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They were even to change names. Captain Wilson would be called Haamanemane, and Haamanemane would be called Wilson. So Captain Wilson said "Taio," and he and the chief, who was also high priest of the gods of Tahiti, were brothers. Captain Wilson said to Haamanemane, through Peter, who translated each to the other: "We wish to come and live in this island."
These white men knew some English, but lived, not as Christians, but as the natives lived. And after them came a great and aged chief named Haamanemane. This great chief went up to the "chief" of the ship, Captain Wilson, and called out to him "Taio." They did not know what this meant, till Peter the Swede explained that Haamanemane wished to be the brother the troth-friend of Captain Wilson.
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