The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-08-17

The oricr not a. permit the of tho boats
~ -horc i-sus,l. that might do everything
in my Iowrr prevent the importation Of "A fatal
i-,s-,. into the I-liii. which knew Il my men
hhor,,l unicr.'' with the view orlcrsI all
female visitors g. D. eNcudei fr,rn the ships. Many
II them haI come oii ia the Their siIr cOlr
anil feature iii MT diii.r much from the men. au
though their c,unt~nancc- remarkably open
aud agreeable. thrrr few trace- ct jclicacy t.
y cvn, either in their faces other pruportiOus''
~ 1t will De- sccn that Captain Cook On tile
discovery of thc.s. Islands did all in his power t.
prevent great and irr-Iur,blc injury the I-r,-
PIE AMI IL hi. wise Tr,.iutiDus were unavailable
nD blame eln Dc attached u his memory. lie
says himself. Iagr %, =. Whether these rcg,,la-
tiuns, dictated hy humanity, lad the desired cf-
f,yt or NJ, time only can discover I;ut the
fatal rirIs already here
While the b,ats were occupied in examining
the cud-t, the ships stu,l aud eli waiting ilIcr
return. At Lieut.. Williamson returned,
and reported that ne had seen a =. large T1nd be-
hind beach near or the Villages which the
natives told him contained fresh water AMI that
there wu- anchprins ground before it Tl.is
was the Wainea river. which, in the deep valley
behind Waimea, hooks calm AMI IOnd-like. The
Lieutenant al-o reported that =. be- had at
tempted o. land in another place. but was pre-
vented hy the nati,e-, who. coming down To- the
boats in great numbers, attempted t. take away
the Cars. uuskets and in short everything that
they could Iay hold Of; and pressed - thick upon
him tlat he obliged To fire. by which one
man ws- killed =. After the man fell his couu-
trymcn took him up. carried him oil. and then
retired from the boat but still they Ina, signals
for our people to land. Ii did MT appear to Mr..
Williamson that the natives had any design To
2. = Int
seemed excited by mere curiosity, to get from
them what they had. being ut the same time
ready to give IN return anything Of their own
This wa the frSt Shedding of blood these
Islands, when tIe natives came into contact with
Europeans Captain Cook knew nothing Of the
Transaction till h, lai left Kauai. and lac IToccc,l
e'i A. if nothing had happened. No evil results
were caused hy the act, as the natives did not
seem 20 resent 1T
After the boats were ON board the Captain bore
down and anchored in the ruadstead OF Waimca,
in twenty-five flthons Of water, with bottom Of
fine gray sand. =. The ships bcing thus stationed,
between 3 aIti O'cloc went asr,re will, tlrse
armed boats and twelve marines. to examine the
water and To- try the disposition of the inhabit-
ants several hundred Of whom were assembled ON
the sandy beach before the village; behind it
4 HarTOW NdlleE- thc h"ttoh Oi WHICH WAS VcCu-
pied by the piece Of water"
The very instant lelTel on shore the collected
holy # the native all fell Hat upon their f'ces and
remained in that very humble Posture till by EXPIRE
.iVe signs prevailed upon them to rise They then
brought q great many small pigs, which they pre-
seuiel 70 me with plantain tree, using much the
same ceremony that We hal seen practicel OH such
occasions the Society and other Islands; anI
long prayer being spoken by single person, IN
which others Cf the assembly sometimes joineL -
p. 1gS-lyJ.
The Captain made suitable presents in return,
stationed a guard at the beach and got the ma
tiyes to conduct him to the water, which proved
to be very good. and suitable to his purpose. =. Ii
was 30 considerable that it might be called a lake.
and extended further up the country than we
could see.'' We regret that lac did not follow it
T. the ocean, and asc,.rtain that il was pond
or Lake. but . river. Having found that the na-
tives were peaeeably di-Tn~ed, the Captain gave
Orlers for filling the water casks in the morning.
y -.0n a. We landed trade was set on loot for
h0gs AMI gDtatoe-, which the people II the Island
gave u in exchange fJr nails anil pieces Of iron,
f5ruel into -yfnething Ike chi-el-. We met with
obstruction ia watering; the contrary the natives
assisted ia rolling the casks o. anl from the
pol; AMI really performed whatever required.
Tie Captain left the command Of the watering
I.irty q Lieut.. Williamson AMI made an cNcir-
sion up the Waiuel valley, ACCOMPANIED by
Mr--r-. Anler-In and WcbLcT. native guide
ACCOMPANIED them. wiSp -e,fne,i tD D. one ia
authority anil -Ilieitpu- u 10 all be epuld tD
c,,mniDiats them lie IrDciinici tieir approach,
AMI every ons whom they met fell prp-trs,te
uT1n the ground and T'-ngainel until they iE,d
Ia--.d.' 90 Ii--ir attention Wa attructe,l by elc
yatsi white Di,-rt- like 0i-ii-k- AMI one .si-t
fifty fest high Wa very eyn-picu"us irpln the
-LiF-' aueiiprsgc- The principal 0L-ct Of tLc
walk yFu- - reach tiii-, but they Laiiiri r
il VIZ on tie Lluh, beyond the -tr,strn. There
WI arYtler r tie -an- kind the DJ.y..ite -iic
q the salisy aisut a half mile III. 1Lithcr they
went, anil iauf.i that they -t,pi upon "a buryin
ground 90 captain Copk cl,ll- u, "a mora, -
IL Wa ufs Df tie ansi.ut hs,a,,s 80 religious tenn
H. Sf Hawaii. ths ruiu- 1f which ar, tiickly
-tre,Sn over IL I-lafsi- IseiIe- thee Oi..i-k-
covered Viih taIa, they iyund ni'i.y carved
tiDl-. covered ale, viSh u,Ia. ani o,n-'r,,e'i t.
tie g.I Df the people, vi'.i, tLe captain c-,il-
Taayaroaga we ,sin i,.d -. -,,ci. ,sDrI "a ,h..
IaHengr probably others Let,cr ,er-cd in d,
can interpret H. eg,!cncc- u human -.rri-
p h.s-the -ara- il-,t H. iad 90 Tahiti. ~.
hs.an i. d.-eril-d at o,n-ii.riLe length. and 49,
Tr.-un.e that it will nj intrre-t our rraer- -ui-
feiently Q, giye it ia de,ah. Iher. w.rc two
ii,I- rrpFe-eniins g,'tis--.-. 90 ga tie bead II
0ne of thee VA "a '.,Fss'i Lsn4ri. MT unlike
tire worn - aneisni WauiDrs." ~. grave. q
three chief pointed "ut Z, tisu,, "a each -
which haI Len a human sasrii.e". captain
d C.-.k a,ki.
% ft Eith met -inrrrr eDfrern that call
tras~ -. .ieh af.i,ui's.i syienrr the frssai.f.es
- Those Ll@sy rits throughout this uih.'nro a.s,n.
afnnny-t F.'tl- d.sJ.ihsi ~ such di-tah'". an'i
. igraarant - each otiisr snistsnr~ usugh n,
strDng.y marked originaiy - tbs nation
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