Consul Pritchard favoured Cakobau over Maafu, because of the brutality of the Maafu-lead Tongan Methodist Wesleyans. Cakobau (Thakombau) in his time, was as brutal, but by the time Pritchard arrived at Levuka, Cakobau had begun to modify his traditional behaviour; he had a decade of engagements with missionaries and traders, notably, beche de mer trader, [...]
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