The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-05-25

water or clothing was carried past. -
eff he entered the dread presence
of the sovereign he must crawl, prone
upon the ground, and leave it in the
same Manner
Here, then, we have proof positive
that up to the point of HaImost divine
honors;" the reception accorded to
LOOK was that exacted from the ma
yves by their own ali Eapu. The
otner ceremonies, the red KAPPA, the
offerings in the hei0u, the dead hog,
the cheWed cocoanut, the ara, moi,
ETC., etc, and the title "oronon (Ionoj
1t may be fairly inferred. appeared to
COOK simply as part of the ceremo.
MES due to great chief, or beyond
that-a mere puzzle. Cook did not
live to record his ideas on the subject;
his officers did. They write again
and again that the Captain was re-
celved with every peculiar and extra
ordinary ceremonies, that indicated
the highest respect on the part of the
natives, and which JUDGED seemed to
fall little short of alteration (Kippis
p. 32O. Captain King says: "Cap-
tain Cook generally went by this
name "Orono'' among the natives,
but we could never learn its meaning
precisely"
Soon after the death of Cook at their
own hands, the natives themselves
showed the doubtful and confused
state of their own minds as to his ma
ture, human or divine, by first treat
Ing his remains as they did those of
their own chiefs, separating the flesh
from the bones and burning the form
er, while the latter, for the most part,
were restored to Cooks successor in
command, and yet they asked anx-
1ously if OrOnO would return again to
punish them.
e. Ellsworth Carey says she Cook
accepted the worship; in so doing he
accepted the consequence, which in
his case was DEATH"
This is really most palpable "non
sequitur."
Had Cook accepted the worship and
''masqueraded as god'' it might have
saved, but could not have sacrificed
his life in q melee. But have shown
irrefragably that he, consciously, did
not accept worship. If there were any
relationship of cause and effect be-
tween Cooks supposed divinity and
his death, it was this. 1t may have
been a consequence of the doubt as to
his nature in the minds of the natives,
while in his own mind the question
had never arisen; but, in fact, Ellis
worth Carey's 6ictum is directly OPP
posed to the facts as recorded at the
time by the only men present capable
of recording historical event.
1t should be remembered that the
English ships lay at Karakakoa Bay
for eight days after Cooks death; that
during that time confidence and even
friendship between the natives and
the strangers was to some extent
restored; that the ships were visited
by Hawaiians-chiefs, priests and
people-who repeatedly assured Cap
tains Clarke and King of their regret
at the occurrence, which they asserted
most positively was unforeseen, I'M
| expected, unintentional. More than
forty years later, old Karaimoku,"
the Regent in the interregnum caused
| by the death Of Kamehameha III. in
England, and himself present at the
death of Cook, told Lord Byron that
the whole ARRAY was accidental and
as much lamented by the natives as
by the English. Nahi, chief of the
Karakakoa district, pointed out to
Lord Byron the rock on which Cook
fell, "no less to the grief of the
natives than to that of his own
people"
feel that ought not to trespass on
your good nature any further at pres
ent, but propose, with your kind
assistance, to make some further re-
marks on E. Ellsworth Carey's article
a few days hence.
Your obedient servant,
H. w. MIST.