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... made feeding-father or guardian of the boy, the third Pomare, who was born in 1820. Pomare II died December 7, 1821, leaving the daughter Aimata, a girl not yet nine years old, and the boy, Pomare III, a child in arms. Aimata was never regarded with favor by Pomare, her father, who was very frank in ...


... A man. Orang tooa, An old man. Parampooan, A woman, or a young woman. Anna paraowan, A virgin. Booda, or Anna lakee lakee, A boy. Anna parampooan, A girl. Annae or anna, A child. Cumbar, Twins. Bappa, or pappa, A father. Ma, A mother. Cake, A grandfather. Naimai, A grandmother. Bappa teerree, A step ...


... One Woman of ditto. XII. Two Men of Oonalashka. One Woman of ditto. XIII. Two Men of Prince William's Sound. One Woman of ditto. XIV. The Otaheitean Girl with Presents to the Captain. Twelve Otaheitean Dancers. XV. The English Captain and Sailors. Previous Page European Reactions Next Page © Derived ...


... cheif; (2) Whannooutooa wife to 1; (3) Otoobooi sister to 2; (4) Orai Elder brother to 2; (5) Tettuanue younger brother to 2; (6) Otehammena dancing girl; (7) Ouratooa Do; (8) Mattehea father to 1; (9) Opipi mother to 1. Previous Page Voyaging Accounts Next Page © Derived from State Library of NSW 1998 ...


... times, had little to do except to talk about each other. Hurimaavehi, like most Tahitian chiefs, had a fancy for handsome women, and he carried the girl away by stealth to Vaiari. Panee, the father, not knowing what had become of his daughter, sought her in every direction, and, stationing himself on ...


... of the minds of these ignorant people, I shall repeat one story out of the multitude I have heard confirming it from ocular demonstration. A Slave girl who was born and bred up among the En[g]lish at Bencoulen on the Island of Sumatra, by which means she had learnt a little English, told me that her ...


... a conquest and the very considerable conquests he effected, a candid listener would like to know the Vaiari side of the story. Even a Papara school-girl, if she reads in her history-book the story of Appius Claudius or of Tarquin, would be a little surprised to find that she knew all about it, and that ...


... his feet, and earrings of the same metal in his ears. Mr. Banks heard this tale of ridiculous falsehood patiently to the end, and then dismissed the girl, without reminding her, that a crocodile with ears was as strange a monster as a dog with a cloven foot. Some time after this a servant whom Mr. Banks ...


... his feeding father took after his death, on becoming the guardian of Aimata, as the queen, Pomare IV, was always called by natives. Aimata when a girl of about nine years, in December, 1822, was married or betrothed to Tapoa of Huahine and Borabora. As I grew up, I became her most intimate friend, and ...


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