Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-07-15

eat dsh, sea crabs, turtle and dog meat
unlocked. They eat sea moss "a a relish.
They eat poi made from Taro root. As
they used to mascerate II in the great
stone bowl, they spat into Il until 1t be.
came OF the color aud consistency OF
thick cream, then ate 1t with the Grst
two fingers. The Chinese now use water
instead Of splttle, but, while making IL,
they wear only q breach clout and that
very decclletto. AZ they work they sweat
and with the forcduger. I have seen.
them swipe the preparation from their
sides and Zip their catch into the poi
bowl. The mixture 81 almost tasteipas.
but they grow tat upon IT,. You hear
very little Of Hawaiian leprosy because
you are not wanted 10 know Of it. But,
because OF their manner Of living, there
are nearly 5000 lepers at the settlement
on the island " Molokai. To contract
the leprosy Is worse than death, to the
remainder Of n family. Isolation from
the unaffected is compulsory. I knew a
young Englishman who married a pretty
Hawaiian girl; she caught the infection
and they took her away from him. lie
begged 10 90 also, but they wonld not
let him. His mind became unbalanced.
He walked the streets and gazed into the
face OF every woman, seeking the lost
one. he would ask, "haye you seen my
wahine twife)Y Where IL my wahineY'
One day at the shipping one pointed
towards MolOkai, seventy miles away.
A boat was missing and he was gone.
And now wahine watches the sea for his
coming and calls to the waves 10 bring
him to her, and they answer her not.
The government allows these lepers to
inter. marry with each other.
The Kanaka seldom leaves his island.
He Is q home lover and can sing Sweet
Home" in his native tongue. With the
canoe (waa) he will ride the sea and fear
not. lie can read the sea and sky ~ we
read the written page.
Kanaka boys will swim out to sea and
dive Tor coins thrown into the water by
ship passengers, and the boys always get
the coins. Their homes are usually bare
and rude aud surrounded, n possible. with
screens % prevent strangers looking In
upon them But in the meanest house
ona, known or with q friend OF the fam.
lily, will receive the command III hal mai
Q al (coma and eat Maybe II IN bad
poi or only a dried nsh; maybe II is all
they have. Bot eat; you are very wei
come; therp will be- more. They make a
kind OF whisky from the tay root. II
tastes like gin. &c will fool you the 1rst
time; you will mover give II the second
chance. I sampled Il, A little Of 1t dis
tributed on shipboirl would cause a
nu,iny In five minutes
Gentle, kind, ~tractable, the Hawal ians
are a curious and interesting people.
They knew not the way to go, but they
knew there Il q place Of future rest. The
whites came TO show them the way. The
whites brought with them the very things
which prevent them going that way.
Their loves. their lives and their songs
will ever live in the memories OF those
who have stuffed these gentle people in
their home life. Like the memory OF a
face, what / know OF them and their ways
will haunt M forever. | sit ms down,
and with them again ! scale Mount Punch
Bowl, or MAuna Lao, or Mauua Kee or
Kilaues. or In the valleys Of Manoa or
Nuanu | near the liquid music Of the
tongue, the sweet sadness Of the song, |
feel the flower wreaths around my arms
and hear the aloha nui" tarewelD They
are passing away, and they realize IL
They soc and know that soon they will
be known as a people only In history and
as those that we're out are not.
WYCOFF.