Gradually, tensions and rivalries arose over the increasing extent to which the Europeans regarded the Tahitians as their property, in particular the women who, according to Alexander, were "passed around from one 'husband' to the other".
Tensións e rivalidades foron xurdindo gradualmente, xa que os británicos percibían os tahitianos como seres da súa propiedade, en particular as mulleres que, segundo Alexander, pasaban dun 'marido' a outro».