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Show The Slain English Explorer in Hawa I TtT hSi, f"" OUTRIGGER CANOE 1 t j(tyy It I ifSl S STATUE OF KAMEHAMEHA 1 (J2- If ' f f II KV ! 1 Vki! VW? PTOlfe' f f M JBsTi capta.n cook .n kcalakekua bay TTI lVadl'W ' I2X,1I:?HvV$ l-lMfx $T&I king, with a retinue ol followers, among them IJALwfTrillhlW nfiiPg Price Kamohatneha. later to be known as The I'iXVi'l I ,fn fn ( M! I 'fM'ftTf ftiff'Olil' if&&i&P'-SBB Conqueror, went . out to the ships hearing rich 'l)-m ffin J I U ii I U fll T tr?M rffti wit.,' royalty arrayed in picturesque feather ' I M '! ' U JJJJl V-1! . helmet and In feather mantle that swept the i iLJ TS 't ground, filfts were exchanged: the white men ir l' 't?-C2Si? - i gave to the natives seeds that were to add richly lJfflfil to the plant Hfe of aw gave too goats. c.oth in. ..in mil iniiiiMiM in i r n n end wennous. whilst not alone the best that the Ancient Hawaiian Place or worship king, with a retinue of followers, anions them I'rince Kamehaiueha, later to be known as The Conqueror, went out to the ships bearing rich pifts, with royalty arrayed in picturesque feather helmet and In feather mantle that swept the ground, filfts were exchanged: the white men cave to the natives seeds that were to add richly to the plant life of Hawaii, gave, too, goats, cloth, nnd weapous, whilst not nlone the best that the land had to offer In the way of food was presented pre-sented by the Islanders to the white men on fhls visit of state, but upon the leaders In Cook's party were bestowed rich treasure of the art of the Hawalians, rare samples of the precious featherwork for which the people are Justly famed. Alexander, born In Hawaii and historian of the Innd of his birth, writes thus of the honor shown Captain Cook by the Hawaiian ruler: "The king made a grand ceremonial visit to the ships, with three large canoes attended by chiefs wenrlng their feather clonks and helmets, and armed with spears and daggers, and by prle.-ts hearing gigantic gi-gantic Idols of wlckerwork, covered with red feathers, with eyes made of mother-of-pearl and mouths set with double rows of sharks' teeth. "After paddling around the ships, chanting prayers or hymns, they went toward the oli--!rva-tory where Captain Cock landed to receive tliein. On entering the tent the k!na placed his own magnificent feather clonk upon fn-tnin Cook's shoulders and a feather h"lm"t on bend nnd laid five or six other benuti:'i;l Work at tils feft." Captain Cook. too. made h graceful ,'resture. On this occasion be presented to t'se king his own sword. And perhaps the I'nen s'llrt he cave hlru at the same time was to t'ie rech icnt an ohtect j that, because of the ra,-ltr of the s.'irve on li i Islands, had high vnl-ie In Hip eves of rv.'nr and j subjects. ! If the English exploring piirtv hail left at the height of their popularity all wo;i!d have Iven ; well. I5ut Cook's men st:iy;d on urd n and In time the natives became weary of taklna canoe-load canoe-load after canoe-load of provisions out to the ships. In the end quarrels arose consciously and unconsciously the sailors offended the natives, ' the natives the sailors. Then one day CooU's men I short of wood, cut down the pnl!mr about the ' sacred temple close to the shore of the bay, and this greatly angered the people wh;l from tinin to time the natives stole coveted ohj-ets from the anchored ships, nnd resi-nted the stern punishments punish-ments that followed these thefts Mutferings against the visitors began to h" heard on all sides. ! When one of the sailors d'ed and was buried on shore, the Islanders said to one another: "These I are but men like ourselves'" Sis-'!i-'.n and hit- j ter feeling Increased, at last rn:'l fk'hTins took i place; In this warfare the natives making use '; of spear and the hurling of stones, while gun and cannon were employed by the white man. i ' Then came an hour of fighting when Captain j Cook was ashore, and a moment when the cap tain turned toward the sea to signal to his men to cense firing. A native chief, who had In his possession one of Cook's own. Iron daggers, crept up and stabbed him In the back. Captain Cook ( fell, his face in the water, and when the natives I raised the body it was lifeless. I Thus died one of the bravest of the brave sons ! sent out by England to the far corners of the earth. Fellow-countrymen of the great voyager have erected on the shore of Kealakekua hay a tall monument marking the spot near which the hero was slain. Hawaii's punishment for the slaying slay-ing of Captain Cook has followed through the years, because of this tragedy the Hawalians he Ing accounted a bloodthirsty and lnhosp4tnhle people, while on the whole they were friendly to strangers and welcomed them to their land. 1 By KATHERINE POPE Author of "Hawaii, The Rainbow Land." "niS summer that portion of the United T States known as the Territory of Hawaii celebrates the fact that Just one hundred fifty years ago the brave English explorer, Capt James Cook, m?CT discovered this group of Islands lying tftOf( off quite by itself there In mld-Pnc!flc. vjjhtfj Hawaii, with play and pageant, brings back the days so different from -3Z present life In these delectable Isles. ' -L A century and a half ago the "Eight Islands" (the number Is really twelve) were unknown un-known to the civilized world; but now their anchorage an-chorage there In the great ocean Is frequently called "The Crossroads of the Pacific." For