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An account of the natives of the Tonga islands, in the South Pacific ocean: with an original grammar and vocabulary of their language
J. Murray • London • Published In 1818 • Pages:
By: Mariner, William, Martin, John.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
William Mariner, a young captain's clerk on a British privateering ship, was spared when the ship was attacked by the natives of the Tonga Islands. He spent the next four years (1806-1810) living among the natives and participating in their activities. Mariner was taken under the wing of Finau, a powerful warlord, who figured prominently in the revolution which took place during the early years of the 19th century. This document is volume I of the account of Mariner's experience and it deals mostly with events which took place during his stay, such as the revolution and inter-island warfare. Mariner seems to have been exceptionally observant and unbiased considering the circumstances.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Fowling
- Hunting and trapping
- Nuptials
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- Inter-community relations
- Districts
- Chief executive
- Exploitation
- Political movements
- Revolution
- Offenses against the state
- Military installations
- War
- Death
- Priesthood
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Foreign Resident
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin; John Beierle; 1977-1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1806-1810
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1806-1810
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Comp. and arr. from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner, several years resident in those islands. By John Martin
- [volume 1]
- Mariner's activities have been indexed for Aftermath of Combat (727). Please consult the Culture Summary: Tonga for further indexing decisions for this document. Mariner was under the mistaken impression that Finau was the 'king' or Tui Kanokupolu. Finau, however, was nothing more than a militarily powerful island governor and hence he has been indexed for Districts (634).
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans