The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-04-23

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MHufis. TtNnnnH Thhltana. uHmnins ana
HHWn.ianH can without dniouity ~
proved ono AMI thc same family Mp
toncnfrhCs carries PEEL back unor inniy ~
q ported ut probably 100 ysara aEN.
which may hc considered 8H fairly re-
mote in two ancestral lines ~ thus
MnuuaTul. Whatnupn, Raura.
samonn--Ta, Atonpa. Rnuu
Maoriori uhc people who arc auptos..s
10 have Inhabited New Zealand uefors
the Maorisl -Toi. lintonrh. Raura
here We have absolute, agreement in
the order md names OF thcso autestotg
OF the Maori ANA Slmoans lue varia-
ton in "orthorraphy" - due to- tie no.
culinr dialect which the latter have 10
doubt contracted by closer contact with
their harburuus-Hpcukiu 'ncghuors uf
inc West by tracing these lines down
TO TIE present day % viii hc found THAI
thcy scvctally give a mean Of about forty
generations. some more. others again
less. Assuming twenty-five years to fair
~ represent generation. We have here
period in Polyncslan story Of lao
years ago, which absolutely nccordg
with th4t Of their kindred OF Samoa
while that Of the Maoriuri. whose isola-
tlon from New Zealand was AS conulsts
as that Of the Samoan. also give the
names In the same order If not SO fully:
Raratongau Mocmotua, Aloetiti
Tahitian-Moetcrau Moeitnti
Notwithstanding Moitiiti
Finally, II we chose TO review n Pc
Rod which IL at the least twenty genera
tons, or about 500 years earlier LOO
years ago, we may do so thus:
Hawaiian-LalSa. wahieioa, Aloha.
Maori-Rata, Wahiero. Aroha.
Samoan- ...., ..., Taolfa.
with variation in orthogrnphy only
we Mt this remote period find perfect
harmony in the genealogical tables of
these people. who for hundreds of years
nave been separated by that vast surface
OF heaving waters. Polynesian history
Is built UP In the lives and works OF in
diViduals who have succeeded each other
In their generations: individual names arc.
frequently derived from some circrrn-
stance connected with the birth or life
or the possessor. and finally important
principles are ofttimes associated In n
name. Vast though the subject be and
Wife the interval of space and of time.
unfettered by cataclysmal disasters ana
terrestrial changes, the mind OF the mn
tive prophet. or adept, OF less than 100
years ago could grasp with clearness the
principles OF creation which has been
handed down as legacy from his fore
fathers; he could explain the evolution
and tnvolution of n germ, how II was
affected by its surrounding elements. and
what those elements consisted of: he
could describe the contents of the unit
verse, recite how the stars We're sown
throughout space. their order and class
and the forces which keep them suspend
ed and circling in their respective
spheres; he could point to the four parts
of the "Girdle of the Sky" and tell us
that even these points participated I'm the
unceasng motion visible elsewhere; he
would state that far beyond the Column
of the sky or milky way, new worlda
We're ever being created and that l.e-
hua-Sirius is recorded to have rushed in
brillance through the dark opening near
the Southern Cross on the way to its
present position in the sky. He would
assert that all material and visible phe-
nomena was Fastening onward to its
final equilibrium; that ms man was
born of his mother, the earth. so he re-
turns again to her. The Maori prophet
VIII tell that his progenitors hau origI-
nally belonged TO a large country, tho
borders of which almost extended 90
New zealand; that the principal part or
That country was suddenly submerged
by suhterraneous forces and that n large
proportion of the people of his race per-
ished, and Mt the same time historical
buildings containing the records OF the
history and all other treasures were lost
The origin of the Polynesian race h.
wrapped In mystery. Having no histort-
cal records, their whole knowledge or the
past being confined to oral traditions
and being wandering race, they knew
little about themselves and less abour
their origin. Our ethnologists have tried
to trace the history OF the Polynesians
by their past wanderings; but they have
ever been n race who trode lightly on
the land with naked feet and their foot
prints have long been obliterate by the
trampling of nameless invading hosts and
their abiding places have been lost under
fields of battle, volcanic eruptions and
nf tIa a II
came, an unfortunate. fateful race. driv--
en- by strange destiny from their BIRTH
place, doomed before time to annihila-
uon, asking not whence they came or
whittier they went. or If asking, answer
ell only by gloomy parable and mystic
sayings. There are some who believe
that the wonderful vigor and physique cf
the Polynesians will enable the race 10
exist, The Polynesians are the finest and
most interesting native race in the world!
without doubt. They are as bold as
The frontier tribes of India, whom in
deed, they much resemble without be-
Ing so sordid. In many customs words
ana legends they resemble the ancient
PeruVians-the ...-abitants of West
ern South America-and vet It appears
that the race Once inhabited a ma inland
which is believed to be India-inland In
ola, the plains and foothills of the Hima-
aya. with their borders touching the sen
va '"o .i si"h 'uil' Ages must nb.nss
passed. whilst the people dwelt In those
parts; they became navlgators, crossed
the neighborlng seas. acquired many Gus
toms from some race of n Semitic orig
In, together with some words of heir
language. This race was probably
dwelling In Arabia and the shores of the
Persian Gulf. But time came when the
Aryan race began to make it's appear-
ance In India, race of superior cgiiher.
ana probably more numerous. Re5src
thls lntruding race, the ancient Polylv..-
sian gradually retreated; but not nj once
There was n period when much inter-
course took place between the two races.
II appears that gradually the Aryan
drove the Polynesian race out OF India.
ana that the Polyneslans gradually ac-
curing the art OF navigation. pushed
OUT INTO unknown seas and made their
way INTO the Pacific, II NIL the native