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  • Captain B. Toup Nicolas, Consul at Raiatea, Society Island, wrote letter in April 3, 1853 about Pitcairn Islanders
  • A. Chisholm (June 15, 1858 to July 18, 1859), Acting
  • Alexander Norman Nicolson (July 19, 1859 till November 14, 1861), Acting
  • Alfred Carrington Dick; appointed Consul in the Society or Leeward Islands, February 10, 1860; resigned June 25, 1860
  • George Charles Miller (February 23-April 1864), see below
  • James. H. Wodehouse, HBM consul at Raiatea, around 1864
  • Mr. Robert St. Aubin, R. N., to be Consul at Raiatea, in the Society Islands (October, 1859)

Tahiti

  • George Charles Miller ; acting Consul at Tahiti (January 1, 1845-April 9, 1850); appointed Consul in the Georgian and Windward Islands in the Pacific in Decemebr 7, 1849;

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Primary Sources

  • A description of the battlefield in the 1830s


  • Mortimer, Favell Lee (1838). "The Battle Which Changed The State of Tahiti". The Night of Toil: Or, A Familiar Account of the Labours of the First Missionaries in the South Sea Islands. London: J. Hatchard and Son. pp. 249–257.
  • After this, Pomare, by universal consent, was re-established in his government of the whole of Taheite and its dependencies, which he had lost by the rebellion in 1808. Here it may be noticed, that recently the name of Otaheite is pronounced Taheite, Eimeo is sometimes called Moorea, and Ulietea, so called by Cook, is now known as Raiatea. The king with promptitude and zeal appointed in the several districts, chiefs friendly to Christianity, and some of whom had long been among the number of praying people. The consequence was, the entire abolition of idolatry at Otaheite and Eimeo, together with the small islands of Tapua Manu and Tetaroa, all of which became at once in profession "Christian Islands.' ' The gods were destroyed, the morais demolished, human sacrifices and infant murder done away, and the people every where began to call upon the Missionaries to come and teach them.
  • Winslow, Miron (1819). "Otaheite". A Sketch of Missions: Or, History of the Principal Attempts to Propagate Christianity Among the Heathen. Andover: Flagg and Gould. pp. 302–334.


But the fifty years had experienced the tempest no less than the sunshine, and even in the year of jubilee dark clouds lowered over portions of the field. Madagascar, opened so courageously, enlightened by steadfast faithfulness unto death, was in the grasp of a murderous tyranny intent upon the entire exclusion of the Gospel; Tahiti, the first and dearly loved field, was being grievously harassed by so-called Christians, who thought it more acceptable to Him they professed to serve to enter into and destroy other men's labours than to seek to bring the light of truth to isles yet dwelling in darkness; and from Siberia faithful labourers had been excluded by the fiat of an irresponsible despot. But notwithstanding these grievous trials and sore hindrances our fathers felt fifty years ago, as we in 1895 with even greater reason for the conviction, that the King of Glory whom we follow shall advance from conquering to conquer, 'until all His enemies are put beneath His feet.'


Secondary Sources

A Note on the Difficulties of Ethnohistorical Writing, with Special Reference to Tahiti Niel Gunson The Journal of the Polynesian Society Vol. 72, No. 4 (December, 1963), pp. 415-419 Published by: The Polynesian Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20704134 Page Count: 5

Journal of a Visit to Raivavae in October 1819: By Pomare II, King of Tahiti W. N. Gunson The Journal of Pacific History Vol. 1 (1966), pp. 199-203 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25167875 Page Count: 5

TE HAU PAHU RAHI: POMARE II AND THE CONCEPT OF INTER-ISLAND GOVERNMENT IN EASTERN POLYNESIA Colin Newbury and Adam J. Darling The Journal of the Polynesian Society Vol. 76, No. 4 (DECEMBER 1967), pp. 477-514 Published by: The Polynesian Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20704508 Page Count: 41

The Authorship and Historicity of a South Pacific Adventure Story Irene Fletcher The Journal of Pacific History Vol. 8 (1973), pp. 196-197 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25168149 Page Count: 2


Pacts, Alliances and Patronage: Modes of Influence and Power in the Pacific Colin Newbury The Journal of Pacific History ,Vol. 44, No. 2 (Sep., 2009) (pp. 141-162) Page Count: 22 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40346712









A View on Ari'i Taimai's Memoirs Robert Langdon The Journal of Pacific History Vol. 4 (1969), pp. 162-165 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25167990 Page Count: 4


A Note on the Difficulties of Ethnohistorical Writing, with Special Reference to Tahiti Niel Gunson The Journal of the Polynesian Society Vol. 72, No. 4 (December, 1963), pp. 415-419 Published by: The Polynesian Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20704134 Page Count: 5

Review: Tahiti's Traditional History: Without Adams? Reviewed Work: Mémoires de Marau Taaroa Dernière Reine de Tahiti traduits par sa fille la Princesse Ariimanihinihi Takau Pomare by Marau Taaroa Review by: W. N. Gunson The Journal of Pacific History Vol. 10, No. 2 (1975), pp. 112-117 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25168216 Page Count: 6

HENRY ADAMS AND PETER HAGGERSTEIN Ernest J. Moyne Scandinavian Studies Vol. 45, No. 3 (SUMMER, 1973), pp. 213-222 Published by: University of Illinois Press on behalf of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40917435 Page Count: 10


Manuscript XVII: Who Taught Pomare to Read? Unpublished Comments by a Missionary Surgeon on Tahiti in May 1807 to October 1810, and Journal Entries by an Able Seaman at Tahiti in 1811 Rhys Richards The Journal of Pacific History Vol. 40, No. 1 (Jun., 2005), pp. 105-115 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25169732 Page Count: 11


Heroic History and Chiefly Chapels in 19th Century Tahiti Jeffrey Sissons Oceania Vol. 78, No. 3 (Nov., 2008), pp. 320-331 Published by: Wiley on behalf of Oceania Publications, University of Sydney Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40495590 Page Count: 12

'Oro-Dedicated "Maro 'Ura" in Tahiti: Their Rise and Decline in the Early Post-European Contact Period Meredith Filihia The Journal of Pacific History Vol. 31, No. 2 (Dec., 1996), pp. 127-143 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25169296 Page Count: 17

MORE ON THE ARI'IS OF TAHITI Teuira Henry The Journal of the Polynesian Society Vol. 20, No. 1(77) (March, 1911), pp. 4-9 Published by: The Polynesian Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20700929 Page Count: 6


Political Change in Tahiti and Samoa: An Exercise in Experimental Anthropology F. Allan Hanson Ethnology Vol. 12, No. 1 (Jan., 1973), pp. 1-13 Published by: University of Pittsburgh- Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education DOI: 10.2307/3773093 Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3773093 Page Count: 13

Missionary Interest in British Expansion in the South Pacific in the Nineteenth Century*

W. N. Gunson Article first published online: 9 OCT 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9809.1965.tb00270.x