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Easter Island: Early Witnesses

William Thomson

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Islands, in the month of August (Anekena), in two canoes, each 15 fathoms long and 1 fathom deep.

First. Hotu Matua.	Thirtieth. Kote Kura Tahoua.
Second. Tuumaeheke.	Thirty-first. Taoraha Kaihahauga.
Third. Nuku.	Thirty-second. Tukuma.
Fourth. Miru.	Thirty-third. Tekahui te Hunga.
Fifth. Hiuariru.	Thirty-fourth. Tetun Hunga Nui.
Sixth. Aturangi.	Thirty-fifth. Tetun Hunga Roa.
Seventh. Raa.	Thirty-sixth. Tetu Hunga Mare Kapeau. +
Eighth. Atarauga.	Thirty-seventh. Toati Rangi Hahe. +
Ninth. Hakapuna.	Thirty-eighth. Tagaroa Tatarara.
Tenth. Oihu.	Thirty-ninth. Hariui Koro.
Eleventh. Ruhoi.	Fortieth. Punahako.
Twelfth. Tukauga te Mamaru.	Forty-first. Puna Ate Tuu.
Thirteenth. Takahita.	Forty-second. Puna Kai te Vaua.
Fourteenth. Ouaraa.	Forty-third. Teriri Katea.
Fifteenth. Koroharua.	Forty-fourth. Haumoana.
Sixteenth. Mahuta Ariiki.*	Forty-fifth. Tupaarii Ki.
Seventeenth. Atua Ure Raugi.	Forty-sixth. Mahiki Tapuakiti.
Eighteenth. Teriri Turkura.	Forty-seventh. Tuu Koiho.
Nineteenth. Korua-Rougo.	Forty-eighth. Anekena.
Twentieth. Tiki-Tehatu.	Forty-ninth. Nui Tupahotu.
Twenty-first. Urukenu.	Fiftieth. Re Kauu.
Twenty-second. Teruruatiki te Hatu.	Fifty-first. Terava Rara.
Twenty-third. Nau Ta Mahiki.	Fifty-second. Tehitehuke.
Twenty-fourth. Terika Tea.	Fifty-third. Terahai.
Twenty-tifth. Teria Kautahito.	Fifty-fourth. Kaimokoi.
Twenty-sixth. Kotepu Ite Toki.	Fifty-fifth. Ngaara.
Twenty-seventh. Kote Hiti Ruauea.	Fifty-sixth. Kaimakoi Iti.
Twenty-eighth. Turua Ki Keua.	Fifty-seventh. Maurata.
Twenty-ninth. Tuterkimanara.

Maurata, the last king, only reigned three years. He was carried away by the Peruvians in 1864, and it is supposed to have died in the guano mines of the Chinchi Islands.

LIST OF ETHNOGRAPHIC SPECIMENS OBTAINED AT EASTER ISLAND.

   Wooden image.-Called Moai Taugata. Male figure made of toromiro wood, with eyes of bone and obsidian. (Plate L, fig. l.)
   Wooden image.-Called Moai Kva-kva. Male figure made of toromiro wood, with eyes of bone and obsidian, and breast-bone and ribs sharply defined. (Plate L, fig. 2.)
   Wooden image.-Called Moai Papaa. Female figure made of toromiro wood, with eyes of bone and obsidian. (Plate L, fig. 3.)
   These figures have been called household gods, and were never worshipped, though they were regarded as the representations of certain spirits. Similar figures were made to represent deceased chiefs and

* Mahuta Ariiki had a son named Tuu-Koiho, who made the first stone image on the Island. This son died before his father.
+ These two kings reigned at the same time. The son rebelled against his father, and finally killed him.

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