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A hardly perceptible blue irregular outline, indicating the bold contour of the lofty heights of Nukuheva. This island, although generally called one of the Marquesas, is by some navigators considered as forming one of a distinct cluster, comprising the islands of Ruhooka, Ropo, and Nukuheva; upon which three the appellation of the Washington Group has been bestowed.
On the other hand the brave were rewarded. A distinction is made between nobles and common people in the Bowditch Islands. The members of the Fijian Areoi Society are held to enjoy special privileges in the other world. The belief in the Marquesas Islands is that the sky is for high gods and nobles.
Ellis, in his 'Polynesian Researches', gives some interesting accounts of the abortive attempts made by the ''Tahiti Mission'' to establish a branch Mission upon certain islands of the group. A short time before my visit to the Marquesas, a somewhat amusing incident took place in connection with these efforts, which I cannot avoid relating.
No wonder they're getting so scarce you can't get any work done." The next day was all preparation. I would be gone several months, the usual time for the voyage of a trading schooner to the Marquesas and return to Papeete. I had no bother about clothes, as I was to be in the same climate, and in less formal circles even than in Tahiti.
Sometimes they exercise supreme political power in addition. In the latter case they are kings as well as gods, and the government is a theocracy. Thus in the Marquesas or Washington Islands there was a class of men who were deified in their lifetime.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand, and was dimly aware of the area of the numbness that bordered the centre that was sensationless between his eyebrows, as he said: "Well, children, rowing won't fetch us to the Marquesas. We'll need a stretch of wind for that. But it's up to us, right now, to put a mile or so between us an' that peevish old cow.
Supposed great southern land Exploring expedition formed Captain Cook appointed commander Equipment of the Resolution and Adventure Sail from Plymouth Reported discovery by the French Steer south Land-like appearance of the ice Intense cold Separation of the ships Icebergs Sail from the Antarctic regions for New Zealand Reach Dusky Bay Health of the crew Intercourse with the natives Visit the ship Garden planted Live stock left Sail for Queen Charlotte's Sound Fall in with the Adventure Traffic with the natives Voyage continued Scurvy on board Captain Furneaux's ship Sail for Otaheite Nearly on a reef Natives visit the ship Propensity to steal Treatment Interview with the King Sail for Matavia Bay Sail for Huaheine Behaviour of the chief A native is taken on board Leave the Society Islands Steer for Middleburg and Amsterdam Reception Description of the country Object of the voyage continued Quantities of ice Illness of the commander Easter Island Ancient monuments Sail for the Marquesas Anchor at Nombre de Dios The Indians come on board A savage killed Return to Otaheite Native expedition against Eimeo Voyage continued Savage Island The Tonga group At Erromongo Quarrel with the natives Tamia Native cultivation A new island discovered Reception by the natives New Caledonia Norfolk Island News of the Adventure Reach Christmas Sound The natives Sandwich Land Vain search for Cape Circumcision Steer for the Cape of Good Hope News of an accident which befell the Adventure Sail for England Results of the voyage.
"What a picture at night, with torches flickering, and the seats filled with men in red pareus! Mais, c'est terrible!" He got off a hundred feet and squinted through a roll of paper. "I wish I could paint it," he said. "It must be a big canvas, and all dark but the torches and a few faces. Mon dieu! Magnificent!" Is cannibalism in the Marquesas a thing of the past?
The Marquesas were the nearest, and they were the other side of the Line, and of the doldrums, too, which made it even worse. We were in 3 degrees north latitude, while the Marquesas were 9 degrees south latitude a difference of over a thousand miles. Furthermore, the Marquesas lay some fourteen degrees to the west of our longitude.
They set sail from Callao on the 9th of April, 1595, and, after discovering the Marquesas, and a few smaller islands, they sighted land on September the 7th, which Mendana believed, at first, to be the Solomons, of which he was in quest. They soon found out their mistake, and named the island Santa Cruz.
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