The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-09-15
PI RLiSEED EEKLY BY
HEN iSX VI. NEEITNEE.

common 70 both Ticrs-tIe ancient Aztec and the
IiawaiIauS. and asked. this b. coin
cid-Hcr: We answered. no. There Is more than
coincidence iu all this. These people these
supcrst!tiDus must have had a common origin.
Points Of Resemblance.
IT,. ancient war-gDd OF jLc McNicans-MeXitli
or Huichlilop0tciI.i-rud the war-gods of the IIa-
vytiians-th. companion OF E;imrIalneha the Great.
in Li. wArs-bad the sam" attributes.
The Quriztlcoatl ot thc IDltecs and Aztccs.
and the sons Of the Hawaians had the s,I-
pcrstitions connected with them They were both
w-gIviug and enlightened gpds-bpth went away
with the promise 70 return. and the simple minded
HIwaiians. the arrival of Captain Cook believed
that L0aO had rcturust. IN ia" same faith that the
AZtecs on TIE arrival Of CpTteZ, believed that
QuctZlIcoaI had returned.
The goddess Of tine volcano @! Ztaccihuall, and
the god of P0pDcatapetl, had their counterpart in
the goddess Prlc, and in her attributes.
Most Of their minor gods were similar IN charac-
ter and attributes.
Their humIu sacrifices were the same.
Their mode Of f.lih-r-wDril Wa idcntic. and the
clOIIss Of kam-iawriiI the | ana "i Hpntczuma
1rsre alike. ED other barbIr0us scmi-barbarOus
nations possessed the same art.
The, mating. marc. and most Of the arts Of the
ancient Az'rcs and IlawIians were similar.
The Db-idian axes and AIDES OF t:'c AZlecs and
Uawaiians are the same in structure.
The canoes Of the maritime Azccs an1 those Of
the Hlwuiiaus were similar in construction.
Their crstuiaI Development j. the same. Not
with-tIudiIg Our litle acquaintance with ia" IIa-
waiian language. we find many words either ilcntic
in sound and sense. or derived from the same
roots. a the ancient Aztec
Their habits Of life and mode OF sleeping are the
same.
Their frudal system if not indcntic, has few
points Of dissimiIarity.
Inferences-
From all these facts, not led to infer that
the first inhabitants Of the Hawaiian Islands.
Of the ancient TOItec or Aztec stock and that they
emigratcd from the coast Of North America? Sub
srqurutIv. no doubt. there accession Of
poauIatiOn from Polynesia. Malay and other re-
giuns to the West. Do not natural CAUSES operate
in favor Of this hypothesis?
The maritime colonies Of the ancient Mcxc ans.
were to the East and North East of these Islands.
The. trade. winds and the ocean currents set from
tina: portion Of the coast in this direction.
ttr.-fpurtlIs o! the year The of the ancient
Mcxcaus driven by these winds and currents
would inevitably land these Islands Drift
wood from Oregon, California and Northern Mex
leo frequently lodges against tine Hawaiian Islands.
According to their traditions the AZiccs cIni-
grated originally from the North Wcst-prubabIy
some Of their earlier settlements extended to Cali
fornia and Oregon. Then taking either point of
emigration the probabilities the same. The
Hawaiian Islands may have been peOplcd from
the North West coast before She emigration of the
Aztecs and before they had arrived ut that semi
civilization which existed among them 1T the time
OF the conquest.
Then the. fora Of North Western Mexico and
the Hawaiian Islands Is nearly the same.
The seeds of trees and plants have driftcd with
the ocean currents on 90 the~" shores. and an in
habtlut Of Mexico. now landing these islands,
would find much To- remind him of his Own country.
Rejecting these facts a. the shadows OF night
descended We rose and walked away with the de-
libcrate conviction that the primitive stock of
Hawaii nc WAS from the western coast Of America.
Yours ever truly, Ia PAz.