Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-17

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ten by a Hawaiian girl follows:
A century and nearly twoscore
years have passed since the existence
of the Hawaiian islands came to the
knowledge Of the civilized world
through the discovery OF Captain Cook
In 177S. He named them the Sand.
wich islands. in honor Of the earl Of
Sandwich, who financed his expedi-
ton. During the past century much
has been told of them and Of their
inha bitants: their natural beauty and
tropical wealth. Friendly lips have
sung their prais~s and not few pens
have been dipped in the making of
Hawafi's story.
Today we are telling the story in a
new way. With the aid of camera and
canvas. Hawaii will say much for her.
self; for words can never picture to
your minds the loneliness. beauty and
grandeur woven in every scene which
has earned for these islands the title
of THE Paradise Of the Pacific"
What is the origin of the Hawaiian
people? From whence did they come ?
Were they ever eannibals? Questions
such as these greet us on every side
The origin Of the Hawaiian race is
really unknown. Historians of the
best authority have failed to find ought
that win give authentic record Of their
earliest existence; but because of q
similarity between them and the races
OF the South Pacific islands, in ap-
pearance, language, custom, religious
heliefs. and practices, the writer's of
Polynesian history have concluded
that all Of the Pacific islanders have
sprung from a common source.
The Hawaiians were never canni.
balls. Though their religious tradi-
tions have sometimes called for the
sacrifice of human life, they never
practiced cannfbalism, ~ -. :, ~.
], Captain Cock, WHO disenHeEea them,
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Isral weeks ap1spg the people, ACCEPT,
4ng .theiE : gifts. 81 feathereda n cloaHEs,
fruit and food and replenist.ny their
boat with necessary supplies with lit
tie or no reimbursement. Ill., L.
A year later Captain Cook again
landed upon these hospitable shores.
Again the native chiefs and subjects
made him welcome and in friendly as
sociation thew lived until he allowed
members of his crew to desecrate one
OF their sacred temples This pre-
cipitated row. and, when Captain
Cook refused TO leave even an idol to
those who cherished it, a fight en-
sued in which many natives were kill.
ed and In which the English navigator
lost his life. His body was carried to
one OF the temples or heiaus where
the usual funeral rites was performed.
Afterwards. according to the custom
OF that day, the flesh was stripped
from the bones and burned. while the
bones were tied up in red feathers
and deifled. Alexander's history tells
Of many acts of cruelty perpetrated
by the sailors, an entire village being
destroyed by IRE in revenge for the
death, Of their commander. 1t Is in
deed sad to think that he who was
destined to open for these benighted
people the roadways of civilization,
should have paid with his life. sac
rifice to wilfulness and inconsidera-
ton. At the beautiful bay Of Keal-
akekua Cor the bay of the awakening
Spirit q monument to his memory
marks the place of his landing on the
island OF Hawaii as well as that of
his death, while, slowly. but surely,
the spirit Of an awakening conscience
has gone On making and changing the
story of Hawaii's people.
There are eight inhabited islands
In this once little island kingdom and
these. with a few similar islands
the nesting place of birds-comprise
the territory Of Hawaii. Hawaii: the
largest island of the group, is espe-
cially noted for containing Kilauea,
the largest active volcano in the
world Oahu holds the capitol and
largest city in the territory, Homo
lulu. II is at Pearl Harbor on this
ISLAM pfI OsApA en- GILES ArSfI 30:
nbiafu. that the United States IS lay
ing the foundation for fts strongest
Notifications. Maui is not without
its own feature of fame, for here is
l0,09o--feet- in air, -Halea-
kala, the largest extinct crater known
to man. Molokai IS known as the
though only a small pen
insula, guarded by wooded cliffs and
toward the ocean to the
north, nurses the afflicted ones. Their
Is less than a thousand in all,
and are of every nationality. Under
the care of a regular physician with
sisters of mercy teaching and nurs-