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All three missionary families went to Huahine, arriving in June , drawing crowds from neighbouring islands, including King Tamatoa of Raiatea.

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Ellis and a small group travelled from Tahiti on the schooner Mermaid to the Hawaiian Islands , known then as the "Sandwich Islands". On the same voyage, another small schooner called Prince Regent , outfitted with six cannons, was presented to King Kamehameha II. The party arrived in Honolulu on 16 April Although the plan had been to also visit the Marquesas Islands , they returned to Tahiti on 27 August Ellis was invited to stay, and he arranged for his family to come to Hawaii, where they arrived on the Active on 4 February They travelled south past the Mauna Loa volcano.

Returning to Honolulu, Ellis learned the Hawaiian language , transcribed the language into a Roman alphabet, and helped set up a printing press. In August he had to return to England since Mrs Ellis was in poor health, and so took a ship via America. Back in London, Ellis published his narrative of travels in Hawaii.

His wife Mary Ellis died on 11 January , after having four children. Ellis remarried two years later, to Sarah Stickney — She had been brought up a Quaker but had latterly chosen to become an Independent or Congregationalist , as were many of those involved in the London Missionary Society, albeit non-denominational. She shared her husband's love of books and of writing. Ellis had started to become a successful writer about the topography, history, botany, and ethnography of Polynesia since returning from the South Seas.

Sarah Ellis gained her own success, primarily with books on women's role in society. Ellis's most important work was Polynesian Researches. This firmly established him as a talented enthographic and geographical writer. The book was reviewed in the Quarterly Review by Robert Southey , who wrote: They had previously been portrayed as naively raising the expectations, educational level, liberty, and status of slaves and native peoples, rather than taking a traditionally hard-headed approach to trade and commerce.

Ellis was asked by the directors of the LMS to write up his studies of Madagascar. His work was published in as the two-volume History of Madagascar.

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In his first volume of a History of the London Missionary Society was also published. The New York Times. Retrieved September 19, Retrieved August 4, Retrieved from " https: American poetry Poetry organizations. Views Read Edit View history. This page was last edited on 9 August , at In March , he was allowed to return briefly to Trawsfynydd to help with the ploughing and planting at the family farm, Yr Ysgwrn.

The work on the farm took longer than expected and Ellis overstayed his leave of absence, leading to an abrupt departure as the military police arrived to return him to his post. In the confusion, the uncompleted poem was left behind.

He was one of 9, British troops who died in the first three days of the Battle of Passchendaele. At home in Trawsfynydd, the whole village turned out in mourning as the black chair was delivered to the family farm. In he sold it to Snowdonia National Park, with conditions attached: After careful restoration, Yr Ysgwrn re-opened as a visitor centre in summer