See also:

• NIUE (SAVAGE ISLAND Or NIUE-FEKAI, as the natives call it)

NIUE (See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

SAVAGE See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

ISLAND Or NIUE-FEKAI, as the natives See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call it)  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Pacific Ocean, 14 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long by Io in. wide, in 19° lc' S., 169° 47' W . The entire island is an old See also:

• CORAL

coral See also:

• REEF (1)

reef upheaved 20o ft., honeycombed with caves and seamed with fissures . The See also:

• SOIL

soil, though thin, is, as in other See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone islands, very See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich, and coco-nuts, See also:

• TARA
• TARA, VISCOUNTS AND BARONS

tara, yams and bananas thrive . There is an abundant rainfall, but owing to the porous nature of the soil the See also:

• WATER

water percolates into deep caves which have communication with the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, and becomes brackish . The natives, a mixed Polynesian and Melanesian See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Samoan speech, are the most industrious in the Pacific, and many of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young men go as labourers to other islands . The consequent minority of men has been destructive of the sexual morality of the See also:

• WOMEN

women, which formerly stood high . The. natives are keen traders, and though uncouth in See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners when compared with their nearest neighbours, the Tongans and Samoans, are friendly to Europeans . Their hostility to See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

Cook in 1774, which earned from him the name of See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

Savage for the island, was due to their fear of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign disease, a fear that has since been justified . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (4079 in 1901) is slightly decreasing . The natives are all Christians, and the See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority have learned to read and write, and to speak a little See also:

• ENGLISH

English, under the tuition of the See also:

• LONDON

London Missionary Society . They See also:

• WEAR

wear See also:

• EUROPEAN

European clothes . The island became a See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• PROTECTORATE

protectorate on the 20th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1900, and was made a dependency of New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1900, the native See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, of an elected " See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king " and a See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of headmen, being maintained .

In 1900 there were thirteen Europeans on the island . The exports are See also:

• COPRA (a Spanish and Portuguese adaptation of the Malay kopperah, and Hindustani khopra, the coco-nut)

copra, fungus and See also:

• STRAW

straw hats, which the women See also:

• PLAIT (through O. Fr. pleit, from Lat. plicitum, folded, plicare, to fold)

plait very cleverly . See T . H . See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

Hood, Notes of a Cruise in H.M.S . "Fawn" (See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, 1863) ; J . L . Brenchley, Jottings during the Cruise of the " Curacoa " (London, 1873); B . H . See also:

• THOMSON, JAMES (1822-1892)
• THOMSON, JAMES (1834-1882)
• THOMSON, JAMES (r700-1748)
• THOMSON, JOHN (1778-184o)
• THOMSON, JOSEPH (1858-1895)
• THOMSON, SIR CHARLES WYVILLE (1830-1882)
• THOMSON, THOMAS (1773-1852)
• THOMSON, WILLIAM (1819-189o)

Thomson, Savage Island (London, 1902) .