The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31

too many marines without regard to sani
tary regulations, had broken out in 1905
and swept half the Kings army and all his
great chiefs into the ground. This seems
to have tempered the naughty pride of the
giant savage and he retired to his home,
had brick room built for himself and
wives and with his own hands titled the
soil.
wise and good Andalusian had mean
time, set example by setting out oranges,
grapes, pineapples and so on. The King,
on tasting these, told the Spanish husband
man that he was the better and truer man
of the two. In fact, he now began to show
so much good sense and moderation that
the one remaining independent island sent
in its submission and desired to share his
posterity.
In the spring of 1911 John Jacob Astor's
ship Tonquin drew in at Honolulu and
took on a crew of natives. In my history
of Montana you will find that two years
later, after the British had captured Asto-
ria at the mouth of the Columbia River.
the Hudson Bay Fur Company took about
100 Kanakas to the head Of that strea m as
trappers. The river Owyhee, a rich min
ing stream, was SO named by them, after
their own island of like name. And, in
deed, from this time forward, the natives
pushed out in many directions over the
sea, notably with the New Bedford and
Nantucket whaling fleets. The King
himself often went to sea. He even
bought a California ship and sent
her time after time, manned with
his own race and kindred, to Canton
loaded with sandalwood. We cannot
help admiring the old mans swift advance
ment. He had begun life with a club and
cannons; he now had ships and parks
of artillery. He could not read or write
but he could dictate a letter like trained
diplomat. In 1913 one of Astor's ships was
lost on the coast. The shrewd old savage
took the best possible care of the crew, but
English custom, claimed and kept all the
salvage" ship and all, for himself. l can
not better illustrate the bold and shrewd
character of Kamehameha, the giant, than
by again quoting from Alexander:
"By the advice, and under the direction
OF John Young, kamehameha proceeded
to erect fort at Honolulu to command
the harbor, which was commenced in
January, 1916, and completed in a year.
1t was nearly square, measuring 300 to 400
feet on a side, with walls about twelve
feet high and twenty feet thick, built OF
coral rock with embrasures for cannons. 1t
stood on the seward side of Queen street,
About forty guns, 6, 8 and II Founders,
were afterward mounted, and it was
placed under the command Of Captain
Beckley. Eight 32-pounders were after
ward placed on Punchbowl Hill"
This remarkable old. man died in his
elghty-third year. His colossal statue
stands before the palace at Honolulu, but
no one to this day assumes to say where
ms pagan priests laid his bones.
He is regarded by the world as one of the
greatest sovereigns of history, butt with
MN ended tattooing and also the tabu-a
word with all its significance which has
become part of our own language.
A year after the abolition of tattooing and
the burning of tabus the first missionaries
arrlved-March 20, 1920. A boat having
been sent ashore the son and successor of
the giant heather King sent back his words
TO the ship Thaddeus: "The tabus are
abolished, the idols are burned and their
temples destroyed" This year the King
and court removed from the big island
Hawaii, which is 100 miles further from
San Francisco-to Honolulu. This has
been the capital ever since A school was
soon opened and the court were the first
scholars. Commander Wilkes saws that Ka-
naka children can learn much faster from
books than white children. 1t soon became
the fashion to read and write The Bible and
good books OF all sorts began to appear in
the native language. The natives have
had at one time as many as six newspapers
but now they have been mostly suppressed
or at least restricted of all liberty of ex.
preston.
In 1886 the natives became so much
alarmed at the encroachment of the mis-
sionaries that, according to Alexander,
himself son of missionary land a most
worthy one), they held great meetings to
protest, and the missionaries themselves
met and resolved: eve desire to proclaim
to them and to all the world that we do