INDEX, 
495 
Tubuai, discovery of, iii. 379; 
visited by the mutineers of the 
Bounty, ibid ; the author’s visit 
to, 381 ; the inhabitants, 382; 
missionary visits to, 385, 387 : 
unsatisfactory state of, 388. 
Tutu, or bequest by will, practised 
by the South Sea islanders before 
the arrival of the missionaries, 
iii. 115; the trust usually faith¬ 
fully discharged, 116. 
Tuumao, a deified shark, believed 
to congratulate the newly inaugu¬ 
rated king, iii. 111. 
Tyerman, Mr., his arrival in Tahiti, 
iii. 232; visit to Huahine, 248 ; 
to the Sandwich islands, iv. 34; 
introduced to the royal family, 
40; makes the tour of Oahu, 43. 
Ua or Eooa, outrage on the island 
of, iii. 301. 
Uhi,or yam (dioscoria alatci), cul¬ 
tivation of, i. 44. 
Umara, or sweet potato (convolvu¬ 
lus batatus ), cultivation of,i. 46. 
Ulitea, or Raiatea— See Raiatea. 
Uncovering the body as low as the 
waist, a mode of homage in Ta¬ 
hiti, iii. 105. 
Unitarianism unjustly imputed to 
the early missionaries to Ta¬ 
hiti, ii. 182. 
Upaparu, a Tahitian chief, and his 
followers, repair to Eimeo for 
instruction in Christianity, ii. 
115, 120; saves the life of Mr. 
Shelly, 133 ; at the battle of Bu- 
naaui'a, 148. 
Upuuara, leader of the idolatrous 
army at Bunaaui'a, death of, ii. 
150; his indecision, 154. 
Urijtlie god of the sorcerers, in the 
Sandwich islands, iv. 295. 
Uru rnaohe, a variety of the bread 
fruit, i. 43. 
Utami, a chief in Tahaa, conversion 
of, ii. 116. 
Vaa motu, or island canoe, i. 161, 
Yaa waa, or vaka, the Polynesian 
name of the canoe, i. 152. 
Vancouver, Captain, his stay at the 
Sandwich islands, iv. 27 ; bene¬ 
fits conferred by him upon the 
natives, 28 ; still gratefully re¬ 
membered, ibid. 
Vaoaara, visit to, ii. 335. | 
Vapour bath, native, iii. 41. 
Vegetable dyes of the Society 
islands, i. 182. 
Vegetable productions of the Sand¬ 
wich islands, iv. 25; indigenous, 
ibid ; introduced by Europeans, 
ibid. 
Venomous reptiles, few found in 
Polynesia, i. 70; iv. 25. 
Venus schooner captured by the Ta¬ 
hitians, ii. 87 ; recaptured by the 
Hibernia, 88. 
Vi, or Brazilian plum ( spondias 
dulcis), i. 62. 
Visionaries, fanatical, among the 
converts, iii. 91; their presumed 
motive, ibid; little regarded by 
the people in general. 92. 
Vivo, or flute, of the Tahitians, i. 
197. 
Volcanic glass, called the hair of 
Pele. by the Sandwich islanders, 
iv. 263. 
Volcanic phenomena in Hawaii, iv. 
59, 69, 171, 183, 217, 219, 223 ; 
crater of Kirauea, 235, 267. 
Waiakea, objection of the natives 
.of, to the missionaries’ residence 
among them, iv. 319. 
Waimea, products of the district of, 
iv. 399. 
Waipio, scenery of thevalley of, iv. 
355; legends connected with, 365. 
Wairuku river, customs’ duties col¬ 
lected on the, iv. 324. 
"Walker, Captain, recaptures the 
Daphne, from the Tahitian mu¬ 
tineers, ii. 133. 
War, its frequency in Polynesia, i. 
273 ; iii. 228 ; Oro, the war god,— 
i. 274; human sacrifices, ibid; - 
preparations, 275; military tac¬ 
tics, 285 ; the battle, 286 ; the 
rauti, 287; the first captive sa¬ 
crificed, 289; carnage on a re¬ 
treat, 293; women going to battle, • 
ibid; trivial causes and destructive 
character, 293 ; weapons, 296 ; 
dress, 298; barbarity to the van¬ 
quished, 304; captives, 308 ; mu¬ 
tilation of the slain, 309 ; canni¬ 
balism, ibid. 
War canoe, the, of Tahiti, i. 152 ; 
handsome appearance, 154 ; 
names, 155. 
War song, translation of a Tahi¬ 
tian, i. 200. 
