Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-08-23
HAWAIIANS DYING OFF.
Only a Few Genuine Sandwich
Islanders Remaining.
A Merry Race Whose Dances Arc Cele-
brntcd-The Chinese and KunsISas Pop
ulating the Island and Becom-
Ing Prosperous.

One of the saddest spectacles in
Hawaii is the rapid decay of the native
race. Disease and death have made
heavy inroads among them. More even
than the Samoans and Tahitians they
seem to absorb all the vices of the
white race. They are pleasurc-loving,
indolent, good-natured and honest, but
virtue among them is practically I'M
known. 1t is still the custom to give
:: guest the companionship of the wife
r the most attractive daughter; in fact,
the question of morality does not bother
'hc native Hawaiian, and he frankly
(lmitS it. The Chinese have introduced
the vice of opium smoking, and they
also bring in large quantities of rice
brandy, which the native Hawaiian
loves next to "old square fuse" as they
2all gin.
The Hawaiian families are steadily
decreasing in size and every census sees
a shrinllage in the already small num-
her of this doomed race. The census of
1884 gave 44,232 IIawaiians and half
castles, that of 1890 Sc, G54, q loss Of 5,57S
IL six years The Chinese now number
1900, the Japanese II, PA and the Port
:Cuese 9,10O. Of this large number of
.hincse only about 200 are women.
,euce we find John Chinaman selecting
ives from the native girls, who are
My too clad to marry Chinese, because
hey are better treated than by men CT
heir own race. They are inGulycrt
husbands and they love to see their
.vOmrn finely dressed, but when they
:cturn to China there is no record of
my Chinaman taking his Hawaiian wife.
rhc women are left behind and seldom
IS any provision made for the support
f themselves and their children. The
japanese mix little with the Hawaiians.
One peculiar thing which is worthy
the Gttcntion of the student of ethnol-
%y Is that the crossing of the Chinese
nd llawaiians make better race,
physically and mentally, than either of
he originals Some of the brightest
;oung men in Hawaii have Chinese
uthcrS and Kunal1a mothers. These
'alf-"astcs are remarkably Shrewd in
'usiress, while they have the agreeable
manners of the lIawaiians The Portu-
ucs" are thrifty, but they are a poor
ace. They are now floclling over to
'1lifornia, and are going into the fruit
I'D vineyard districts, where their
&bor will certainly be better than that
E 81" Chinese, for they are eager to
NY homes and settle. Civilized vices
I'D diseases and the lcprosy threaterS
wipe out the native lIawaiianS in the
'cXt thirty years. They arc disappear
g more rapidly than the Maoris, of
'I;ew Zealand, and for the same reason.
The Hawaiians, even in their de-
adeucc, are a merry race and their
.anccs are celebrated. The hula-hula
$ probably the most perfect Of the
.;outh Sea island native dances in honor
f the goddess of love. 1t is a lasciviOus
lance which SO greatly excites the ma
ives that it has been prohibited and is
My given now by stealth. but tho p 90
lie are SO fond of it that professional
.1uln dancers are in great demand and
10 feast is complete without this old
lance, that recalls in many of it's fen
.urc" the dances of ancient Egypt and
;irce,e.