The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-24
ONE or TIE LONG VOYAGES OF
THE ANCIENT HAWAIIANS.
Read Before Hawaiian Historical Sc
eIety by DR.. y. l.. Emerson.
NIOIKEITA.

SEEMING the peTIO1 OF intercourse IN
the mid-height Of its activity. By
the time he appears on the stage,
Hawaii must have been able TO form
more definite conceptions Of the cOun-
tries that had been vaguely described
as " Kukulu o Kahiki." His story is
OF interest, not 50 much as opening up
the lOg-bOok of an enterprising mari
ners as being the record of a life
checkered with the same passions and
disappOintments that affect mankind
today
The story of the voyage OF twenty
three hundred miles to Tahiti is no
. longer charged with the early mystery
and terror of the ocean; these have
fallen into the back ground and given
place to the emotions that control
human action at all times.
In Moikeha we see a man moving
in the dim perspective of an age, re-
mote and utterly foreign to us in all
its thoughts, under the tragic influ-
ence Of the passion of love. Moikeha
and his older brother, Olopana, who
was chief of district that included
the valley Of Waipio on Hawaii, loved
the same woman, Luukia, she being
the wife of Olopana. u
% The Hawaiian language recog-
niZes this relation, aud applies to the
two men the name "punalua."
ain Slturn's reign
Such mixtures were not held a stain"
III we remember that the time was
five centuries ago, and the place dark
Polynesia, we shall not be surprised
ut this Saturnian state of morals. The
relations between the brothers was
most fri nE al al cS5'sd SO. Moi
kena was the highest subject in the /
land, the prime minister and trusted |
friend of King Olopana. Heavy rains |
and floods having brought desolation |
TO the valley of WaipiO, the brothers |
embarked their all ON a fleet and sailed |
away TO Kukulu o Kahiki, where they |
settled, and Olopana gained sover- |
eighty over a land, or district, called |
Moa-ula-nui-akea.
% There have been much discus
sion and conjecture as to the location
OF the land bearing this highly signi-
ficant name. There is, if 1 mistake
not, an island, or district on the Mar
quesan group named Omoa. May not
this DE the same place as this Moa-ula-
nui-akea?
The complex relations that existed
between the two men and the woman
Luukia, were, of course, n constant in
vitatiOn to q social catastrophe. 1t
finally came in this manner. \ Ia
hitian chief named Mua looked with
jealous eyes on the beautiful Luukia,
and set himself to SOW discord between
her and her lover, by persuading her
that he had publicly made Jest of her
and DETAINED her. She at once severed
all relations with him, and effectually
barred herself against his approaches
by device which, as an ingenious
and ornamental flashing used in rigg-
Ing the canoe, has become famous in
Hawaiian legend as "ka pau Luu-
kia.n 80
20 (The pau, or skirt, of Luukia.
The pa u was the garment of modesty
anciently worn by Hawaiian and
Polynesian females, roll or rolls of
tapa cloth, or fringe of leaves or
bark, reaching from the waist to the
knees. The flashing of the canoe,
called "pa-u Luukia," was an intri-
cate and highly ornamental piece of
weaving, done in different colors of
sinnet, which joined the cross pieces,
iako, to the float of the outrigger,
ANAL.
Unable to penetrate the secret of
this unaccountable action of Luukia,
ton or hint as to its motive, Moikeha, I
in modification and despair, deter
mines to gather together his followers [
and embark for Hawaii. "Let us sail T
away TO Hawaii" said he, "because L
am so agoniZed with love for this I
woman JuaJ am TSdOy 10 laht MY
own life. When the ridge-pole of my
house, Lanikeha, sinks below the '
horizon, L shall cease to grieve for $
Tahiti"
RETURN OF MoIKEHA TO HAWAII.
Kamahdlele, his headman, stirs up c
the work of preparation, and in the O
early dawn, at the rising of the star,
Sirius, (Hokuhookelewaal, Moikeha, c
an oOnci6ara hla rafinna of atfAnH- | |
ants and followers, puts to sea and
steers for Hawaii. His adopted son, =
Laa, whom he bad brought from Ha-
wall, he leaves to the care of his d
brother, Olopana, who, in the whole 4
affair, seems to have remained in the c
background. n
1t was early morning when the sea- y
worn voyagers of Moikeha's company U
found themselves floating in Hilo t
bay, and in wondering admiration o
saw before them the naked bosom of y,
with her milk-stained !
breasts, Ikea and Loa, pinked by the e
lawn, upturned to heaven, as if still q
in slumber. Il
Standing on the ample platform of !.
he kings double canoe, its triangular -
,ail and streamers of red tapa stirred
Oy the air, the bard kamahualele q
celebrates the occasion in song, which @
tradition has handed down TO us: n
KAMAHUALELE'S ADDRESS TO a
HAWAII. -
Behold Hawaii, the island, the nation, J.
The nation Hawaii, oh, +;
Hawaii is q nation,
The offspring of Tahiti, d.
A princely flower from Kapaahu,
From MOaulanuiakea of Kanaloa,
irandcf,id of Kahiko and Kapulana- A.
kehau, -
Papa begat him, 81
The daughter she of Kukalaniehu and '
KahakauakokO. q,
Fragments of land grouped together.
Placed evenly east and west,
Ranged uniformly in row, Fl
Joined on to HOlani. b,
zaialea, the seer, made the circuit of a
the group;
shattered was Nuuhiwa, part flew
to POlapola. re
Zahiko was the root of the land, n,
lie rent the islands asunder; :,
'arted was the flsh-line OF kahal,
hat was cut by Ku-Kanaloa; W