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

GUAM WASH Washingtonian. writ
ten by a Hawaiian girl follows:
A century and nearly two-score
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 1878 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 and not few pens
have been dipped in the making of
Hawaii'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 cannibals? 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 will give authentic record of their
earliest existence; but because OF a
similarity between them and the races
of the South Pacific islands, in ap-
pearance, language. custom, religious
.Leliefs 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-
tons have sometimes called for the
sacrifice of human life. they never
.practiced cannibalism. =.
Captain Cook, who discovered them,
was received with the utmost hospf-
tally and reverenced as a king or
god. He and his crew remained sew
eral weeks among the people. accept
ing their gifts of feathered cloaks,
fruit and food and replenishing their
boat with necessary supplies with lit
tie or no reimbursement
"A year later CAPTAIN Cook again
landed upon these hospitable shores.
Again the native chiefs and subjects
made him welcome and in friendly as
ISOLATION they 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 1t. a fight en-
sued in which many natives we're 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 deifed. Alexander's history tells
of many acts of cruelty perpetrated
destroyed by fire in revenge for the
death of their commander. It 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-
tion. At the beautiful bay of Keal-
akekua Tor the bay of the awakening
Spirit) 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 aud changing the
story of Hawaii's people.
There are eight inhabited islands
in this once little island kingdom and
these, with few similar islands
the nesting place Of birds-comprise
the territory OF Hawaii. Hawaii. the
largest island Of the group, is espe-
eially noted for containing Kilauea,
the largest active volcano in the
world. Oahu holds the capitol and
largest city in the territory, Homo
lulu. 1t is at Pearl Harbor on this
island of Oahu few miles from Ho.
nolulu, that the United States is lay
ing the foundation for its strongest
Notifications. Maui is not without
its own feature of fame, for here is
supported 10000 feet in air, Halea.
kala, the largest extinct crater known
to man. Molokai is known as the
leper.island, though only small pen
insula, guarded by wooded cliffs anu
stretching toward the ocean to the
north, nurses the afflicted ones. Their
number is less than a thousand in all,
and are of every nationality. Under
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