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The first piece of news given to the captain by one of the Areois was that King Kamahamaha was dead, and that his young son Rio Rio had succeeded him.
Some wore men's shirts, white or striped as the case might be, others a mere piece of cloth; but all had European hats. The wives of the Areois wore coloured robes, a piece of great extravagance, but with them the dress formed the whole costume. On the Monday a most imposing ceremony took place. This was the visit to Kotzebue of the queen-mother and the royal family.
Here the first missionaries frequently heard the song accompanying the licentious areois dance, the deafening noise of the worship, and saw the human victim carried by for sacrifice. Here, too, they often heard the startling cry of war, and saw their frightened neighbours fly before the murderous spear and plundering hand of lawless power.
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