Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-06

appreciation Of their lines, his attention
was drawn to a swarming Of flies that had
gathered. He removed the block from be-
covered the dead body of his boy. To give
vent to his wrath he derisively called the
the flies.
Paao experienced a tempestuous voyage,
which the tradition ascribes to the impre-
catons OF Lonopelc, but the canoes were
covered with deck mats fore and at to
the voyagers enjoyed the protection Of a
scnool OF fish that has ever since been
neio IN reverence by the Hawaiian people
they were his ancestral divinities, and
mascot and an angel Lonopele having
exhausted his black arts. Paao went en- his
way without further molestation.
The Voyage of the Canoe.
The canoe, containing abundant supplies
Of food and water, was rugged with a mast
and a triangular sail of braided pandanus
leaf. When the wind was contrary or the
weather so rough that the sail could not
be used to advantage the mast and gail
would probably be unshipped, folded up
and dashed to the cross-pieces that held the
two canoes together. and progress would
then depend upon the use of the paddle
There were seats for forty paddlemen. sit
ting two ON a bench. Midships Of the
canoe was a raised platform. screened of
by mats and protected against the weather
by roof, which was for the accommoda-
ton of Paao and his family party.
Paao himself was the priest of the COM
pany, Makaalawa the navigator and as
tronomer-upon him depended the course
to be taken-Halua the sailing master and
Puoleole the trumpeter. Awa-chewers and
stewards are also mentioned.
The feather idol. Kukailfmoku, was taken
with the party. This, generations afterward
played distinguished role as the war god
of the invincible kamehameha 1, who con-
quered the islands. Qt was under Kane
hameha III that idolatry was discontinued
in 1870.
Landing Mt Hawaii.
Land was first reached in the district OF
Puma, Hawaii Paao's residence was fixed
at Kohala, where he built a large temple
whose ruins remain to the present day.
AT this time the line of royalty In Ha-
wall had become greatly debased by indis-
criminate alliances with the common peo-
pie. 1ntefmarriages between chiefs and
commoners had become so freqsent as to
blur the line that separated the two classes
from each other, ard to impair the authority
Of the governing class"
To correct this state of things, and to Sc
cure for Hawaii ruler with blue blood in
his veins, Paao, after a few years, made a
voyage to the south and returned with Pill
kaalea, who established his seat of govern
ment in the fertile valley of Waipio
we have no proof that Paao was a
cannipai- The times were, perhaps, not ripe
for the development of this Quintessence
Of paganism and heathenisn"
Moikeha was another great nayiga tor
who lived about 500 years ago, and who
was noteworthy for his love for his brother
Olopana's wife. Luukia- Indeed. they were
both husbands of this same woman not
withstanding which fact the most friendly
relations continued to exist between the
two men, and Moikeha was the trusted
friend and prime minister of King Olopana
he being a great chief over a fertile dis
trict Of Hawaii. Floods having desolated
the land, the brothers departed In fleets
OF canoes TO far away Tahita- This move
was an unfortunate one for the stability
OF the peculiar domestic relations OF the
trio for Mua, a chief of Tahita looked
with jealous eyes upon the comedy Luulxia
and sought to sow discord between her
and Mofkela-Olopana, the original hus-
band. seems not TO have PLAYED any con-
spicuous part in the affair Mua was so
successful in persuading the dusky lady
that her younger husband was publicly de-
flaming her. that she withdrew from him
her affections, TO the intense grief of the
wronged man, who expressed a strong in
clination to end his own unhappy existence
However, he decided instead to quit the
scene Of his distress. and accordingly, with
all his subjects and canoes. returned to
Hawaii.
Here he was well received. and obtained
practical confirmation of the truth of the
proverb that there are as good fish i'm the
sea as ever were caught" Two bellies of
the island while surf bathing were 50 taken
with his manly grace that they forthwith
begged permission of their father to become
the wives of the newcomer. The consent
was given. and in due time Moikela was the
father OF family Of five boys.
kfla's Ability as a Sailor.
The youngest of these, kila, exhibited re-
markable ability in the handling of sea
craft, and was sent away to Tahita after
Haa another son of Moikeha Hearing that
his father still lived, Haa at once accom-
panied the expedition sent in search of
him, and on reaching Hawaii married three
wives, each Of whom, tradition states, pre-
scented him with a son on the same day.
From whence the Polynesian came the
ethnologist cannot say, nor when he first
made his appearance in the islands OF the
Pacific. Both the Sandwich Islands and
those 2.3Oo miles farther south seem to
have been peopled by the same race be-
fore communication was for a time re-es-
tablished between them some six centuries
ago. And whether this was brought about
by an expedition from the south to the
north or from Hawaii TO the southern arch
ipelagoes can also not be stated.
The Polynesian race is distinct from any
on the globe. and. like most others is a
puzzle to the student of primitive mankind
Whether certain common characteristics
between the people Of the Pacific islands
and the American aboriginals is due TO
kinship or similarity of climat tic environ
ment Is still an open question. A people
able to make trips between islands 1000
miles apart surely would not have hesftated
to voyage as far as the continent