Ahutoru

Ahutoru
Ahutoru
Died	6 November 1771  Fort-Dauphin

Ahutoru^{[Note 1]} (c. 1740 – 6 November 1771)^[1] was a Tahitian man, brother and adopted son of Ereti, the chief of the village where Louis Antoine de Bougainville anchored. He became the foremost intermediary between the Tahitians and the French during the visit, and volunteered to accompany Bougainville on his journey back to France. After one year in Paris, Ahutoru undertook the journey back to Tahiti, but he died of smallpox on the way.

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