Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-02-18

period. Il was time Of much naddlin,
about and smiling TO aud fro IN c.,uoos-
an era OF long voyages between widcl,
scnarated sipans Of Islands and o.
tliot tune that the Harvey Islands auc
| Now Zealand were colonlfed.
ihe lapse OF time IN the history OF
tiusc people Is reckoned with easoiable
certainty by tho traditions which have
been handed down to tue present day,
/ notably the unwilttcn rrnealogienl recortls
brought FROM tue South Pacific and pr,'-
served In Hawaii. Eventually Il came
| about that communication between Hn-
/ wan and the mother country ceased,
aud after while Tuhil faded In tho
minds Of the iiawmians into sort OF
| nlth and region Of mystery aud magic,
| full Of marvels Inhabited hy eupcr.nat.
| urll hcings.
One OF the Hawaiian traditions relates
| 10 ancient navigator named pnumnkua,
VINO yoyaged all the way o Tahlti and
brought back with Hun two white men OF
| nrlcstlt oliice, calcld lIaokuc and Mallu
| .esether VITA A prophet nhmcd Aioiola.
THIS last was "A wizard, Who had power
over the Winds, q Junction not altogether
| uhcommcn in ith0N days when the
| whole conients Of Eolns cave could he
| kVrt IN one small calahash along with
q. dead mans bones. Tue description
| OF these mysterious sirangera as fair and
/ TAU, stout and ruddy, with sparkling
/ eyes. "a suggestive OF NlklngA OF tho
/ SAXON type. hui +ha priostiy fncti0n
does not ecen to be IN Keeping with the
| character OF the piraiical NOrsemon.
The agriculture OF the ancient pOlyncs.
ians was mainly the growing Of taro,
the root OF which was ground into flour
! and made into all sorts Ot cakes and
other nutritious dishes, When the crop
was ripe tue OCCASION WIS usually celca
hraiet by human sacrifice. Hence
the story Of The fatal tnro patch.
Everybody l. familiar with the plant with
huge, green, helrl.shapcd leaves, which
Is used for decorative purposes In parks
ana about fountains. 'Elcnhant lear
Is common npme for 81. That Is The
tam, imported from the South pache.
Humdn sucrinccs were very common
among tho Polynesnns. some famlloa
being devoted for generation after rencr.
alton to furnishing such offerings IMe
priests, being regarded as embOd,lnr
various deliies aud hence termed Ncni
boxes, could designate anybody they
uislikcd as u suitable victim. After be-.
ing slain tic lnlter WAS usually dcy0ureI.
Inc practice OF cannlhalism was carried
20 far that parents would even eat their
own children. From this unhenlihy
appetite for elong.pier tho misslonnries
have done. their best to wean the island.
ors Of to-day.
These people only use the how and ar.
row 10 kill rats witk They fnught with
cups aud spears. Clothing they made
by beating oll the inner bark of the mtil.
berry tree, They invented 4 method Of
hah farming. using for that purpose
pools nmong the corral reefs, which were
prepared by dnmming the inlcta and
sernping tho bottoms smooth. Fishes
cinght n the sea .ihe hooks employed
had no barhs and did not DO injury bv
tearing the Eills-woro transferred 10 tho
ponds, Various implements were mnde
OF polished stone and from tho aholl of
INC giani clam, which cuts like an AZ.
Like all other abqrlpincs encountered
~ the march Of civilization the poynu-
clans have succumhod 60 de nlcoliul and
diseases Of the white man. The native
hawnhNn population is today only ono
tenth az numerous a. whom CAPT, Cook
sailed, Thanks 10 that great navigator
most Of the islands Of Occanica are over.
run WIN PIES, his rnle having been TO
leave nalr Of Thorn wherever he landed
No large mammals arr native 10 those iso-
lated Islands. because they could not
reach thrm.
The savage Polynosians even now com
monty call the white people "sl,y.hrenk.
ers'' They think that the heavens shut
down over the earth at the horizon, thnt
tho nalc faces must have burst through
the wall Of sky from beyond In orier
10 reach their islands, They believe thnt
the world Is n c0coannt shell OF enormous
dimensions. at The ton Of which Ia a sin-
Gle aperture communicating with The
upper air. wheri human beings dwell.
Al the very bottom OF The shell ~ a stem
gradually taprriF 10 u point which rop-
reaenis the beginning OF all things This
point " snirii 0f dr1i0n without human
form. whose nlmc is "ltn1t Of An 1x-
istenco." liv him the entire fubric OF
creation is sustained.
Ia the interior Of iho cucOanut shell.
at lis very bottom, lives female demon
50 narrow 70 the space into which she
" crowded that she " Obliged 10 sit
forever with knees aud chin touching.
Her name IL "Ihe Nofy BEGINNING aud |
from her gre sprung numerous spirits. |
They inhabit five different floors into |
which the great C0coanut N divided |
From certnin Of these spirits manlSlnd Is |
descended. The islanders. regarding |
themselves az the only real mon aud |
women. were formerly acenstOmd 20 look
upon strnfgcr as evil spirits ~ tho gilso
Of humanity, whom they killed when
they could, offering them NJ aacriiiccJ.
lindes. or tho land Of ghosts, ~ sup.
praed 10 be inside the mighty c1connnt |
shell beneath the nurface Of the earth,
which " merely thin ernst over vast
hollow, some Of ihe Islands, being of
volcanic origin. are lnneycombed with
caves ard frirhtful chaHnls, down tho.
deepest Of which tho corDsos Of tho dcnd
are thrown. so That The survivors moi nn.
naturally imngine tho eutrnncc To Tho
neither world 20 be down one or mOrc Of
those pits, Existence IN this strange
spirit land N pursued By the iinm0rtnis
worry much as people living ON earth,
They are numerous aud their ways are
mostly far from engaging S0m0 tribcr
Of them are cnnuihals whose delight "
10 cntrap and feed upon tho souls OF nor.
tails. Others have only one oyc apiece.
To these natives NJ tho South Pacific
the cocoannt Is q vegetable product Of
The utmost Importance. lta origin was
divine. There wax a young woman
daughter Of goddess, who lived W n
rage, close by which ran Il stream thai
Wns iilled with cells One lny while
bathing. she was surprised by a huge
vi, which rapidly assumed Tho form %
; handsome youth. Iic informed Der thnt
ln was the rOd VI the cells. They 10.
'ame lovers. hut finally he was compelled
10 bid her farewell Before doing 20
ioweyer, he appeared IN his ri shape
ma directed her 10 out OF his hcnd and
)nry ~ She did 40. aud Il sprOniod Into !
/ tree, From this tree al the coeoamuft
n The world were derived, mud ON each
nut arr invariably found The two eyes
md mouth nf The young nnn. The white
iefnal y commonly referred 90 Ia Po-
yncsia os his brains"
FANCnss FOR THE FAIR.
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