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Holy war: Peter Dillon and the 1837 massacres in Tonga
Journal of Pacific history • 12 • Published In 1977 • Pages: 25-39
By: Cummins, H. G..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is concerned with the validity of the charges of Peter Dillon, a trader-captain who visited Tonga in 1837, that the civil conflict of 1837 was instigated by the Wesleyan missionaries. The author traces the history and details of that conflict and concludes that Dillon's charges were 'very close to the truth' (p. 39).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Chief executive
- Revolution
- Theological systems
- Missions
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- Elementary education
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- none
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1837
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- H. G. Cummins
- Dillon's charges were indexed for the subject REVIEWS AND CRITIQUES (114)
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73200598
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans