The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-11-16
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! Of Maui and Larai, u have seen one called Keo-
nj Pupule, upon bis arrival on the beach Of Lanai
! led on horseback to a cabin prepared for him.
have seen The tobacco smoke pulled into bis
nostrils. the food ehewed BY another and placed
in bis moaths and many other acts Ola ridiculous
homage offered to his person. They doubt not
the mortality Of The men they so Worship as thsy
often change their minds, and beat and slay the
objects Of their -yeneration,- as they did Cook,
They ofer this homage as mere act Of hero vor-
ship, Ike the cbairing Of political farori'e 10
England, or ike the toadying and boot-licking
that attends the man worship Of the day in many
civilized countries 9s5at ssGrd 5Vsi2
Fhe meaning attached by Kanakas ofihe days
Of Cook. and even by those Of this day, to the
word akuo, which we translate god. is a powerful,
or perhaps crazy man, csrious fish. a strange
bird, remarkable stone, or any ghost or hobgob
lin Of their imagination. This reverence Of men
as eeaiooas or aknas was common throughout
Polynesia. Cook had met With instances of this
sort Of Poynesan homage before in The Society
Islands He deemed it not only impolitic, but
improper under the crcums iances to rebuke their
extrayagant barharous courtesies- He must, too,
have felt something Of the impossibilitys with bis
slight knowledge Of the language Of the people,
to convey proper impressions Of supreme, spirit
ual. almighty God since such an impression is
not yet fully conveyed to the minds Of Kanakas,
even at this day F'iaa afisof@ - aS'1'si
Vancouver who Is esteemed by the critics Of
Cook as a man, of sirict religious sentiment and
superior monl tone.s yielded acquiescencestoa a
pagan ceremonial like bis great commander.
This ia not reported BY Others, but be very deiib-
eratey makes the statement himself. without .
word of excuse or exculpation. In his " Round
the World volume 9, page 50, be says On
Sunday evening, agreeably to my promise, Fac
coGIpanied Tainaalinaah (Kainehahsha) TO the
Moral, or temple, and submitted al the forms
regulations, and restrictions Of the taboo = : :
| was Dot on this, as on the forner occasion.
purely an idle spectator, bpt was in some degree
one Of the actors. - = Much conversation
took place on many subjects Especially the ces-
sion Of Owyhee) when not otherwise engaged in
functions Of religious nature" t'.''- .1
Cook. like Raleigh. belongs TO the English
speaking race. His storyof adventure in the
path Of duty is as pleasant to the generous boy
hood of all this race as the invention Of yDefoe-
There should be erected monuments to commem-
crate his achievements in the land OF his birth,
and also in this land, which derives SO much ben
eft IRON the islands be discovered. Moreover.
there should be monument to his glory in the
land where be died. 2'o - -.
ar6e form of Cook, III eternal bronze, should
rise upon the rock Of slaughter tfKealakekua;
which, looking camy aud benigngly on the sons of
those who slew him; should seem to say, 81 am
be whom You called Lono. brought to you
knowledge from, other worlds. For the duty |
fulfilled in doing this, my name rises up eternal in
your midst You slew me through ignorance
My bones are in your bay but my soul is in the
abode OF our Everlasting God where and your
fathers meet IN teacer iaIoi i I'd gisrG. )