paitia

Updated: July 22, 2025

By them they were kindly welcomed, as well as by Paitia, an aged chief of the district. They were conducted to a large, oval-shaped native house, which has been but recently finished for Captain Bligh, whom they expected to return. Their dwelling was pleasantly situated on the western side of the river, near the extremity of Point Venus.

William Henry Giles Kingston - Captain Cook: His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries