The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-08-13

OF beings were hid under the curious garments.
They went around the ship wondering at every
tnIng; aud then stroye to get bits Of iron and
pieces OF cloth. But the great Hawaiian who first
went to see Cook OF Maui, neither stared nor
ueddled, but stood calmly obseryant of the peopIe
and signs of a new world.
W hen hamehameha remained en- board the
DIscoyerer's ship and night had set in, q great
vail went up from the shore for the supposed Lost
chlet. 10 people who had known no other
structure OF man but q canoe on the sea, the great
ships with the towering masts must have appeared
wonders controlled by the gods Of the deep, and
the simple people felt that their young chief was
sacrlnced TO these gods. And loud was the wall
and clamor, with beating of pahus or Hawaiian
drums along the Maui shore for the lost war.
rior.
But when daylight came the sorrowing peop,e
beheid the canoe Of kamehameha leave the great
ship, and in a little while the fearless young hero
leaped upon the sands of Mokuhinia and embraced
his royal uncle and friends, and while the excited
people now clamored forth their wall of ioy over
a return, he exhibited the gifts he had received
from the great chief Of the nokU, or strange float
ing island, as the ship then appeared to Hawaii
ans. he had on a scarlet coat and held a sharp
dirk IN his hand, which were the wonder and ad-
miration of the assembled people. And then broke
forth chants, 30, the swift spear Of Keawel o,
the stout arm of Uni
kalaniOpuu, or Taraniobu, (the Tereeoboo of
Cooks story, who was Ka~mehameha's uncle and
supposed father, though now old, the infrm, with
emaciated body and q scaly, diseased skin, was a
chief OF high purpose and determined courage.
He was now an invader OF Maui, and fighting
against its King, hahekIlI. The old King, after
listening to the report OF the young chief, ordered
his great war canoe 10 be got ready, and he pre-
pared to visit the marvellous moku and the won
derful strangers King Kalaniopuu ordered five
kaunas, or twenty fat hogs to be placed in a
great canoe along with a large quantity of yams
and breadfruits. Along with him, in his own
royal canoe, he took as presents, or offerings, a
rich feather cloak and some beautiful fine woven
mats and tappa cloths.
This royal canoe was of the largest size, about
twelve ananas, or fathoms, long. and was pro-
PEELED by sixty paddles. The athletic canoe men
with stout, sinewy arms, and glossy brown bodies
sat well in array with paddle blades erect in the
air. At the word of command " Pae! Pae =" the
two files of paddle blades simultaneously dip and
strike the water, and with even recurring motion
every paddle stem is lifted then struck down with a
backward pressure that urges the high bowed and
idol crested craft swiftly onward over the swelling
surf of the sea Of Auau. The graceful
royal skiff bounds on its way. 1t glides swiftly
over the light summer sea ever shimmering be.
meath a cloudless sky. The swift island Graf: il
driving right on to the great ship that now rises
towering and dark, close to the view of the bold
p%addlers. They do not slack their stroke as they
run swiftly stem on to the broadside Of the float
ing island. In another moment the great canoe
will strike the ship; but bark, the cry "ku!' and
on the instant every paddle is reversed; the greaI
canoe is stopped short, steady and still, anC
placed alongside the gangway with an ease and
skill that astonishes the admiring English officers
Piianaia tells the particulars of this visit.