maleatoa

Updated: May 12, 2025

He was unpicturesquely dressed in shirt and trousers and we should not have taken him to be a chief, except from his handsome figure, unless he had introduced himself as Toa, the nephew of the great chief Maleatoa. He spoke English well, and seemed very intelligent.

William Henry Giles Kingston - The Cruise of the Dainty: Rovings in the Pacific