Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-07-28

but not until ITS did their consecu-
tive connection with the west begin.
On that year Capt. Cook landed on
Kauai and was looked upon by the
natives as an incarnation of the god
Lono. They considered his crew as
supernatural beings, Cook returned
the next year, but became involved in
disputes with the natives, and was
Killed February IA, 1770
From the beginning almost the
Hawaians have sought protection
from Europeans, in which, of course,
are included the Americans. In 1894
the king, Kamehameha, and his chiefs
voluntarily placed themselves under the
protection of England, and the British
flag was hosted in Hawaii This
Kamehameka had secured supreme
power through sanguinary civil war,
lasting nine years. He was nephew
of King Kaloniopuu, whose son he
dispossessed and finally got assassin
ated. Acyil warm the Leewardislands
gave Kamehameha a chance to inter
6ere. lie did so; reduced Oahu to SUBJ
lection 10 himself, and for the rest of
his days had peace, His domains in
cIuded all the Hawaiian islands eX-
cept Kauai and Niihau, the extreme
western ones. But his work was not
yet done, In March, 1910, the last
king of Kauai was persuaded to pay
tribute to Kamehameha and hold his
island during the remainder of his life
as ficf of the king VI Hawaii. In 1915
Ghe Russians attempted to annex Kauai,
but the firmness of Kamehameha frus-
trated their designs. When he died, in
1919, he had consolidated the Hawaiian
Islands into one strong kingdom.
His eldest son, Liholiho, succeeded
Thin and took the name of Kameham-
cha II. The reign of this prince was
distinguished by the introduction of
Christianity into the islands. But
the conversion of the Hawaiians oc-
CURED in perhaps the most curious
fashion in which such change was
ever effected. Vancouver had visit
ed the islands several times during the
y
and is still remembered as "a wise and
generous benefactor of those islands"
The words are taken from an Ha-
,waiian document. He taught the Ha-
~waiians many things, and among
others a dislike for their crude sys-
tens OF idolatry. The king went so
far aas to ask him to send out mis-
ssIOnaries from England, but Van
'couver, in 1894, sailed away for the
last time, and no missionaries came.
However, his teachings were working
ia reformation in Hawaii, and under
IKamehameha II. it came to head.
Ini1S19 there was general breaking
81 idols and burning of temples
throughout Hawaii. A cousin of the
aking, indeed, rallied the conservatives,
and civil war broke out, but in the
battle of Kuamoo, December 20, 1919,
;he was defeated and slain.
The popularity of this reformation
is that il was purely negative. No mis-
7sionaries had yet arrived. The island
.ers were not establishing Christianity.
They had simply sickened of their old
religion and had cast it out. They had
created religious vacuum; they were
"a people without q faith, and their
minds stood empty for the entrance of
new creed.
1t came to them April A, 1920, by the
arrival of the pioneer party of Ameri-
can missionaries, 'The missionaries
were we'll received" says Chambers,
land the work of instruction was at
once begun. In less than 40years they
had taught the whole Hawaiian peo-
,ple to read and write, to cipher and
sew" "They soon reduced the lam
guage TO writing" says an official re-
port of the Hawaiian republic, land
commenced printing their first book
tin January, 1892. They found the Ha-
waiians an amiable and highly recep
tive race, eager for knowledge and
easily influenced for good or evil"
King Kamehameha H., with the queer
and six chiefs, embarked, November
81, 1928, for voyage to England. The
ding and queen never returned. They
died of measles in London after hav
ing been shown royal honors. Theil