INDEX. 477 
Cornelius, a modern, iv. 64. 
Corpse-praying priest, the, i. 401. 
Cotton, cultivation of, attempted, 
in Huahine, ii. 287; the manu¬ 
facture introduced in Eimeo, 
297 ; its extension, 302. 
Council, public, at Oahu, iv. 48 ; 
Anna explains the friendly sen¬ 
timents of the Tahitians to the 
chiefs, and removes existing pre¬ 
judices, ibid. 
Councils, national, in the South 
Sea islands, usually convoked by 
the kings before undertaking 
affairs of importance, iii. 117; 
their dilatory proceedings, ibid. 
Courtesy of the chiefs in Polynesia, 
iv. 380. 
Courtly phraseology in Tahiti, 
specimen of, iii. 113. 
Courtship and marriage among the 
Tahitians, i. 267. 
Cox —see Keeaumoku. 
Creation, legend of the, i. 325. 
Crook, Mr., a missionary, placed 
in the Marquesan islands, ii. 10; 
comes to the Society islands, 
assists in printing, 224 ; attends 
the death bed of Mr. Bicknell, 
iii. 52. 
Cuttle-fish, singular method of 
taking, i. 144. 
Dances of the Tahitians, i. 215 ; 
various kinds of, 217; in the 
Sandwich islands, iv. 78, 100, 
105 ; address to the dancers, 79. 
Dangerous Archipelago, or Pearl 
islands, European vessel seized 
by the natives, ii. 133; their con¬ 
version, 228— see Pearl islands. 
Daphne, capture of the, by the 
Tahitians, ii. 133; recaptured by 
Captain Walker, ibid. 
Darling, Mr., school house at Bur¬ 
dens Point fitted up by, iii. 153; 
assists at the coronation ofPomare 
III., 261. 
Dauntless, visit of the, to Huahine, 
iii. 282. 
Davies,Mr. undertakes particularly 
the instruction of the children, 
ii. 70, 73; his school in Eimeo, 
92, 207; assists the newly arrived 
missionaries to acquire the lan¬ 
guage, 262 ; baptizes Mahine, the 
king of Huahine, iii. 24; assists 
at the coronation of Pomare III., 
261; visit to Rapa, 372. 
Davies, Mrs., death of, ii. 91. 
Deacons, appointment of, in Hua¬ 
hine, iii. 80; names of the first, 
82. 
Dead, disposal of the, among the 
Polynesians, i. 398 ; iv. 358 ; f m- 
balrning, i. 401 ; depositories, 
405; elegiac ballads, 411; fune¬ 
ral ceremonies, 413; iv. 175. 
Death, views of the Polynesians as 
to the cause of, i. 395. 
Decimal notation practised by the 
Tahitians, i. 90. 
Decoration, fondness of the Poly¬ 
nesians for personal, i. 134. 
Degradation of females in Polyne¬ 
sia, i. 129; its removal, 124, 
Deluge, traditions of the, among 
the Polynesians, i. 386 ; iv. 441. 
Demons, or genii, modes of pro¬ 
pitiating, i. 335. 
Depopulation of Polynesia, i. 103; 
causes assigned, 105; iv. 23; 
checked by the influence of 
Christianity, i. 108. 
Deputation from the London Mis¬ 
sionary Society, visits the South 
Sea islands, iii. 232 ; proceeds to 
the Sandwich islands, iv. 34. 
Diseases, introduction of foreign, 
ascribed to the God of the mis¬ 
sionaries, ii. 65,125 ; increase of, 
iii. 36; practice of physic, 37; 
surgery, 41 ; want of medicines, 
45. 
Dishes, wooden, curiously carved, 
i. 191. 
Dismissal of church members, iii. 
89. 
Divination, modes of, i. 377. 
Divinities of the Polynesians, i. 
323; of the Sandwich islands, 
iv. 89, 212. 
Dogs, used for food in Tahiti, i. 
72; reared for that purpose, iv. 
347 ; great number baked for a 
single feast, 346. 
Double canoe, the, of Tahiti, i. 
164; of the Sandwich islands, 
iv. 340. 
Dress of the Polynesians, i. 178 ; 
grotesque combination of Euro¬ 
pean and native, ii. 395 ; shoes, 
hats, bonnets, 398; substitutes 
for ribands, 403. 
