accounts as we thought could be depended upon ; and fliall
\— „— i leave the reader to form, from them, his own ideas o f the
nature o f their government.
The great power and high rank o f Terreeoboo, the Eree-
taboo of Owhyhee, was very evident, from the manner in
which he was received at Karakakooa, on his firft arrival.
All the natives were féen proftrated at the entrance o f their
houfes ; and the canoes, for two days- before, were tabooed,
or forbidden to go out, till he took off the reftraint. He
was, at this time, juft returned from Mowee, for the pof-
feffion of. which he was contending in favour o f his fon
Teewarro, who had married the daughter and only child
o f the late king o f that ifland, again!! Taheeterree, his
furviving brother. He was attended, in this expedition, by
many o f his warriors ; but whether their fervice was voluntary,
or the condition on which they hold their rank and
property, we could not learn.
That he col lefts tribute from the fubordinate Chiefs, we
had a very ftriking proof in the inftance o f Kaoo, which has
been already related in our tranfaftions of the zd and 3d o f
February.
I have before mentioned, that the two moil powerful Chiefs
of thefe iilands are Terreeoboo of Owhyhee, and Perreeoran-
nee of Woahoo ; the reft o f the fmaller iiles being fubjeft to
one or other o f thefe ; Mowee, and its dependencies, being,
at this time, claimed, as we have juft obferved, by Terreeoboo
for Teewarro his fon and intended fucceflor ; Atooi and
Oneeheow being governed by the grandfons o f Perreeorannee.
The following genealogy o f the Owhyhee and Mowee
kings, which I collefted from the priefts, during our reii-
dence at the Morai in Karakakooa Bay, contains all the in-
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This account reaches to four Chiefs, predecefiors o f the
prefent; all o f whom they reprefent to have lived to an old
age. Their names and fucceffions are as follow I
Firft, Poorahoo Awhykaia was king o f Owhyhee, and had
an only fon, called Neerooagooa. At this time Mowee was
governed by Mokoakea; who had alfo an only fon, named
Papikaneeou.
Secondly, Neerooagooa had three fons, the eldeft named
Kahavee; and Papikaneeou, o f 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 o f whom is now,
b y one party, acknowledged Chief o f Mowee.
Fourthly, Kayenewee a mumrnow had two fons, Terreeoboo
and Kaihooa ; and Maiha maiha, king o f Mowee, had
no fon,, but left a daughter, called Roaho.
Fifthly, Terreeoboo, the prefent king o f Owhyhee, had a
fon named Teewarro, by Rora-rora, the widow o f Maiha
maiha, late king o f Mowee ; and this fon has married Roaho,
his half filler, in whofe right he claims Mowee and its appendages.
Taheeterree, the brother o f the late king, fupported by a
confiderable party, who were not willing that the poffeffions
ihould go into another family, took up arms, and oppofed
the rights o f his niece.
When we were firft off Mowee, Terreeoboo was there with
his warriors to fupport the claims o f his wife, his fon, and
■ X a daughter