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Title: Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before

Author: George Turner

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Language: English

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SAMOA

A HUNDRED YEARS AGO
AND LONG BEFORE.

BY

GEORGE TURNER, LL.D.

OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

FIRST PRINTED
LONDON 1884

Reprinted by
Institute of Pacific Studies
University of the South Pacific
1984

[Illustration: _Samoa_ London: Macmillan & Co.]

[Illustration: SAMOAN MAN IN COSTUME OF THE PAST.]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

POSITION OF THE ISLANDS--EARLY VISITORS AND
TRADITIONARY ORIGIN

CHAPTER II.

SAMOA--ORIGIN OF THE NAME

CHAPTER III.

A FUTURE STATE--RELIGION, ETC.

CHAPTER IV.

GODS SUPERIOR--WAR AND GENERAL VILLAGE GODS

CHAPTER V.

GODS INFERIOR, OR HOUSEHOLD GODS

CHAPTER VI.

THE PEOPLE--INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD

CHAPTER VII.

ADULT AND ADVANCED YEARS

CHAPTER VIII.

FOOD--COOKING--LIQUORS

CHAPTER IX.

CLOTHING

CHAPTER X.

AMUSEMENTS

CHAPTER XI.

MORTALITY, LONGEVITY, DISEASES, ETC.

CHAPTER XII.

DEATH AND BURIAL

CHAPTER XIII.

HOUSES

CHAPTER XIV.

CANOES

CHAPTER XV.

ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE

CHAPTER XVI.

GOVERNMENT AND LAWS

CHAPTER XVII.

WARS

CHAPTER XVIII.

THE HEAVENS, AND THE HEAVENLY BODIES

CHAPTER XIX.

THE ORIGIN OF FIRE, AND OTHER STORIES

CHAPTER XX.

NAMES OF THE ISLANDS--ILLUSTRATING MIGRATIONS, ETC.

CHAPTER XXI.

POLITICAL DIVISIONS AND PLACES OF NOTE ON UPOLU

CHAPTER XXII.

POLITICAL DIVISIONS AND PLACES OF NOTE ON SAVAII

CHAPTER I.

POSITION OF THE ISLANDS--EARLY VISITORS AND TRADITIONARY ORIGIN.