The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-23
SACRIFICIAL stone
IDOLS AND SKELETON
interesting Find by Ex.Gov. CIeghorn on Wal.
kiki Beach Lots---ReIcs of Barbarian
Past Uncovered

sacrife the history fop the
oldest Hawaiian inhabtan determine
by Hon A Ceghon, his beach place Diamond Head
side OF the Hustac residence and close the oana Hotel The dis
eovery amporant the antiquarian history of the
islands and their people probably this generations
the high priests made public demonstrations their power only
over the people but the king well.
In the front yard Of the premises and in plain
view OF the road huge mound of explicit
group OF huge stones with smaller grotesquely elevated
on top 10 the casual paseby the big have
but have been why the mishapen
rocks should be raised in conspicuous a place.
These
been brought to light in years
For the past
kelike used premises place,
t - 49, , ~ - 10 =. olPl7S ,,S rs, " ~ "
design depth inches convinced
that the stone had times been used the performance
of religious There deep
whether caused by the blood of sacrificed victims from daughts
of the hollow priests yet
While erecting his beach recently Mr. Ceghorn
made closer investigation of the With the assistance of Mr.
aphagen Mr. Cleghorn carefully
found to be huge weighing about eight It
of the class found undoubtedly
from the hills back Kapiolan were
ana the stone was brought to the surface and the excavation
there another large The owned by Mr.
ued formerly the possession Charles Booth, and
granted Mr. Cleghorn raise prize. The
second found to be much heavier fact weighs
corng Mr. Taphagen estimates about found
straight line
excavated all in a straight line.
When the stone raised Mr. Cehon made his
discovery The of skeleton found buried
the rock But few bones by
There jawbone with all the teeth perfect
Mays the physician whom shown and Dr. Whitney the
dentist pronounce young perhaps
years The teeth temporary
Whitney and will be Cleghorn.
is the opinion of Mr. Ceghon that the young the
victim of acrifcia rite The sacrifice have been
had people
burying the remains beneath huge
But the skeleton the only feature call mind the
had the Mr.
eghorn discovered four five crude idols of which
the of the rock the latter
grotesque appearance The wormen broke the
awans idols would have recognized the almost shape stones
figures before which the Hawaan made dvoton
The broken had been rudey shaped head
ball and the body merely shaped to give the
f a and a arge-sized trunk.
there notch indicate chin and
few markings beneath Another sabsie piece of
tone which is believed to be fsh-god
A which found line of
followed ndenatons surface,
high chief priest Another hollow
ng away this may merely receptacle
kahunaed liquid, may for
mother person.
How the Hawaans
the mountain 1t is known whether
methods of carrying objects dis
ance here transportation
ust been by hand and possibly rude sedges
Of these curious stones recalls the fact that the beach
bathing place Kamehameha and
believed that the King of Oahu before advent
the used the place.
The beach dangerous people
God The deep just off the shore and the
nder-ow extremely Mr., Ceghorn that
curious the bottom along that section free
o coral There appears be there
Onion put many of his people work
the coral that he might have clean sandy
ID beneath where enjoy
S baths watch the aquatic sports of his subjects