The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-08-31
Commercial Advertiser.
Our Island correspondence.
E,,Isw Of kaual and SihaH.-NO. :.
Coox's uIaEnor. Nuu,r. August. IS67.

I-L1nd 0f Kauai must have APPEARED To- the wave
tl4-el mariners or the adyenturOu- expedition =
0rrnd in IT, vcr,lint mountains, brilliant VA its
tr,pi. vegetation anil rich in productions, the
.Ii-pverv of the Island must have been dpubly
welcome o. al.
~ tn. -trinse. Will. but gentle natives crowd
s,I around the ulotls or floating islands. ~ they
believed Captain Cooks ships % BE-, in wonder
ip., a-tnni-hmcn.. they excited equal wonder AMI
curiosity in the d+spvcrvr-. Their primitive and
shiId-like simplicity, manifested IN various ways
yyn. =uffricut evidence that they nrser had come
IN contact with higher or more civilized race.
How different their greeting Of Captain Cooks
vessels from the reception that other explorers
have met with. in other lands AMI islands and
among barbarous people Frun the time that
Columbus landed ON San Salvador. till the last
discovery in the Pacific. there never was race
Of people. encountered. which exhibited more
rasii kinI anil ho-pitabIe disposition. and which
manifested traits or character that promised
higher Development. They preferred the useful
to the ornamental They were eager To trade
their products. indeed anything they Possessed.
sar pieces or iron hoops, or iron Of any kind and
in any shape
This v,rv trait in the Hawaiian character Of
desiring to possess the most useful of metals,
instead of the tinseI. baublcs and erwGaws. which
attruet most barbarous people. shows that they
wer, OF n higher orIer than other savage nations.
they were made Of sterner stuff, and only await
s,I an opportunity to develop higher powers
There are few other instances on record of the
inhabitants 1t barbarOus nation, prcferring
the simple utilitarian iron % Siudy calicOes.
bead. and tin-eI Oruament--in truth. we rccOl-
Iect of none IL exhibited an energy Of ctarsIc-
ter in n people capable Of higher and better
thing. than living in 4 night Of barbarian dark
ness In them was the germ Of civilization, 10
bud unfold AMI bloom with rapiiity unIarallel-
ed in the history Of mankind. When these
Islands we're discovered, the Hawaiian mind was
like genius -lumbering in the mid ocean, to be-
aroused BY the Promethean spark The Ameri-
can Missionaries applied IL, heaven-drawn, and
forty wears have accomplished more than forty
centuries among less favored races. The natives
OF interior Afris.t basked AMI slept under the
shadows Of the great PyrHli'ls. Memnon AMI
the Sphyux they gIzed upon the colossal pillars
OF Karnac. and upon hunsire,l-gated Thebes;
they hail the Egyptian. the first AMI highest
civilization 0f the ancient world before them
but yet, after more than four thousand years,
they have uri.Ie advance in civilization. have
formed NJ stable government have made No eDle
Ut hwS. no church. no religion. But tlIs want
Of capacity Eor development i not eOnine'l To
one race alone-it extends To various peoples
over isia and EurOrs- The Iawaiians in their
rapid advance in civilization, are not only the
wonder of the Pacific Ocean, but of the world
IN our first number, We left Captain Cook at
WaimesI. but n kona overlook him the rain
poured down all night Of the 2lst Of January,
and all the morning Of the 22i- The wind was
from >. T.. and SOUTH, which brought short
ehoppinS sea. The situation of the Resolution
was none Of the safest The waves broke -
high against the shore, that they could not land
in their boats, but the natives yentured in their
canoes To- bring off hOgs and rOot-, which they
bartered ~ before.
Captain Cook. in this portion Of his narrative,
incIineS To the belief that the natives deyourei
their euemies but after careful examination
0f the subject we have arrived at totally differ
ent conclusion. The Captain had facts to
warrant more than 4 mere suspicion and 1t i
universally denied by inhabitants, now living
who boys at the time Of his visit 1t i al-o
negative,I by universal tradition. That they had
the Aztec custom OF human sacrifices. it i true;
but they never were cannibal=. And here let
~ remark that the custom Of human sacrifice
Las not been alone confined To America, the
Islands Of the Pacific Ocean. The highest civil
izeI nations Of ancient times practiced the horri
rite Not only the commercial Carthagenian,
bat the polished Greek were not unknown To it.
The path to many religious mysteries was rel
with the blood Of human sncrifcc, before the
dawn Of purer. gentler and hOlier influence.
AMI even in InD,Iern time, where, amid gorgeous
A -. -. IL
and tiange-.
- Nassh. harrsi tinE, l--Hi=arsi with b.a@-i-
held in thrabioni millions of the slaves Of the
s!ar<e-e superstition
The afternoon of the 22l of January vari-
able with the wind veering from Northeast tD
>pgth. and the rain returned and eIntiutied all
night. At O'Clock the next morning (-3I Jan
uary) breeze sprung up from tie y. +. and the
CaptaIn took up hi anchors with the ,i.w of
n,.,ins his ship farther out
% The the Last anchor Wa up. the wiuI
veeret % the East whish male IL Necessary -
al the stii ~ cnud ia ori-r . clear the shore
that before Ne h-i tolertie room. were driven
-.ms distance o the IeeVarL'' The Captain tri-I
a. regain the rlli "a Waims-t but cnuII MT fr ths
currents lie cent three ht- ashore for vx.fsr AMI
trLie fpr ref--hment-. n-1 sri~rs % Captain,
'rrke 81 the DtscSrsry. o. put o. 81, after him
lis iH hDpe- - huiing a better harfrr AZ the
wcst snl u the isisn. bat IN thu b. di-tpf.nt-
e The boil bIsiltic wall q Nap1li. 0Hrrs-I neither
creek D. -heiter n se.-cl from the f,rs II
The sNeli. which rulle ia frDa the North anI broke
aFon the shore Tith a Prn.igious surf; that al
hYpss q hnfifug n htrfsr here vHni-h-t''
90 several ctn.ss came "a in the morning anI f.I-
Lryei st0i out o. sen. tartsring their rOGts
nni other nrtirle-." - AZ 0'cI0sk in the
evening thr boats returned With tao t1ns u water a
quantity % pilnftins nnI r,-lts. Mr. King
i1tIrinssl that great number q tho inhabitants
were ~ tne Watering ~ andrng pltre iie -uppD~-i
they htd come from al Parts u n. t.lanI- TF-y