Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-05

Tho Hawaiian people contrary 20
,otuiar belief never were Cnuuibals.
Aba error arises mostly from the fol-
gWIru Incident; when Captain Cook
vrs killed by the natives his heart WAS
,.lei ont and placed IN a c1labas1. the
III, bslur buried. a couple of boys
..rie time after. seeing the heart and
ris,lkng IL Tor the heart u a pig ate
The civilization OF the people before
che advent or the whites had reached "a
fsh degree considering the limited OPP
fdrtunitlcs. and when the missiouari-s
famo the people ns whole Threw on
u1ufry and accepted Christianity.
Today lu education, In virtue. In
cleanliness. the Hnwniinna compare
lvofahly with many peoples ut both
ihs old and the new world. while iu h0a-
plialty mo- people are their Supporters.
LEGENDS AND MYTHS.
doubt that ancient Greece furnishes
more. or more beautiful legends and
myths than arc found among the ma
tlyeH of the Hawaiian Islands. Tho
Hawaiian legends may lack the motives
and connecting causes found among the
Greeks, but Tor simplicity ana gfadeur
Tor striking situations. bold actions,
and audacity. they are NncNccllcd. They
tell OF the creation OF the world OF the
fulrrntlona OF their forcfnthcrs aH
supcrnatlonal beings and OF the deeds
and valor Of the chiefs and kings whom
they scarcely separate from the gods
Themselves Every stream and wood,
every grutto and cave, every peculiar
physical feature OF nature has n legend
connected with II and ~ pcoplod In the
minds OF the natives by spirits. fairies
and dcmlgods.
some legends refer directly TO the
creation, and according TO wei writ
ten and Interesting book by his late
majesty, King kulaknuu the Hawaiian
account agrees closely with that given
i1 the Bible According 10 the former
trinity u gods exist under the names
% Kane. Ku. and Lono. These created
the heavens. then the earth, the sun,
moon. and stars, From their spittlc
they created a host OF ministering an
In creating man. Kane formed his
body out N rcd clay mixed with spittle,
while Lono formed his head out OF
whitlsh clay brought from the four
quarters OF the earth. Then the breath
OF life was brcnthcd Into his noatrils
and he became a living soul, and was
called Kumuhonun. Afterwnrda from
his ribs a woman was created Ncola-
kuhonua. The pair was placed IN n
beautiful paradise called pnlluli.
Among the ANGELS was one. Kanaloa.
the Lrcifcr. who. when man was ere
ated demanded alteration from him.
This was refused by Kane, whoreupon
Kanaloa resolved 10 create man him
self, who would worship him. He
formed being In the exact Image OF
kumuhuuun, but was unable To breath
life into him. Repeated attempts bring
Ing failure. he rcbellcd, and resolved to
Il strOy the man created by Kane. In
the form OF a Moo. or lizard. he crcpt
into the garden OF Paliuli and there
NEfuWafaNRrNtsW "a stHIf 10. Il.
which angercd the gods. and
they were driven out.
The story VI Cain ana Abel N also
found among the Hawnilans In the
three sons OF Kumuhonua, one Of whom
laka, slew his younger brother.
ALSO HAD A FLOOD.
The HawaiianH also had a flood. one |
account Of which corresponds closely to |
that given In the Bible, Nuu at the |
command Of the gods built a boat and |
with his wife and three sons entered |
therein, taking with them male ana |
female o. every living creature When |
ne waters which covered the whole |
urih subsidized the gods came and rg- |
leased Nuu and his family. who leaving |
ne boat found that they had rested ON |
mountain overlooking q beautiful yul- |
.ey Nuu offered sacrifice 10 The moon |
nIstnkng II for Kane, whereupun that |
Getty was wroth. ana descending on /
ninbpW rcprovcd him. As sign OF his |
iWlvcncsa when Nuu had repcntod the
rainbow was left In the heavens,
Another version states that the earth
vac submerged except the top OF |
Aaunaloa, upon which u family ana
liimals were saved.
ku Pule OF Abraham, was ten genera
uohs removed from Nuu. lilo went TO
lhe South with his wife and slave
sqman, Ahu, Here he established the
practice ~ circumcision, and was the /
Uah1futher Of Knni-lnu-n-man whose
WE'VE children became the heads OF
!seNe tribes. from one Of which the
Aehehune, or Hawailuns. sprung
TVS majcstyH book Is authority for |
N, statement that a story similar TO
lla' Of Joseph sold Into Egypt Is given,
.ll mention u made of the return Of |
tas Mehrhunc people 20 the land set
spHl Tor them by Kane. Two brothers
Nv lhem over deserts and through |
waters, ana after many fluctuations
wy reached their destination, and then
v. N book adds. with the settlement OF
W. Agnehune people In the land set
ip.it Tor them by Kane the Hawaiian
genda cease TO remind us OF the
,tlW history Of the Hebrews. There,
W. tmuurity OF the historic Incidents
abruptly end"
j. more probable, I think. that the
sNeH OF the Menchune people refer
KY io the exodus from Egypt, hut to
W. travels Of Lchi to America; for on
Wlmb Jerusalem, the connection OF
l.hlhc's with the lsraelles would
iIt'liMly end, should this be true. the
,AluA Were peopled from Amcricn. In
y, t "A, nl Asia, as Is the usually accept
II ue9i}' favuring the American Qrl-
Az 'lr the currents OF the ocean, which
sH ron our western coast and sweep
~ Oh me islands down past Snmon 10
ww,m Zealand. The ocean currents
,iuu ne Important factors 10 naviga-
mi an uine when compagBes were
Nr13mn' ana especially to explorers.
M Haont lhe many legonds referring 10
ge hTat settlement Of Hawaii several
fo out the American origin, one AZ
s.W9MA' Hawah-loa. a great chief.
PIN westward and guided by the
g,'slaueH' discovered the Hawaiian
svg.4l, Ewing TO the largest island his
~" uumc and to the others those OF
a ,r,Nl,aIen, Another states that once
k..,,.,al klng Of Kahild. who was the
fr,I,, OF the sun, shut out lta llght
oHen. he haWaiians FOR SOME trivial
Kama gigantic Hawaiian chief
b,,,1' Waled through the ocean 10 the
by Az OK the vindictlve monarch. ana
nm, t,ais compelled him to restore tho
hct 10 lhe people. This done he ,vaded
No. nl hung his mantle To dry ON
ssnS INhla mountain, over ten thou
Nv i've y ,Jet hlsh and at that time an ac-
sun Jus may refer TO an eclipse OF the
llk,iy may refer. which Is most
al t6s 70 NE darkness over the earth
of In a gelhNion OF Christ aR spoken
mirratio,h BOOK % Mormon. Many Inn
erb istuhh 10 Hawaii from the south
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