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Show SKULLS MAY SHOW ORIGIN OF hMIIANS I .Scientists Find Evidence Pointing to Identity Of the Race VISIT OLD CAVERNS Early Natives Showed Great Engineering Skill in Agriculture HONOLULU, T H . July 2s. Infor-jmatlon Infor-jmatlon which may throw valuable light on the mystery which surrounds the origin of the Hawaiian race was Obtained In explorations on the Ns Pall side "bf the island Kauai by a j party of scientists under the direction: Dr. II. i: ('. i e,:uiy. of the Bishop' i museum, it waa revealed when tho parte returned hera The finest type of terracing for Bg liculture :n ! h ll.iiv'.h.in l-iamis wis rfound In the valleys on I ana! . nd the irrigation system displayed gr,'a: ettH glneerlng skill on the -Hi of the early Hawallans who lived lharo, i r. Oi k-or k-or said. IMM) ou ..Kl 1,1,... A prow of an Suclent outrigger canoe n is found n one of the caves high up on a cliff. The prow contained con-tained three si ulh which, on first ex-J aminatlon, appeared to belong to some race other (hah the Hawaiian, prob-l ably to h ra e i rlginatlng m re to the I south. The skulls inn) hold the se- itkI nt th.i ni-lnln rt iV... II iiulUna I Dr. Gregorv- said. According In ancient Hawaiian leg- mis. he people of the Kudlolo urn1 jKalnlau valleys thes scene of the recent re-cent exploration- were the only ones in the Islands who were fro( mastered t Kamehamehs the Grot it when h--united the archipelago Into 0 king- ! dom. ! The only entrances lo th dated valleys are up ladders or on tmrru'v I trails and it was easy for the Inhabl-tuuts Inhabl-tuuts to repei attempted Invasions Further Investigation of the geology ,ot Kauai Is being made by Professor N. E. A. Hinds, instructor at Harvard university, who Is the latest scientist tO be admitted to th Bishop Museum Fellowship. He is the third person jto receive the award this year i si i iy i isn. It Is an honorary order created b) Tale university ln co-operation with the mureum and Is Intended for scholars schol-ars whose problems Involve first hand study of the Pacific Dr. Fowler of the Philadelphia Academy of Science, an authority on iflsh in the Pu if iL- and- Pro'. , so Y'url 'Skottaberg. of I'pesla. Sweden, an expert ex-pert on Pacific ocean plants, are the other two scientists who have been (admitted to the fellowship this year Dr. Fowler will arrive here aoon for a year's study of fish in Hawaiian waters. He nlf... will make trips to Palmyra, Midway nnd the Fanning I islands. |