The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-10-05
Our Island correspondence.
Review Of xrual and SIihau-So. III.

COOKS m,auaE. Nun,r. August, 1867

Int one % the SCARLET BIRD Whas.s plgnage made
,bs Father cl1aks ~ brilliant. This about
the .ize % canary bird, Of deep crimson color.
The Others which came under hIs observation were
n krzs owl. two Iar-e brown hawke, and n wild
duck The natives mentioned several Others, a.
the af0o or bluslsh herUn, and the t0ocfo. n sort
Of whimbrel. bat he judged there were many
others. from the fne yellow, green and very small
velvet ike black feathers used upon the el0aks
and other ornaments worn by the inhabitants
The variety OF E-h not great, and consisted
Of snail maekerel. e1usm0n malIets, brOwnish
ruek fish. spotted with blue. turtle which was
penned up in a pond, and three or four sorts Of
fsh salted. The only indication Of shell fish were
a few SHELF worn a. ornaments.
The only domes5ic animals were bOSs, dogs AMI
flwIs. tie same kind a thoss met in the South
Pacific Islands. There also email lizards and
some rats, resembling those seen ~ every Island
they visited
The features Of ;he inhabitants expressed Olen-
ne-s and god nature, rather than keen, inteli-
gent disposition They were not distinguished a.
a nation BY any general cast OF cJGnteuanee, as
their visag= was exceedingly diversified The
women were but little more delicate than the men
in their formation but there was remarkable
equality in the -ze, color and figure Of both sexe
They were far from being ugly, and possessed but
few natural def1rnities- Their hair was mostly
straight and black, bat sOme was frizzlIng. and
oecasIonaIly il was stained The few instances Of
eorpuIenee which the explorer saw were generally
AMONG the wOuIeu-
They are vigorous. active and uost expert swim
ners having their canoe the most trihin-
sion, diving under then, AMI swimming 20 others,
thsagh NJ great distance IL was very eeEnEson 10
see mothers with infants az the breast when the surf
Wa - high that they Oud not lanl IN the canoe.
eap overheard. AMI without sndAHsvrng their Little
ones swim % the shore Ia that looked dEeIdll
They seernsi 10 be blessed with frank. cheerful
disposition, and were 10 draw any comparisons.
should say that they equally free from the hcSle
leyIty that distinguishes the natives of Ot1heis AMI
The sssIate Observable amongst many q those of
Toustaboo. They % i've very -sclably ia their
intercourse with one another. And IL does
their sesibty Little crelit, without fattsTing
selves that when they the various articles % our
European manufacture. they could not help express-
in their SURPRISE BY mixture Of - aHt concern.
that seemed % apply the a lesson q humility
themselves ami upon al OCCASIONS thsy apparel
deeply inIpres-sl with n e0nscOusnsss Of their own
inferiorty-a behavior whlch equally eEemPts their
national character from the preposterogs pride Of the
more poliShei JapaEese, and Of the Tsdsr Gresn-
llnsler."
And We might adj. Of all other barbarous raee-.
The wild AMI Gntlnable aboFigines Of North Amer
ia-She Be,ioGins Of the prairies and deserts, all
book with eontempt on the highest and most re-
sneI works of art They prize their barbarian
habits and customs, cling % them with extraOr-
einary renacity. and look upon the noblest Efforts
Of the white pueFile and childish These
saTases are aaeirIH=a6ls AZ wild, treaeherous and
deadly ~ the savage beasts that the junzies
Of Central Africa
Thi- leads US u the conclusion that the Hawai-
iars were Of higher order OF mankind, or bad
rivei az that period in their Development when
they we're open, prepared and thirstng for ciyili-
zaiou and ne-er we're the seeds vi religious, moral,
social and political advancement IN man Sown on
a richer or more virgin sOi. They struck deep
root, bourgeoned. budIe,l and brought forth fruit
with extraordinary rapidity. Like plants in the
fertile valley Of the Nile after inundaiiOn, YOU
could see the growth and watch It's Development.
IL Is around now in the living, active present.
The 6rty years Of it, past growth seem ike an
gt0pIan vision
Captain Cook estimated the population Of Kauai
O. be 81. 900. His reasons for the estimate are
vel founded. but we think it Is far below the
actual population that Ieri0i- The ruins Of
baiIdiags and irrigatng canals, and the marks Of
Erner cultivation in al parts OF the island, and
particularly On the wiIdward side, which he did
not visit. warrant the inference that the IOpula-
ton Wa az least ten times what il i now The
numerous GOizJ:ha= mark the burial grounds Of a
pazt race. Now the traie-vini -ghs their requiem
thrDggh the desayins forests and the grass TOP
the Ellus % de-oLationi H1r-es. cattle and sheep
have taken the place Of the Vigorous and unsOIhi=-
tieated POPULATION which thronged the i-land at
the frst visit Of the EarOpean- How carefully,
how hopefully should w- guard the relic that i
LEFT
The population Of Kauai, according % the re-
turns % the Last census, ls6f, wa- 6,2JJ- Here
after we viii allgde % the diminished population
of tEe-e Islands, and The cause which produced it.
But We have not yet fully illustrated the cue
tons and habil- oF the people On the di-oosery Of
the Islands. They wore The marc, made from the
cloth mulberry (sl0r.s papyrJfsra.J That OF the
women reached from the brea-t- u half way down
the thighs. AMI occasionally loo-e faPG- ike
Spanish or Mexican reboea, wa thrown l0o-ely
over the shoulders. The children when young,
ran naked. Their hair, IN general. Wa The only
covering f1r the bead. In the women IL va lJ1g
before and short behind. The men often had it
cut each side thai j; reeulbIet the crest- %
their eaps, Or helmets, a. fFmeriy de-cTibed-
Contrary . the ssneral practice u tte Pacific f.
ans.- they hai their pieroei. nor did they
have any aiea q wearing ornaments in them
They, however. wore necklaces of suall black
cord, and of many -trin of -uaIl -hsll- Or % the
dr.ed Sewers Of the Indian Hlaliow, and -oms
Smaller ornaments. Tie men -onstiEes wore
ptgmes Of tr0pic biri feathers .. stuck in their
hend- =" a. al-J c0ck'- feathers, fastened % pol
.-Led -tiek-. They al-o wore on tie bead a kind
OF ornament, covered with red and yelllw feath-
err, cpriog-y varied and tied behind ai-o a s!.ell
hrnerlet abats the elh.sr Bot Ferr few were tat-