![]() In 1880, King Tahitoe of Raiatea accepted the provisional protectorate by French commissioner Isidore Chessé. He allegedly received a kick from the officer in “dans la partie la moins noble de son individu" (the least noble part of his person). Īccording to French historian Auguste Charles Eugène Caillot, Teraupo'o grew to resent the French after he was kicked by a French captain or pilot in Raiatea. A decade before Teraupo'o's birth, the neighboring Kingdom of Tahiti had been subjugated under a protectorate in the Franco-Tahitian War (1844–1847) but the kingdoms of the Leeward Islands including Raiatea-Tahaa were ensured independence by France and Great Britain under the Jarnac Convention or the Anglo-French Convention of 1847. Local chiefs and tāvana (district governors) gain greater power and autonomy at the expense of the nominal island monarchs especially in Raiatea-Tahaa. ![]() By the mid-19th century, the adoption of a British parliamentary system of government eroded the traditional supremacy of the ari'i rahi in favor of the ra'atira (freemen) class. The ari'i rahi (supreme rulers) were early patrons of the British Protestants. The Society Islands were evangelized by British missionaries and converted to Protestant Christianity by the London Missionary Society (LMS) in the early 19th century. Teraupo'o was considered a "chief of a minor lineage". He also initially bore the name Taraiupo'o, meaning "Headhunter", while his later adopted name Teraupo'o, meaning "This Head" in the Tahitian language. 1855 with the name Hapaitahaa a Etau, at Avera, a village on the east coast of the island of Raiatea in the Leeward Islands, a part of the larger Society Islands group. ![]() He lived out the rest of his life as a recluse and died in 1918 of the Spanish flu epidemic. After he was defeated and captured, he was exiled to New Caledonia until 1905 when he was allowed to return to Raiatea. Teraupo'o was captured on the night of 15–16 February 1897. The French under Governor Gustave Gallet sent for reinforcement to quell the native resistance and defeated the native forces of Raiatea in battle and the subsequent guerilla campaign that followed. They fought off French colonial rule from 1887 until 1897 while attempting to convince the British to support their cause to remain independent. He and his followers, dubbed the Teraupiste, included a majority of the natives of Raiatea and Tahaa. After King Tamatoa VI of Raiatea submitted to French annexation, Teraupo'o refused to surrender and led the native resistance against the French and installed a resistance government under Tuarii as queen at Avera. He grew to resent the French after being mistreated by an officer. 1855 – 23 December 1918) was a Tahitian (Maohi) resistance leader of the islands of Raiatea and Tahaa who fought off French rule from 1887 to 1897 during the decade-long Leeward Islands War.īorn during the decades following the Franco-Tahitian War (1844–1847), Teraupo'o was a lesser chief from the village of Avera, on the east coast of Raiatea. Resisted French rule from 1887 to 1897 during the decade-long Leeward Islands War
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