The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-18
%LILIUOKALANPS NEW BOOK.
TRANSLl TION OF THE ia WAIIAN
TRADITION or THE CREATION.

She started Work on 1t While Imprisoned
Daring the Revoiution-The Chant Was
Composed In 100 by Keauiumoku-
Book for Private Circulation Only.
WASHINGTON. March 1G.-Ex-Queen Liliuo-
kalani. the former ruler Of the Hawaiian
Islands. who has been living quietly in Wash
ington for the past three years. has lust ritten
n book. She has applied to the copyright clerk
In the Library OF Congress for a copyright GER
tincate, giving tho name OF the book as The
Hawaiian Tradition OF the Creation" The OK
Queen has had only a few copies OF the book
printed. and states that it is intended FOR prl-
yate circulation only. According to the title
page the book. which is in English and Of about
sixty pages, was translated from original man
uscripts preserved in her MaIesty's family.
The subject matter is the Hawaiian account
Of the creation Of the world and is told In the
form OF a chant which has been sacred In the
royal family for generations, but was never
set DOWN In writing until the late King
kalakaua. the Queens brother. assembled the
throne. The chant was composed in 100 by
keauiumoku, and covers the history OF the
world down to the eighth generation proceed
ing that Of Iiliuokalani. In the form OF an
appendix. the rx-Queen has added her own
gencalogy. bringing the chant up to date.
Tho Introduction says: There are several
reasons for the publication Of this work, the
translation of which pleasantly employed mo
while imprisoned lin 1885 by the present
rulers OF Hawaii. II will be TO my friends a
souvenir Of that part Of my wi life. and possi-
blv it may also be Of value to genealogistS and
scientific men of Il few societies 20 which "A few
copies will bs forwarded. The folklore or ira
ditons Of an aboriginal people have Of late
years been CONSIDERED Of inestimablc value:
language Itself changes. and there are terms
and illusions herein To The natural history OF
Hawaii which might ie iot gotten in future
years without some such history Gs tn q TO pre-
serve them 10 postrrity.. Further. 1t IS the cs-
Iecial property al the latest ruilng family OF
the Hawaiian Islands. being nothing less than
the gcn"alOgy in remote times OF the late King
kaiakaua- WHO had 1t printed ~ tho original
hawaiian languagc-and myself
The eN-Qleen says that TINS Is the same
chant winch was sung by Puou, the Ing priest.
To Capt. Cook. whom the Islander, ~urnamcd
lonO. one ct the tour chief gods. dwelling high
in The Heavens, but at times appearing on the
earth. II was finally adopted as a Iart Of tho
religious service Oi the Islanders. AMI with. ad.
dltlons made from time TO- time reached the
1t Will lie seen. therefore,, says. the en-
Queen, that as connecting III" earlier kings
uron he throne. This chant IL n contribution
10 the history OF the Hawaiian Islands. and AS
il - the only rrCOrl OF It's kInd In rNistcnce. II
seemed TO me worthy OF preservation In con.
The chant Itself is wild and barlaric,
IiIuokalani. in tranSlating II has preserved
much OF the charm, IN" cpl" divides the crea;
ton into sixteen serHrhl" "rhs or ages. and
contrary to tn" Biblical version that everything
was completed in six days aud that the seventh
was set nsile Tor rest, the ISLANDERS believed
that certain parts OF the world were con.
structcd ~ each age. which extended over
many generations. Here Is the way it starts
on, dpsCr hlng the creation OF night. which
WIS the first thing made:
At the time that turned the heat of the earth.
A. the Tune that the Heavens turned and changed.
At the time when the light Of the sun was suodued,
To cause light to break torn.
Al the time 4 the night Makali W inter-,
Th,n b gan the slime viii h established the earth.
The source OF de, pest darkness,
Of the d, pth OF darkness. of the d. pth Of darkness,
o. the darFre.s OF the sun, Of the depth Of darkness,
n the dcpth OF night,
II l. might.
50 was night born.
The rcma ming fourteen verses OF this era
describe the creation OF coral. worms, star
fish. phosphorus. shell-iish. ~eayeed and gras-
ses, trees and "A lew % tho smaller animals. All
were created IN the darkness. Also, the first
man. Whtooli. aud the fret woman, Mato1o,a,
creation. i the refrain: 80 the gods may
enter. tut not man"
In the second era were created the larger
fishes, and the growth OF the island vegetation
Is described. The third era saw he creation
Of birds and insects, In the fourth era begins
Inc propagation oil mankind, tnus.
Man va born 70 create. to increase;
To increase in the night by Thousands;
At this ago, III. r. ia u lull-
At this Az tafc your rh,ldrcn to tie beach.
CnildIen PLAY al lespng sands.
They ar III" childnn born o. night
NghI Was born.
The NTH. sixth. seventh AMI eighth eras
describe Simply the development Of the race.
and "A refrain at the end ui each verso Is. 1T Is
night In the ninth era this refrain taxes
the new form, IT IS day The tenth era IS
NAEy abort NM in tina NANAH Ia Arn tIh
chIonlcler, M he gets down closer to his "
m rntris m a more extended manner upon
actual stat sites. Hitherto the I~IoGrcSs had
teen detailed only IN general. Thirtv.three
pages Of the book now record the eleventh era,
giving the names OF the chiefs aud the wives
OF each, The twelfth era consists Of ten pages
must have been Il dark one, since no record Is
kept, and the chanter hurried on TO the
fourteenth. which, was likewise a mere
The fifteenth era seems to have boon the axe
81 miracles. There Il told. IN disconnected
torn, how children are saved 10y sharks, how
beasts. ami how war spread over the land.
The sixteenth era brings the narrative OF the
succession Of kings down to LOnuikanlakahiSi.
or Lonu. who was the ancestor OF lIliuoSa-
LAM. IN the eighth generation. In the appen-
dix IS shown Ll!iuokalani,s exact, re .ation-hlp
IN the. royal line. She Is the third child OF
King kaI aakea, and succeeded her brother,
ktnR Ma Hktua. the second child, LiliuUka-
lani's sister. Miriam likclkr. welded The Hon.
y. :, CIeRhOrn, an Eng l-hman, and the result
Of that union was the Princess Nictorla Naiu-
lani, who was the heir al parent. and l,led
last year. shortly after her r"turn from Lon
dor. where 81" had been educated
lIliuOkalani il The last ul her race. A bill il
now pending N Congress. granting her a PEN
Zion Of SlO.OOO n year. The queen now owes
in this city II hotel bill extending over three
years. She IL living lpi"tly ~ the Hotel CAIRO.
attended only by two Native Hawaiian attend
ants, who have remained with her during her
re .idcncc In he United >tatoS. She is aging
rapidly. OF lat her principal amusrment has
been automobile riding. She has a steam
automobile. which one Of her attendants has
learned 10 manipulate with skill. The "X-
queen is frequently seen on sunny afternoons
ridIng down Pennsylvania avenue and on +
street. Occasionally she goes TO the theatre.
Her personal expenses have been pnrtia ly met
by private and voluntary contributions sent 10y
~royalists in Hawaii.