For a while he was the only missionary remaining in the Windward Islands of the Society Islands group, but he had to follow King Pomare II when the king fled to the nearby island of Moorea.
ولكن عندما هرب الملك پوماريه الثاني الى جزيرة موريا القريبة ،‏ اضطر نوت الى اللحاق به .‏