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Society Islands (now in French Polynesia)
Summary
Volcanic islands in southern Pacific Ocean, east of Friendly Islands (now Tonga). Polynesian settlement, ca. 800 AD. Discovered by Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1606. Claimed by Captain Samuel Wallis of Britain, 1767, and by Captain Louis de Bougainville of France, 1768. Named by Captain James Cook, 1769. Became French protectorate, 1843. Christian missionaries traveled to islands, ca. late 1700s–early 1800s. Population of Otaheite (now Tahiti) in 1830 and 1848 about 8,600. JS appointed four missionaries to serve mission to Sandwich Islands, 11 May 1843. Missionaries instead sailed for Society Islands; arrived 30 Apr. 1844.
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- Appendix: Account of the Murders of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, between Mid-July and Mid-August 1844 [D&C 135]
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- History Draft [1 March–31 December 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
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- France