The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1872-03-06


population Of The Archipelago
III. The existence Of race altogether dis.
'inct from the Malay race in the interior ,rac,s
+ OF the Archipelago has been long recognised
without, however, having been the subject Of
careful inquiry) But what has not been suf
heien,ly considered is the appareut fact that the
said Primoriial race has not been cireumscribed
within the limits Of the Archipelago. Far from
1t; do not even believe that however incom.
psete our means Of comparison, it can be estab-
lished beyond doubt, that this race has branehed
out into two vast amifcations the one north
ward in all the islands skir,ing the Asiatic coas,
from Formosa to Kamstchatka the other east
ward in all the iuter-iropical archpelarus Of the
Great Ocean, extending round to the southwest
as far as New Zealand
4 ". The arst proposition. the one eopesrp;no
the expansion Of the primordial race Of the great
Archipelago Of ASIA in all the eastern islands Of
the Asiatic Continent. results from the existence
n all these islauds-in Formcsa, in the island Of
Hai-noen, in the Lieou- Khieou. in the island Of
Niphon and the other islands Of Japan. in the
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aboriginal population whose features and physical
constitution are similar to those Of the tribes
/ inhabiting the interior Of Sumatra. Borneo. and
the Philippines. that is to say. Offering outlines
and appearances analogous to those OF Europeans.
lnahe Island Of Leou-Khieou and japan. where
no mixture OF Chinese blood has taken place.
the Caucasian physioguOmy is a striking contrast
to the Monaghan characteristics. In the Island
Of feso. and in the southern part Of the Island
OF Sakaln or Tarakai, the aborigines are known
by the names Of Amos. and the abundance of
their beard and hair coutrasted with the lack Of
pllosity of the Montehoos, Chinese. and other
Mongolian nations, is very remarkable. and has
been more than once uoticed-aIso with the
Dayaks and consanguineous tribes Of the great
Archipelago.
v The expansion Of the primordial white
race in all the Polynesan groups seems TO me
not less evident Wherever the islanders of
Polynesia have been found pure and unmixed.
they have been described as remarkable for their
stature and personal appearance. the noble and
regular cast Of their features and the abundance
Of their smooth or curled hair. In fact. they
have been considered as models not unworthy Of
the Grecian sculptors; while the women have
been noticed most enthusiastically by the early
navigaiors, who speak with praises Of the rrnce-
tul appearance Of the females Of "The New
Cythera"
The Polynesians are therefore another race
who are placed by their confguution in connee-
ton with the Caucasian races On the other
band, W. de Humboldt has shown in the Polvue.
sian idionas a sia'i!Nr'ty, agpa,vus in tue
grammatical arrangement than in the voca5u-
laries, which ascribes them to a common source
with the Malay language If these signs Of
original relationship exist-and the authority Of
the great Berlin phiologist can hardly be doubt
ed-whence DO they proceed? Not indeed.
from the Malays, with whom the Polynesans
haze no physical smilitude, but from the au.
tochthonous populations of the great Archi-
Pelago, of whom the Malays are but n mixed
branch. The physical relationship between this
Primordial race of the great Archipelago and the
Poynesians is materially erialest. and will add
that it is only there an origin can be traced for
them answering to all the conditions Of the
problem.
Here would naturally appear the oft-debated
question Of the dispersion Of the Polynesans in
lll the Archipelagos Of Central Oceanica. In ny
opinion, this question has now lost most Of its
Importance, and it will be enough for me to cali
to your minds the well-established existence Of /
two great ocean currents, one from the Sea of I
Formosa, the other from the Philippines, bearing
eastward through the breadth Of the ocean and
his fact alone Is Of itself sufficient to meet an
objections. There is no need to resort to the
Of a broken continent and Of the
Arehipeagos being It's only remaining vestires.
" to the farfetched theory of an American
'rigin, contrary to all known facts.
VI. In fine, l will say that from all the facts
-nown to u.s. results the existence. so far ignored.
4 great primordal race which seems TO have
ad as its primitive seat the islands Of the Asiatic
Archipelago, where it has yet some unnixed rep
esentatives. This race has two principal ramif-
atious: one, northward, by Formosa and Japan
0 feso and the Kuriles the other, eastward,
as peOpled all the Polynesian groups. A char.
cteristic distinction Of this race consisting in
islands only, 1 would call it the
)csHiaH Race The Malay race, which has
ommonly been taken as a type Of the popula-
ons Of the Asiatic Archipelago, and even Of
'olyHesia, can not in reality be anything but
ranch Of that primordia race, and branch OF
liked blood.
This new race, which viii henceforth claim its
lace in science, and on the photographic map Of
ls globe, your attention, by this brief notice, is
vited. Ny objec; has been, in a few words,
point out iis existence and its relations, aud J
call upon it the most careful observations Of q,
e explorers and lovers Of eihnology.
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