Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-21

fac simile of the cannon manned by
Davis and Young. the white men ac-
companying Kamehameha. which
drove the warriors of Kalanikupule,
king of Oahu. back from the beach and
afterward destroyed them on the
heights of Nuuanu Pail. Also there
were sings made just as the ancient
sings of the Hawaiians were made,
each with its black and blessed stone.
a venomous-looking little stone such
as David might have used TO Stay his
Goliath OF Gath.
Wise Tells the Story OF Landing.
In brief summary of the story of
the landing of Kamehameha |, John
Wise, in whose hands the entire work
of preparing for the pageant lay. said
this morning while he waited for the
coming of the canoes:
ct was in 1895 that Kamehameha
landed here. He had been King Of
Hawaii island, and had Just proved VIC
tor of Maui in a hard-fought battle,
near Waifuku. Fortunately for him,
he had surprised and captured the
sloop Snow, commanded by the son Of
Captain Metcalf, of the schooner Eli
more, and with her managed to get
hold ef two cannon and a number of
muskets. These won his fight for
him.
With him were his five wives and
the following chiefs, all heads of dis
tricts of Hawaii: Keaweaheula. repre-
sented this morning by Keaweamahi,
fho oOmmandor In ol,faf ~ tha o-.r,v
under the king; Chief Keeaumoku
represented by Kauhi; Kameeiamoku.
represented by Haumea; Kamanawa,
represented by Kealohapauole: Kalei-
paihole, represented by Kulewa and
Keaweokahipona, represented by Lili-
kalani. Also there was Chief Keanu, a
widely travelled chief, who had been in
China and up on the northwest coast
This last chief proved a traitor to
his king, quitting him on the island OF
Maui and coming on here to Oahu
with five thousand of his own follow
ers Keanu's wife, Ger whom the
trouble Is said to have arisen, remain
ed faithful to Kamehameha, and Keanu
was the first. to fall in the battle on
the sands here. The white man,
Young, shot him down at the com
mand of the King, with the first bullet
that was fired. After the landing here
the 0ahuans ran into the mountains,
frightened by the cannon and the
muskets, and were easily beaten by
Kamehameha in the fight at the Pail
that followed
Kukailimoku Lands, First.
Just about that time the canoes,
which had been hanging about in the
offing, as they say in the sailor books.
began coming iHshore. They were
headed by the canoe bearing the rep
resentative of the ancient Kahuna, or
priest, who, sitting majesticalIy in his
seat, with red headcloth of his rank
showing a vivid patch against the
blue of the sea and the sky. came
sweeping on the sands, where he
sprang out, and siezing a handful, be-
gan the formal incarnation OF his
creed, asking the blessing of the
Feather God, Kukailimoku, or to give
the translation, God Who Seized All
the Land on the undertaking of the
monarch in the following canoe.
ELmehameha was standing, majes-
tic, king in all but birth, in his place
in the big double canoe while this
was going on. When the priest fin
ished his prayer and offering to the
Feather God, he gave the signal and
his boat swept inshore, with a rush
of water, spurred by the strong brown
arms of the paddlers.
King Reaches Shore.
flor. him ovuonf nthnR aanna..
the whitened water flashing golden in
the sun, and splashing feather
spray over the waving feathers. and
the great yellow cloaks Of the mon
arch and his chiefs. The great pefeu,
or double canoe crashed against the
sand with a rasping sound that sent
@ shiver down the spines of the more
imaginative among the crowds, the
king stepped out, waded through tine
glittering wavelets to the beach and
the pageant was over, save for the
marching and counter marching before
the winking eyes of the cameras
1t was maze of color, delight to
the eye. and appeal to the art sense:
this pageant of Kamehameha the
Great. That being 50. it seems almost
unfair to touch upon the shortcomings
iHseparable from such an affair, given
for the first time. That there were
some such 1t can not be denied more
canoes were needed, and more room
far, far more room. Also, in future
will it be necessary to handle the
crowds in some better manner than
the slipshod, hit-or-miss methods used
this morning. 1t was not the fault o.
the police so much as the insurmount-
{ BILE difficulties presented by the
grounds selected for the pageant.
There was no room to move. and when
the hula dances started after the land
ing, camera men, and few, FAR 200
few by comparison, packed into a
dense oval shaped mass. shutting out
the view of thousands that stood inn
patient on the outer rim unable to
see what was going on.
Already plans are being laid for next
year and the undoubted success of this
pageant have made il GER
tain that it will be attempted on a far
freater scale in 1914. Said John Wise
this morning after the pageant: Il
am tickled at the way things went af-
ter all our troubles. Next year if