The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-20
THE MOO OR UZABD GOD.
SAID TO HAVE BEEN SEEN ON
HAWAII
A Weird Tale If Fact-A Drawing Of
the Long Bow If Fancy-Interesting
Anyway.

The following appears as commun-
ication in the Hawaii Herald but with
out editorial or other indication of
whether it is written as a serious state
ment Of fact or a long bow drawn with
humorous intent.
On a recent tour of the Island of
Hawaii I made the acquaintance of a
creature long since thought to be eX-
tinct. | was spending the night i'm the
mouth of large cave in that unin-
habited southern section of the district
of Puma, which is a vast barren terri
tory Of bare lava. Here Madame Pele
seems to have emitted, simply for the
fun of the thing, a monotony of pa
hoehoe interspeTsed with a few obstruc-
tons to travel in the form of outbursts
of a-a
The moon was shining brightly and
l could sean without difficulty the
space lying between us and the sea:
we We're so near it. we We're frequently
moistened by spray from the breakers
which laVed the rocks below. Just at
midnight, l was awakened by loud
clear notes, the like of which have
never before fallen upon the drums Of
my ears. They seemed so near, l was
startled and looking toward the sea-
the direction from which came the
sound, l saw, not more than fifty feet
some five or six feet in length which
seemed to be moving slowly toward me.
cannot deny the fact, l was i'll at
ease" | have been on many eXpedi-
tious and maroons from a RATHER hunt
in the wilds of Texas to a galltnipper
drag in Jersey, but l never in my life
have felt so strangely, peculiarly queer
as / did it that moment. l felt pur-
suaded, strongly urged to beat a re-
/ a q
just to give the thing more room, you
know. l did not wish to embarrass it..
il evidently wished to come into the
cave but as l do not receive at that
hour of the night except by appoint
ment l did not invite it in. / raised
my gun to fire upon the creature which
seemed deaf to all commands to halt,
but l was not quick enough; the noise
had aroused my old native guide who,
in utter CONSERVATION seized me and
the gun and implored me not to shoot.
He said he had never seen a moo but
from what he had heard his father say
about eighty years ago he believed that
was a moo The moo or Lizard God
was called acknowledgements, and was
the God of Necromaners to which the
old time Kanakas would sacrifice their
children by casting them into the sea
whenever they wanted to work a rab-
bit foot" on friend. By consent of the
guide l fired the gun into the air and
the Sorcerer God put on breaks but
continued his music and refused to re-
tire to his liquid haunts.
Some of his notes were strangely,
weirdly sweet and he seemed to be
singing by note though 1 could not
catch the words. l suppose he was
singing in Hawaiian, language 1 have
not yet fully acquired.
He reminded me of tale / once
heard told on a Yankee and a negro.
The Yankee asked the son of Ham if
the alligator was amphibious. Yes,
lord said the negro, "he amphibus as
HI he bite you in a minuit." Like the
negro we thought the moo "amphibus'
so without further ceremony we left
and stood not on the order of our leav-
ing.
Wilson had fourteen chills a minute,
real buck agues and his nerves are not
vet in repose.
HOOANOANO.