Fire Fountains: The Kingdom of Hawaii, Its Volcanoes, and the History of Its Missions,W. Blackwood, 1883 - Hawaii |
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... honour appear in low - necked , short - sleeved dresses of richest material , and latest Parisian - American fashion , and then to remember that it is only exactly one hundred years since Tiha , the king of Kauai , sent to Poriorani ...
... honour appear in low - necked , short - sleeved dresses of richest material , and latest Parisian - American fashion , and then to remember that it is only exactly one hundred years since Tiha , the king of Kauai , sent to Poriorani ...
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... honours , their aid being chiefly sought by such as believed themselves to be afflicted by evil spirits . Multitudes of human victims were sacrificed on the altars of these gods on all important occasions , such as the death of a chief ...
... honours , their aid being chiefly sought by such as believed themselves to be afflicted by evil spirits . Multitudes of human victims were sacrificed on the altars of these gods on all important occasions , such as the death of a chief ...
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... honour of his war - god Tairi ( which was a large wooden idol covered with red feathers ) , he con- secrated it with the usual ceremonies . Eleven men were slain on the altar , and hogs and dogs without number . In all heathen faiths we ...
... honour of his war - god Tairi ( which was a large wooden idol covered with red feathers ) , he con- secrated it with the usual ceremonies . Eleven men were slain on the altar , and hogs and dogs without number . In all heathen faiths we ...
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... honour , but who sat very awkwardly perched aloft , with diffi- culty keeping his place among the rotten scaffolding ... honoured representative of Orono was allowed to descend from his perilous position , and was led back to the twelve ...
... honour , but who sat very awkwardly perched aloft , with diffi- culty keeping his place among the rotten scaffolding ... honoured representative of Orono was allowed to descend from his perilous position , and was led back to the twelve ...
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... honoured guest . First one of the priests chewed the kernel of a cocoa - nut , and there- with anointed the face , head , hands , arms , and shoulders of the long - suffering stranger , while the dreadful old chief , who had handled the ...
... honoured guest . First one of the priests chewed the kernel of a cocoa - nut , and there- with anointed the face , head , hands , arms , and shoulders of the long - suffering stranger , while the dreadful old chief , who had handled the ...
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