Eastern Pacific lands ; Tahiti and the Marquesas islands . he character of some of theAsiatic explorers who must have visited this part of theEastern Pacific prior to the Europeans. In Maori, the word Karioi means debauched, profligate,good-for-nothing. In Marquesan, the equivalent is KaioiIn Rarotongan, the adjective appears as Kariei. These areprobably slightly worn-down forms of the Persian Khara-bati, which has precisely the same signification as the fore-going. One is forced to the conclusion that the Arabian Nightsstories of the voyages of Sindbad the Sailor were founded ona bed-rock of
Eastern Pacific lands ; Tahiti and the Marquesas islands . he character of some of theAsiatic explorers who must have visited this part of theEastern Pacific prior to the Europeans. In Maori, the word Karioi means debauched, profligate,good-for-nothing. In Marquesan, the equivalent is KaioiIn Rarotongan, the adjective appears as Kariei. These areprobably slightly worn-down forms of the Persian Khara-bati, which has precisely the same signification as the fore-going. One is forced to the conclusion that the Arabian Nightsstories of the voyages of Sindbad the Sailor were founded ona bed-rock of solid fact, and that Persian and Arab mer-chants, pirates and slave-traders, must have penetratedinto these far-off waters, and brought their vile, effeminateluxury and shameful customs with them from Asia, of whichtransplanted iniquity, the parent soil half-forgotten, thisword, like several others connected with revelry and vice,like a text in scarlet lettering, survives to this day like aplague-spot, leaving its grim witness on the soft CARVED ORNAMENT FOR MARQUESAN DANCING-STILTS. Appendix A 203 5. THE VALLEYS OF THE MARQUESAS ANDTHEIR CLANS NORTHERN GROUP NUKUHIVAValley or District. Tribe or Clan. Tai-o-Hae (scanty native population, Ahuniasome 60) Kikoee PakiuHaavaoMeauHoataOupaTuuohoNamou-a-iiKaheeKikaPokaaNaiki Tatai-i-vauMatahuaTekiaTe-whi-tuaAti-tokaPo-ivaManuPuaNaiki Hakaui and Taioa (population about150) Haapa (now almost entirely extinct) . Aakapa (only number some 40 souls) Hakaehu The above tribes are called Teii-nui-a-Haku. They usethe k in their dialect. The tribes below, who occupy therest of the island, are called Taipi-nui-a-Vaku, and use ngin their dialect instead of k. Cf. Taipi Hanga, a bay or deepinlet. Nuku-Hiva (all other districts), Haka, id. Hiva-Oa,Hana. Fatu-Hiva, Hana, id. Taipi-Vai (now almost depopulated by Ei-ee 204 Appendix A Valley or District,small-pox. Mehevis clan, men-tioned in Herman Melvilles Typee) Houmi (about 60 peopl
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