Vocabulary
Half-human, half-god.
What is DEMIGOD?
This is who Samoans believed caused both good and bad things that happened to them when the missionaries first arrived.
Who are SPIRITS of deceased chiefs and ancestors?
This group of people arrived a few years before the official arrival of the missionaries and taught about a God who lived in Heaven that is all-powerful.
Who are OUTSIDERS?
The Methodist Church was founded in England in the 1700's by this man.
Who was JOHN WESLEY?
This was John Williams occupation before he became a missionary for the LMS.
What is an IRON WORKER?
Sacred
What is SACROSANCT?
This group managed the laws and rules and kept the peace and harmony of the Samoans when the missionaries arrived.
What is the COUNCIL OF CHIEFS or MATAI SYSTEM?
A Christian man from Rarotonga who first taught King Tuimanu'a Tauveve about the Bible.
Who was HURA?
He was the first Methodist missionary to come to Samoa.
Who was PETER TURNER?
The name of the ship that John Williams built and traveled on when he first came to Samoa in 1830.
What is THE MESSENGER OF PEACE?
Disappearing
What is DISSAPATING?
These were considered sacred and taboo, as they were home to the aitu (spirits).
What are GRAVE SITES?
A white man the Samoans called "Salemi" who was believed to be from Salem, and who lived with High Chief Mauga and taught about the Christian God.
Who was NORVAL?
This was the year Peter Turner first arrived in Samoa.
What was 1828?
The King of this country kept visiting Samoa in the 1830's because of the problems the Samoan Methodist converts were having.
What is TONGA?
To conquer or overcome.
What is VANQUISHED?
Who is TAGALOA?
He was the leader of the small colony of white men who became a strong and loyal supporter of the LMS, and encouraged them to locate their headquarters in Leone.
Who was MATTHEW HUNKIN?
This Samoan Chief who was visiting Tonga, converted to the Methodist faith and first brought Peter Turner to Samoa.
What was CHIEF SAIVAAIA?
This is the year John Williams died.
What is 1839?
To change from one thing to another.
What is CONVERSION?
This was the national religion and priesthood in Samoa when the first missionaries arrived.
What is NO NATIONAL RELIGION/PRIESTHOOD?
The leader of escaped convicts who landed on Savaii and pretended to be religious preachers, and practiced polygamous activities.
Who was BIG-LEGGED JIMMY?
This is why Peter Turner only stayed for a short while on his first visit to Samoa.
What is the AGREEMENT between LMS and METHODISTS?
This is where John Williams died.
Where is VANUATU?