today the port of Honolulu Is crowded with ships from myriad routes that center there. Ships come from New Zealand far to the south, and greet craft from San Francisco, Vancouver, even distant Vladlvostock. Too, East and West meet In Honolulu, Hono-lulu, vessels from Asiatic waters seek harborage near those from 1'u.nama and from South Amer- lean ports. A great change from that January day, 1778, when Captain Cook and his party, voy-" voy-" nging from the South seaa toward the northwest coast of America,jdlscovered In latitude 21 de grees 12 minutes 35 seconds north bits of land rising ris-ing here and there above the waste of waters, and then made landing on Kauai, northernmost of the Hawaiian Islands. The English explorer, out of compliment to nl patron and friend, the earl of Sandwich, decided to christen these Isles that he had come upon "The Sandwich Islands." And for long they bore this name; and still today the name clings to the group, which Mark Twain called "the loveliest fleet of islands that lies anchored In any ocean." Captain Cook's discovery of Hawaii marked a turning point In the history of the little land. For Cook's account of the plaCe and people made known to the world the existence of a land of plenty sorely needed as a port of call for the voyagers abroad now In this period of discovery Captain Cook found the first natives enconn tered timid, afraid te come aboard his vessels, the Discovery and the Resolution, although sev eral of the canoes did approach quite close, and the occupants offered to barter fish, pigs and po tatoes for nails and bits of Iron. Cook, who is famed for the care with which he looked after the health of his men, seized this opportunity to obtain fresh provisions, his supply of turtle by now being exhausted. Presently the bartering nativese lost thelt timidity and consented to come aboard the vessels. ves-sels. But these at once beginning to help thera selves to whatsoever pleased their fancy, the hosts had to keep a 6harp watch on the guests Cook, who was in need of fresh water as well as fresh food, proceeded slowly along the coast of Kauai on the lookout for a suitable landing. As the vessels made their way along the coast natives na-tives swarmed on the shore, and on the "hills above the water, to observe the strange visitants. As they gazed upon the advance of the tall-masted ships, the watchers on land cried : "Look 1 moving islands of forests!" "No," said others among them, "these are temples tem-ples to the high god Lono!" Concerning the beings upon the strange ships, they regarded these as more than men, as gods returning to Isles where once they had dwelt For the old chants of the land sang of a past day when gods walked among men ; also related that the same gods would come back sometime. The white men went ashore heavily armed, for these were uncharted Islands, the character of the dwellers thereon most uncertain, their hospitality hos-pitality waiting to be proved. Kut as the white men stepped ashore at Wultnea, Kauai, the natives na-tives fell down before them In adoration, received them with rejoicing. A supply of excellent water was found, and the next day the natives gladly helped In rolling the casks hack and forth. Meanwhile Mean-while brisk bartering was carried on between Islanders and visitors, and. too. the latter made some exploration -Inland. Cook's record of the natives here reads: "No people could trade with more honesty than these people, never once attempting at-tempting to cheat us. either ashore or alongside the ship." The exploring party remained for two weeks In Hawaiian waters, and obtained a valuable addition addi-tion to the ships' supplies for the long voyage north: very good sweet potatoes, between sixty and eighty pigs, some salt, also salt-fish, a few fowls, and the excellent taro-root that was the chief food of the Island people. Whilst the nails and Iron objects received in exchange by the natives were highly valued In a land where tools had to be made of stone, of wood, of bone, or of shell. Valued by the Hawalians, also, were two pigs of English breed and three goats that Cap tain Cook turned over to the rare of ooe of the chiefs when his party resumed the voyage north ward. The natives gave so generously ot their pos sessions to the visitors because they thought Captain Cap-tain Cook the great god l.ono, whose return to Hawaii had been prophesied. Messengers wert sent aut the Islands to tell the chiefs of Hie strange beings that had come to Hawaii. The messengers said. "The men are white, their skin is loose and folding; their heads are angular; fire ami smoke Issue from their mouths; they have npen!t'!' In the sides o( their bodies In which they thrust their hands and draw out Iron, bends and other treasures " Captain Cook now cruised here and there about the group, and made no small advance In acquu'ntance with the natives. And again he nnd his party were welcomed, again they were given high honors, again out to the Resolution nnd the Discovery the outrigger-canoes toiled laden with presents of much value, the best that the land had to offer. In order to refit the ships and take In water, the vessels anchored In a fine large bay, Keala kekua, on the western shore of the southernmost Island, Hawaii. Here, Immediately the vessels were surrounded by hundreds of canoes, with swarms of visitors begging to come aboard a marked contrast to the earliest attitude f the islanders. There was one state occasion when the old |
