All their property was stolen, and they barely managed to escape with their lives. Back on their ship, the missionaries described the Rarotongans as the fiercest savages they had ever met.
عندما عاد المرسَلون الى السفينة ،‏ قالوا انهم لم يلتقوا قط شعبا بدائيا اشرس من سكان راروتونڠا .‏