Jaggar's notes (entry "Captain Cook...") about the watch and the Press "called god, god", when at the same time Jaggar indicates clearly that the word used has been "kalou", is a very clear example. In Fiji with kalou and elsewhere in Polynesia with atua, akua, aitu, tupua, the formulation "they said it is a god" of course always started with the Western visitors (and very much with the missionaries). Once we know this, once we know indeed that "they said it was a god" is Missionaries' yarns and talks, does it make us conclude that everything is said on the matter and that we can close the file?
On the contrary, everything begins. What did the people mean when they said that those objects (and the creatures bringing these objets) were kalou, akua, etc.? (and same question for the word Papalagi). This is the discussion I am interested in and that I try to pursue in the paper put on line here ("On the boat of Tangaroa").