The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-03-27

smallness Of the handle, l am led TO
believe that he managed to swing the
weapon, using one hand only. The
average height OF the present day Ha-
waiian is feet @ Judging by this
find and several others which followed,
should place the height OF the an
Client race much above feet. A skele-
ton found by.others in cave at Wal
mea measured feet az inches, and
early missionaries report having seen
many that measured between 6 and
feet These bodies on closer inspection
,resemhled faded parchment and seemed
Ito have been embalmed In some way
with salt. The teeth were as beautiful
rs polished ivory, except IN two cases,
where two and three upper and lower
front teeth had been knocked out,
The other finds OF the cave consisted
OF two rough lava lamps, dozen stone
ADDE'S or various Sizes, one mirror OF
highly polished stone. and some other
small stone and bone articles which
am unable 60 classify, The air In the
cave soon became 50 sitting that was
compelled 90 make hestS retreat,
taking with me only n FEW " the Light
err articles ana leaving the warriors "
old 20 continue their sleep, practically
undisturbed,
Aft~ closing up and eonceallng tho
entrance 60 our cave Pau explained 10
me the use ~ the polished dlsk " stone
used "a q mirror by placing Il within
n ealahash and covering with water,
much 20 my Rstonishment the reflection
was IA perfect as mercury could pos.
sihly give,
During 1908 we discovered four other
caves, but three ~ these had been
looted and nothing OF Importance lert
aside from a few bones, n fragment OF
kappa cloth and an ada or two, Late In
March, however while attempting 10
follow some Wild goats up''a elir, !
came upon an open cave which evil
IDENTIFY had been used by the animals
as place of shelter and which AFFORD
/ ed me good opportunity for scanning
the opposite wall of the canyon for
likely places,
HUMAN SACRIFICE STONE,
! Just below me and beyond this point
soon discovered the wall OF an an
Client "heiau" or pagan temple, An
hours work with sharp cane knife
removed sufficient lantana to enable me
to reach this WALL which was about
! four feet high, three feet wide and In
closed about a half acre. The floor of
the Enclosure was carefully paved with
fiat stones which had been well selected
and put in place with considerable
skin. Within the Enclosure was mas
sive stone as large as a common table
G1rfaRp
| This had been used in ages past, I'M
doubtedly by the priest in Offering up
human sacrifices. A thick growth or
lantana, "hau" and "d' trees have en-
tirely concealed this temple from one
passing along the stream below. In
the cliff just above the Enclosure were
two very promising caves which had
been enlarged, made symmetrical and
probably used as a retreat by the "ka-
huna." or priest.
Just beyond this point we were COM
PEELED to use rope and tackle in max
ing the descent of perhaps 80 feet to
the floor below, where we found three
skeletons and but one mummified body
wrapped in coarse mating. There
seemed to be no plan of burial in this
case, MIR in the distribution of effects,
which ttere scattered about promiscu-
ously. Here we found a crudely carved
oblong wooden bowl supported by two
distorted figures resembling those
often seen in the ivory carving of the
orient: also three stone lamps, one of
which had, been made from a broken
poi poundek mortar and pestle; sew
eral adzes,( some fish hooks of bone,
several yards of cocoanut fiber rope,
and the usual calabash containing
some minor ornaments and decom-
posed foodstuff. The full extent of
these caves I was never fully able to
determine, for the air was sitting and
seemed mixed with carbon dioXide,
which repeatedly extinguished our
lights and made the task hazardous in
more ways than one. At a later date,
however, I found part of an idol just
within the opening and, hid beneath
the stones. 1t had been burned and
partly destroyed at some time and
NAV have belonged to the temple.
NATIVES OPPOSE RESEARCH.
In carrying on these rather super
fetal Investigations I was compelled
to use the utmost caution and secrecy,
dS many VI TIE lldllNtS al Z sun CA
tremely superstitious and opposed to
research along these lines. I usually
started out in hunting jacket, with
gun or rifle. as if seeking wild pig or
pheasant. These impedimenta one can
readily cache in some cave or hollow
tree and exchange for the real needs
of the day. My observations led me to
draw several conclusions regarding the
ancient Hawaiians.
1-They We're much taller, larger and
more powerful physically than at the
present day.
2-Thefr carvings of figures upon
idols and household articles are strong
ly suggestive of the Asiatic, while
their decorations. or totems. resemble
closely those of the Haida Indians
3-Their stone implements resemble
those of our American Indians only
to a limited degree, but this may re-
suit from there being a limited variety
of rock material to select from. and
very frequently, as with our Alaskan
Indians. wood and bone were used
when flint or metal would have served
better had they been available.
+In the weaving of baskets and
mating they resemblei both the Ash
attic and our northwestern Indians, as
well as the cliff jewellers of Arizona
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