The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-05
HEATHEN TEMPLES
Uncle Sam Now Owns Those in the |
Hawaiian Islands.

Hawaiian Islands.
Uncle Sam has not been in the habit
of owning much that is heather, but
when he annexed Hawaii he came into
possession of some wonderful heather
temples.
The question now arises as to what
will be done with them. Native Ha-
waiians regard them as something
much more than historical landmarks
something to link the past with the
present, and for years the native king
dom had appropriated money for their
careful preservation.
The first mention in civilized records
of these buildings appears to have been
about 1919. Travellers and missionaries
were beginning to enter the country
and the most striking objects were nat
urally the immense piles of stones, to-
tally different from any other buildings
in the world.
At this time Kamehamaha I. had
succeeded in capturing and subduing
the natives of the adjoining islands
and their chiefs had been compelled
to acknowledge his supreme authority
as king, and those people for the first
time in their history We're to be unit
ed under one government
1t took nearly 40 years to accomplish
this unity, but kamehamaha was a
man of iron and we'll deserves the
name he bears in Hawaiian history,
'the conqueror."
During these years of conquest and
bloodshed a great change was coming
over these most Interesting people, and
the last acts of heathenism, accompa-
MED by horrible human sacrifices and
other abominable customs, were pass
ing away.
OF these times there still remain in
perfect preservation as relics of the
horrible past the stone temples of
Heiaue. which bring to mind the aw-
full state of things existing a century
ago.
or the most interesting of these
heathenish buildings one is on the ISL
and of Molokai. 1t was built some CEN
turtles ago, and is considered one of
the Oldest temples in the Hawaiian
group. The other one. on the west
coast or Kona coast of Hawaii, is the
last one ever built being erected a
little more than 100 years ago.
In 1871 Kamehamaha I. during his
wars of subjuga ton, to show his ven
continuance of their favor and
strengthen his kingdom. engaged in
building a very large temple at Ka-
waihae for the worship of Kali, The
war god, and for offering human and
other sacrifices. 1t was built on a
hill called Puuhakoloa. While he was
engaged in erecting this temple, which
was consecrated with human blood,
some of his warriors We're conquering
the southern part of Hawaii where
his own relative, Keona, was then
king. Keona soon afterward became
disheartened and surrendered himself
and his warriors in the hope of receiv-
ing life and mercy. He, however, with
many of his lesser chiefs and men, was
slain and their bodies sacrificed on the
altar of the new temple.
This was the last human sacrifice
ever made on the Hawaiian islands.
The victims We're executed in the pres
ence of Kamehamaha himself, who
stood at the door of the house within
stone Enclosure to witness the slaugh-
ter.
There are few other Haiaus still in
excellent preservation, one of which is
near Kohala, on Hawaii, and another
at Kealekakea bay, which is said to
have been used by Captain Cook to
repair his sails.-San Francisco Exam
liner.