Kings of Easter Island
This list of kings of Easter Island is conceptual, based on three different versions of original traditions of the island. It has been published by Z.A. Simon (1984: 168-169), in Atlantis, the Seven Seals. All dates are approximate only. The date around A.D. 400 has been confirmed by some archaeological and historical publications as the earliest date of human activity on the island. The names are marked by serial numbers. None of the sources have this complete list but they are obviously different abbreviated and incomplete versions of the same original.
- 1 Hotu (A Matua), son of Matua (c.400)
- 2 Vakai, his wife
- 3 Tuu ma Heke
- 4 Nuku (Inukura?)
- 5 Miru a Tumaheke
- 6 Hata a Miru
- 7 Miru o Hata
- 8 Hiuariru (Hiu a Miru?)
- 9 Aturaugi. The first obsidian spearheds were used.
- 10 Raa
- 11 Atahega a Miru (descendant of Miru?), around 600
- ......Hakapuna?
- 17 Ihu a Aturanga (Oihu?)
- ......Ruhoi?
- 20 Tuu Ka(u)nga te Mamaru
- 21 Takahita
- 22 Ouaraa, around 800
- 23 Koroharua
- 24 Mahuta Ariiki (The first stone images were made in his son's time)
- 25 Atua Ure Rangi
- 26 Atuamata
- 27 Uremata
- 28 Te Riri Tuu Kura
- 29 Korua Rongo
- 30 Tiki Te Hatu
- 31 Tiki Tena
- 32 Uru Kenu, around 1000
- 33 Te Rurua Tiki Te Hatu
- 34 Nau Ta Mahiki
- 35 Te Rika Tea
- 36 Te Teratera
- 37 Te Ria Kautahito (Hirakau-Tehito?)
- 38 Ko Te Pu I Te Toki
- 39 Kuratahogo
- 40 Ko Te Hiti Rua Nea
- 41 Te Uruaki Kena
- 42 Tu Te Rei Manana, around 1200
- 43 Ko Te Kura Tahonga
- 44 Taoraha Kaihahanga
- 45 Tukuma(kuma)
- 46 Te Kahui Tuhunga
- 47 Te Tuhunga Hanui
- 48 Te Tuhunga Haroa
- 49 Te Tuhunga "Mare Kapeau"
- 50 Toati Rangi Hahe
- 51 Tangaroa Tatarara (Maybe Tangaiia of 1400
- 53 Puna Hako
- 54 Puna Ate Tuu
- 55 Puna Kai Te Vana
- 56 Te Riri Katea (?-1485)
- 57-
- 59 HAUMOANA, TARATAKI and TUPA ARIKI (from Peru), from 1485
- 60 Mahaki Tapu Vae Iti (Mahiki Tapuakiti)
- 61 Ngau-ka Te Mahaki or Tuu Koiho (Ko-Tuu-ihu?)
- 62 Anakena
- 63 Hanga Rau
- 64 Marama Ariki, around 1600
- 65 Riu Tupa Hotu (Nui Tupa Hotu?)
- 66 Toko Te Rangi. (Perhaps the "god" Rongo of Mangaia Island?)
- 67 Kao Aroaro (Re Kauu?)
- 68 Mataivi
- 69 Kao Hoto
- 70 Te Ravarava (Terava Rara)
- 71 Tehitehuke
- 72 Te Rahai or Terahai
(The alternative rulers after Terahai: Koroharua, Riki-ka-atea, whose son was Hotu Matua, then Kaimakoi, Tehetu-tara-Kura, Huero, Kaimakoi (or Raimokaky), finally Gaara who is Ngaara on the main list below.)
- 73 Te Huke
- 74 Tuu, from Mata Nui (Ko Tuu?), around 1770
- 75 Hotu Iti (born from Mata Iti). War around 1773.
- 76 Honga
- 77 Te Kena
- 78 Te Tite Anga Henua
- 79 Ngaara or Gobara
- 80 Kai Makoi Iti (=Small Kaimakoi)
- 81 Maurata (1859-1862)
- 82 Tepito
- 83 Gregorio = Rokoroko He Tau
- 84 Rukunga
Notes: Hotu (A Matua) and his followers came from a group of islands towards the rising sun, and the name of the land meant "the burial place" (Paracas?) where the climate was intensely hot. Their boat trip took two months. The sinking Marae Renga may have been a sinking island in Central America. Thor Heyerdahl thought that the eastern shore of South America was the home of these emigrants.
Sarmiento de Gamboa tells that Topa Inga (Topa Inca) led a victorious transpacific expedition with 20,000 soldiers and balsa rafts from South America. Chiefs Guaman and Antarqui went with him. Montesinos adds that Huaman Achachi was Inca Tupac's brother. The king lists of Mangareva and Easter Island agree on these. They remember the kings Haumoana, Taratahi, and Tupa or Topa Ariki. Tupa built temples, introduced breadfruit and coconut, then returned to his country. Otorongo Achache was a brother of Inca Tupac. His clan's name also appears on Easter Island in pre-Inca times, as Ataranga or Aturanga. The long ears have originated from Peru, where they were called orejones (=long ears) in the old Spanish records.
Agüera and Felipe Gonzáles de Haedo recorded in 1770 that the king of Easter island was called Teque-Teque. Captain James Cook tells that the king's name was Tohi-Tai in 1774. These could mean that king Tuu a He Tuke ruled during this period.
The imported and enslaved short ears lived in peace for 200 years (from 1485 to c.1680) with the ruling long ears. Then a victorious uprising broke out around 1680 which ended in a fratricidal war around 1773. The nation of the long ears was slain. Only one of them survived, and the chief during Heyerdahl's visit was one of his descendants.
