Ponape
Subtitle: where American colonialism confronts black magic, five kingdoms and the mysterious ruins of Nan-Madol.
By: Compiled and edited by Sibley S. Morrill.
Publisher: Cadleon Press
Published: 1970
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Pohnpei Island (Micronesia)
Table of contents: title: Modern Ponapean magic. American colonialism vs. king and nobles. Ponapean medicine in the 20th century. Nan Madol; title: survival of a sunken civilization? By S. S. Morrill.; title: An Irishman was the first to write about Ponape, by J. F. O'Connell.; title: Ponape's ruins as seen in the 1850's, by L. H. Gulick.; title: Ponape and the Ponapeans under Spain. Ponapean superstitions and character. First visits to the ruins of Nan-Matal. Third visit to the ruins. Cemetery of the little people. Dress and industries of the Ponapeans. Ponapean feasts and kava-making. Last visit to Nan-Matal. The cult of the old gods dies very hard. By F. W. Christian.; title: Appendix (p. 196-252): Christian's findings on Ponapean clan names, diseases, trees, plants and shrubs; fishes, insects, birds, reptiles, animals; imitative sounds; Ponapean gods; varieties of breadfruit; days of the moon's age; Ponapean star names.; title: Bibliography (p. [253])