in the 
South Sea islands, iii. 245. 
Intoxication, its prevalence among 
the Polynesians, ii. 132; Pomare 
(Otu) addicted to, 119 ; frequent, 
of the king and chief people of 
the Sandwich islands, iv. 39, 44. 
Ioretea, or Raiat^a —See Raiatea. 
Iron, the Tahitians acquainted with 
the use of, ii. 11 ; Pqmare and 
the blacksmith, 12. 
Jealousy and deadly revenge, ex¬ 
amples of, iii. 124; murder of 
Europeans, ibid. 
Jefferson, Mr., his missionary tour 
in Tahiti, ii. 60; death of, 77 ; 
reflections on visiting his grave, 
78. 
Jets d’eau, natural, in the Sandwich 
islands, iv. 60, 191. 
Joe, an Englishman, assists Pomare 
in war, ii. 148. 
Juan Fernandez, isle of, iii. 327 ; 
Alexander Selkirk, ibid. 
Judicial impaitiality, instance of, 
iii. 213. 
Judicial proceedings, in the South 
Sea islands, iii 142, 143, 190; 
in the Sandwich islands, iv. 422; 
where held, ibid; mode of pro¬ 
cedure, 423. 
Justice, courts of, in the Sandwich 
islands, iv. 422 ; also courts of 
equity, ibid; ordeals, 423. 
Juvenile amusements among the 
Tahitians, i. 227. 
