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M martian-tiki Tiki Socialite Joined: Sep 19, 2009 Posts: 479	M martian-tiki Posted posted on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 10:16 PM As I recall from some book....The first attempt to visit Tahiti by an European ship - an English ship under captain Samuel Wallis - was met by tahitian rafts of two camps - a peaceful camp and a war camp. The war camp decided that they would throw some stones at this giant strange ship - the typical way to attack an enemy raft. The English ship in response fired a canon into the war camp rafts. Keep in mind to the tahitians this vessel would have been virtually supernatural it was so much larger than anything in their experience - and a wrath of the gods canon shot even more so. The Tahitians got the hell out of there and tried to save whoever survived the canon.

As I recall from some book....The first attempt to visit Tahiti by an European ship - an English ship under captain Samuel Wallis - was met by tahitian rafts of two camps - a peaceful camp and a war camp. The war camp decided that they would throw some stones at this giant strange ship - the typical way to attack an enemy raft.

The English ship in response fired a canon into the war camp rafts. Keep in mind to the tahitians this vessel would have been virtually supernatural it was so much larger than anything in their experience - and a wrath of the gods canon shot even more so.

The Tahitians got the hell out of there and tried to save whoever survived the canon.

Post #536087 by martian-tiki on Sun, Jun 13, 2010 10:16 PM