. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. k'('()H(i\s Dealli. 39 was not until they had come up lo them and handled thenu that they coultl detect their miHtake. Tlie whole party, including women antl children, not one of them siirvivetl to relate the catastrophe that had l)efa!len their comrades. The oidv living t)eing they loiunl was a solitary l!og\ in conipany with one of the families that had been so stiddenly l>erefl of life. In those perilous circunislances. the surviving party did not even stay to bewail the
. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Natural history; Ethnology. k'('()H(i\s Dealli. 39 was not until they had come up lo them and handled thenu that they coultl detect their miHtake. Tlie whole party, including women antl children, not one of them siirvivetl to relate the catastrophe that had l)efa!len their comrades. The oidv living t)eing they loiunl was a solitary l!og\ in conipany with one of the families that had been so stiddenly l>erefl of life. In those perilous circunislances. the surviving party did not even stay to bewail their fate, but leaving their de<X'ased conipaiiioiis as they found them, hurried on and overtook the company in advance at the })laee of their encampment. Ill a few day-s from this time llic army of KcM}na met their enemies and joined ill several l)attles. At length Kanieeiamokii went to Keoiui in the disguise of a friend, and witli iniieh smooth speech and fair promises, prevailed on liim to go to Kawailiac. and have an interview with Kanieliameha. Keona and his follow-ers, of whom the narrators of this seeiic were a part, retreated in the direction they had come. On llieir retnrii they fonnd their deceased friends as they had left them, entire, and exhibiting no other marhs of deeay, than a snnken hollowness in their eyes; the rest of their bodies were in a state of entire preservation. The)- were never bnried, and tlieir bones lay bleaching in the snn and rain for man\' years. Keona went on to Kawailiac trnsting in the false chiefs, a,nd on landing was treaeheroiisly murdered with his companiorrs and their l)odies offered as a plcasing saerifiee on the altar of the new temple. It is claimed thai: this was ne)t dcnie by the orders of Kamehanieha. Ko donbt the popular belief was thai^ l\de was fighting for Kamehameha, and this helped ont tlie promise of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
Size: 2079px × 1202px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, books, booksubjectnaturalhistory
