The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-10-01

Where now is the recent approved theory Of mod
ern Geology? That supToses it proved, that the
continents geologic times have always been in To-
cality and outline Substantially as see them at
the present day, only enlarged from epoch epoch
Al ''the tentaculAr touch of science" the great
Pacific Ocean continent OF the Hawaiian Board of
Genealoey Is brought up from deep sea soundings,
and the Hawaiian mountains take their original
lofty eminence above all the Wanted mountain
heights Of Alps or Himalayas- The old Hawaiian
legend of Maui fishing up the land from ocean
depths must retire into the oblivion bsftting the
dark ages OF Hawaiian superstition, while modern
Hawaiian tentacular science sublimely brings to
light this Pacific Continent of the years past with
its peaks IS 500 feet above the level of the II
is noticeable too, that that old legend OF Maui and
his fish hooks, NOV in the Government Museum
has been edited in a new version TO suit the ten
tacular science Of the Board of Genealogy
Not only are Hawaiian mountains the very tall
est specimens of such heights lifted above the
common level Of the earth, but the Hawaiian race
is the very oldest in the category of nations The
New ZeAlanders, or what are determined by them
selves the Maoris are of very recent origin. Their
cenealogy dates from that Of Hema, to the son of
AIkRnaka, of the Hawaiian Genealogy, or the gs5th
descendant from Iailai the irst progenitor of the
Hawaiian race That story In the Christian
Scriptures of the birth of Jesus about forty gener-
atoms after Abraham, who was born about twenty
generations after Adam, bears comparison with
these far-reaching chronological researches Of the
tentaculnr science of TIE Board of Genealogy of
Hawaiian Chiefs We owe the preservation Of
ih, a colleague in the same school with David
Mao, under the tuition of Auwaa, the great histo-
RAN But some doubt is insinuated in regard TO
the p, rfeci truthfulness Of her genealogical work
from the discredit put upon David Malo's geneal-
Ogy. We learn from this report that David Malo
and all the other authors on genealogy commence
their genealogy at kumuhonua, the SI3d genera
ton from Daiai, in order to conform, as 1t were,
As nsar can be approached to the Scripiural. or
Jewish chronological table Of generations But
il David MalO yielded TO such n temptation to
falsify historical verities in the interest Of de
sired agreement with the records Of other nations,
is IL not probable that in the interest of modern
tentacular science there may be some tampering
with strict yeracity in order TO establish a claim
for the superior antiquity Of the Hawaiian race?
While discreditIng the jewish genealogical rec
ords in favor of this superior antiquity of the Ha
waiian people, the report also discredits another
Jewish tradition. We are told that ito the pre-
historic age o. the human species belong the myth
ologies Of n universal deluge with the attending
catastruphies attributed to the anger of the gods
presumed as having occurred in no other particu-
lar spot but one where the destruction of all was
complete and none survived but those that the
gods found favor. The evidence Of those deep sea
ngsapparently cOntradicts such a notion.
What n matter Of gratitude 1t is that these old
mythologies are contradicted by the evidence OF
these deep soundings, liut the Board pro
poses a substitute for such uufounded supersti-
tious notions The locality Of catastrophe which
the ancients of these islands have often mentioned
in their traditions kAi-a- kahina- aii' meaning
Tue sea which destroyed the Kings are the last
Of all yestiges of former creation. The first sub
sidence, or Kaiakahinaalii (deluge) took place in
the reign of AkahinAlea and Palemo, his wife, the
aO0th generation after Lalai The second at the
reign Of Papio and Loiloi his wife the i0ith gen
Grafton after Lailai. The third in the reign of
Liipau and Kaneiwa, his wife, the 602nd generation
after Lailai; and the last or final collapse took
place at the reign Of kAhikolumea, the 9Olsi gen
Grafton after Lailai."
Wonderful is teniacular science, and the notions
it teaches rs truths verified by the researches Of
the Board of Genealogy of Hawaiian Chiefs"
Where now is the Hebrew Moses and the Baby
lonian account Of the lood2 Deluges are not such
wonderful affairs after all. Think how many
there have been in Hawaiian genealogyi Is it not
about time TO pray for another to wash away all
this nonsense, to make this Board of Genealogy
subsidel Or 10 all the formerly enumerated
causes for the decline Of the Hawaiian race"
must add, last but not least, the teutaonlar
science of the Board of GenealogyI QUIZ.