The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-05

are 81 the same race neyeItNeleas.
People coming from 9oplca3 lslaSldk
aud attempting % exist % = dssolate
coast where there was no Falp, would
De apt ~ undergo considerable n9od1v
6calioo lp the course of generations.
Ttle n2eu ~ the aEcbipeiagoas of
Oceanic u belong o. tic same RIanc
division ~ mankind as the North
American Indians being ~ cop
perry coloT, VITA black eyes apd straight
black hair
Tie oytgiHatoTs of t2e eonanaegee of
| the Pacific originally employees Tor
| long voyages double eanoes which, were
built like naoderp catap1afans. They
sa1led very swiftly, aud each II tue
| two boats served jp tue place ~ AZ
| oUta1ggeT for tbe other. such q craft
/ would carry sixty oF seventy people
/ The builders had every suitable patL~
/ LeFial at hand Tor construction Dig
/ timber, eoeoa fibre Tor twlne aud Gb4o
] for caIking. In fact, lBAe islands of
/ the south Seas are like % tpapy gar
dens of Eden, furnishing t3e3r oeeu-
pants viii every thing they paaf
without much labor.
( q typical canoe of tlae sort deseflbe0
was ~ black aud F3gged With q taast
aBl Triangular sail of braided pakl-
I dap8s Leaf, which WAS placed With foe
apex 00wnWanc. When ti1s vino
/ WAS contrary oY the weather very
| rough. the mast aud sail were probaS
| by Unsb5ppeds folded Up and lasiled 20
/ the cross pieces which held fsae Two
canoes together, Progress woulc 4Len
depend Oh toe paddle. There were
seats for forty paddle taens sitting two
on benets. Mlasb3ps Was a tsaised
1 platform screened by Daats, Tor the
chief, his fsaEsajIy and tae officers.
Among the last were 4 priest, ats
astronomer and navigator, u sailing
master and q trunpetef> il ls very
interesting 30 com pare tflis deseElF-
ton with that Of q Viking ship.
the period embracing the twelfth
and thirteenth centuries Was one ,of
great unrest and connection through
out the island world Of Rolgaesis.
Some fsrneDt w.as al work 10 stir np
the energies and passions 0i Wild and
primitive men. It may hare been
the pressure Of invading expeditions
arriving from the West, or perhaps
the outbreak Of mutual 5ea1onssies and
haFryings Of contiguous aud hostile
tribes. The land Innsf have been wit
Desc TO great eODfeDt5OD and violence
the ocean 30 naaDy scenes Of sudden
departure and 11sAsfrOns flight. Ase-
i oegadng the evidence Of Traditions OF
/ the period. Il sEas q TINE Of rLucb pad
! ding about and ssi1lng To and fro IL
canoes Al era Of long RoyaEes be-
! tween wd0elv separaiso groups OF
1 Islan6E 2D0 "a reuburesotDe ex,pedj-
t5ons. IL was al about this 1itae ftlnf
the Hervey Islands and New Zealand
were 6ol0nize0.
The lapse OF time in the hist0rF ID
these people u re.cEODed with seas0r,-
able certainty by the traditions WHICH
have been handed down 10 the present
day-0Otably the unwritteD gefealogf-
Pacific and preserved IN 8awafi.
Eventually IL came about that s0Tu-
mUnicatlon between HAwEii and the
mother country ceased, aEo after
awhile Tahiti faded IN the minds of
/ the Hawa5gA7Is into sort 0f myth
] land region Of mystery and Inacie
/ full OF naaFVels, 9nbsbitateS ty super
natural beings.
One Of the Hawaiian traditions
/ relates to an ancient navigator uanned
] PaDnakus, who vCyaged al The Way
/ 10 Tahiti and brought back with him
two white men Of priestlv Office.
called kaeEaa and Malin, together
with a prophet named Malela This
last was a wizard who had power over
the winds, 8 function not altogether
uncommon in those days, when the
whole contents of Eola>7 cave could
be kept IN one small Csalabssh along
4
ton OF these mysterious strangers as
fair and taIl, stout and rRddy. with
sparkling eyes, u Suggestive on
Vikings of the Saxon type; but the
TlTie<tly function does rot seen II, re
in keeping with the character Of the
pirstical Norsen8en-
The agriculture Of TIE ancie.Ht Fsfslv
nesians was mainly 5i1e growing Of
tsro. tie rO0t Of which was crfgrB6
into flour and made into aH SORTS f,f
cakes and other nutritious dishes
w hen the crop was ripe, the occasion
was usBally celebrated bv 1luruan
sacrifice Hence the story of the
fatal taro patch Everybody i
familiar with the plant with hinge
green, heart-sbapeG leaves which is
used for decorative purposes in parks
and about fountains. "fFSier,hayi III lf,sIy,
X & common name for IT, TIbst is f5fe
taro, imported from the South Pa
ciffc
Human sacrifices were very com nor.
among the Polynesiaas some families
being devoted for generation aft4.-
generation to furnish sRch Offerings
TIE priests being regarded as EN- body
ing the various deities and heuce,
termed god boxes, could designate
anybody they disiked IS a suirshle
victim. After being slain, the latfe-
was usually devoared The rirscfire
Of cannIhalisrn was carried so far
that parents would even est tlgaIr
own children. From this unhealfhv
for Gong pig" the mission
aries have done their BEST TO v.ean the
islands ol today.
These people only used the bow and
arrow to kin rats with They fought
with clubs ard spears. Clothing they
made by beating out tie inner bark of
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a method of FISH farming, rsinsr fbr
that purpose pools among the (.orst3
reefs, which were prepared by dam
ming the inlets and scrapinC the
bottoms smooth. Fishes caught IN
the sea the hooks employed had no