teriflx^hfeh-wereladvtifetagedu's the‘r£wltbfVj.> ’ There1 Had been a
great diverfityl'oT’feritimerfts among the chWs on the ftibjefetof^this
expedition, and hfebnebif its ’unfaVoiStahle, jflue.wa'S iriipufed by
fome to the, 'haflirihfs.* o f ToWha; and' by others to Ctoo'sh dbla?y id
augmenting"' th® fleet.' f The' ’ jealoUfyi Which had ,UlWiy$ mb lifted
between t'hefe -great' Ifiett W!a‘s 'excited rfd fri<?h-& dt^Ie^■that.ToWHa
sfeaWed revenge againfPOtbdj andbwas only prevented' from<ebce'eiiting
it by the menaces o f Captain CodkV The laftef quitted MattaVae on
the- agth in f Sefpterriber i^yy, -and fb r 7the ;firft!tithe' viIited'EIrhebi
Some thefts which the nativ^ o f that’iflSnd cbriimitted, were punilhed
b y him with unprecedented ffiVerity'.’ ' ,Hfe Tetumed1 hbbfliore, being
killed'at the SanflwkhTflarids on the lu o f *Febfuary" £ y
-u’Pi-eVious to thatife^ntuCtoo: efpoufed o f
Motdohfo',| ’with whom he ’ thtis %ecamei?fl@ubly cerintefttdfihy marriage!
T he .flrft' ehfild the' bore tp" hlm^^g^mmediaMy fuffocated j,
that they’ m igh^pfeferve thdir rank' •in^me^arfeoe- fotaety
-fecbn^v^ i ‘n^ b 6 in rWas!rpreferVed, >and: j®P eonTequdwe3 trie.' fillte^aHd-
fovfefeignr di|piity^ o f Cltoq immedi'ately deVolved upon- hismdfant
Ton., The* fktfer uretairietbbhis1 former power
conduct o f i t he'Was'"gf&t!ly^-a&ifted i$ffelH]jpMt j a p f e i v e
■ corifort.r, He hasTihcte been' called 'fey*various1 flames liaeoffivew^btftl
to a^ord c o n fu fio fi^ fh a lll only ufe that df^PdnSAe, 'bj^whio'fi^he
has! beeh'khown during the laft fix years. ™
Towha feems to'have fupprefted his releritment till tlK^uluaTlengfh
0T tirridubetweenjl CdptkinM C6ok’l ^ i ’{its;a t LytfilT^it€ had- eHpied'jR^!
then united the"-f6fcbs'-*f'i'Tettahk' and Attahddiao Witl^IyHheine
The’ c om ^ |% a s
frequently 'renewed, 'and ufually terminated to the advantage o f TbwKdl
Poiriarrd’l War1 canoed bBiSg’Meaffy defiroyed, his adV&lafids purfued
their fuccefs %y land, arid laid wafte'Oparre’arid M'atta^aer They
at length fufiered a fevere check by the death o f Mahemey’Wnb'^Was
trilled in battle by the'hah® o f Weidooa, Ppmarre’syounger brother;
This cafaftropHehp£ear$to have prevented' the renewal d f :hoftilities
a t .fJ&hfciteV b u t ’the, partjnoldHoJrid^ro.wa^inot .ppwerful.enough
to1 gftablilh him as .thq ifmeceiTor, of . Majifine,,, wlyqfe adopted fon,
Tarcaj®iodop>,Qbf%ied at hisi death,thp fqverepglity pf^rnpo.^ ..During
thftfe-finowrjiorrs,^m® feoff,tbp^pattle tljatsha(irtjegn Ipffejg| Oparrefj and
had jinereaMjtherq, i wqcfct d r i f t r § > y < |d u u j vof deyeijal
CQy^ai^.tavdifibW bull, Wigre^carried; in, triumph, tbEimeo, and pre-
fei^ei^tJpEetbrij
.‘.’rElfeven ,years, ,had nearly jbpafled wjthppj^ny »iplgrts^ijfe,, i||gjg&&3S
•Eunopel apf^Otaheite; everjJirrilEumeq^^ iiphwhad been,expended,;
and the lbathfome difeafef Whioh, ifm'of dffiyed^lVor^EuFppeanS, had
certainly beeri incyedfcd: Hy;theitilifcenri9usL''dobdu#%,|iad' t^ade, dfeUdT
ful havock among,. the iflandersdof;bothjJ!ex ^ I At tljat peribd
^ns/Engl'tCh' veflef-ararixedStat 'Qgheitg,o:f^n^ng|y) ^itb a ^ lijt l^ p f
defign on thefone, rpaiJ^.i as%Qfl es^eftatismtjo^, (hpfc®ttey, j A v Ihip
called jh e & a ^ 5Penrhyn, op bqard; o iiwhlc^ij^s rLieutenapp ;YVptt^
Who ,hajl,/failed *,wifjhri<Goobv Wasiierp’pldyed,dnI^^i^ortjng'^q^cfts ^
to,Port Jaekfon,* at >the-flrft f o rm a t i o n t b ^ (fettlejnentf in New
Spu^htA^alq8i,%d Eeingdio'srid I from i thence 'faC b ic a fpr-1af.,Gar,gpKhomer
wards, ftie* toplfi af/coiirfe ? far l toijjtbe eaftwjpdu andy^thejfijew ,iyas
extremely . reduced1 >byufqilr’V,y,, oki^as^d^rmined jQjaheite
/o^.refrqftffnerftg. Upon .anchoring _at Mattavijfe ©n’|the potji, of^Jply
a-7BSti,Lieutenant ,'W^ttsS wa& kamediatelv- ,ree^nifed,AifejvIo,auna,
am elderlyuchiefijftf!.that diftrid. q Pomarre, ^yr-ho, np^orlg^f refided
jnj-tha,t - neighbourhood, -aj-rpled, -fparpdays aftetwardv ,proba,bly from
Teiarralbop, bringing, with>him, a ipoxtrait, o f ;(SaptakK Cdp^-,^-^yhich
JMr. Webber h a d 1 painted, at y|risu requeft| during ;tfep-.laft,^.yoyage,
(Veracity: .d^idpgjsjl^pqlhpugitt needlefs; by .Europeans i%fehflij; tranf-
^ l^o n s. With-the„iflanddrs, w i t} ju d g e d f p p q p e r .atothat time to
conceal the death of ,C apt ail}} ,C9§h»l aond, 'to make prefents, in his
napifi | q Pomarre;;;. ;T his; idlei'deception pyoyed afterward highly
detriipental. ,
• ^'.Ifdn^tpnflls with the,ijUtg^)^avidity-;
while, foqae red feath^di^hidb, had.been,brought.frppi-jPbj-t Jackfon^