Old time Hawaiians and their work . readfruit. The fleet paddled around the ships while the priestschanted prayers and hymns. Captain Cook received themon shore. The king presented the captain with several I02 OLD-TIME HAWAIIANS AND THEIR WORK beautiful feather capes, a helmet, and the food that was inone canoe; in return he received from the captain a linen shirt and a Cookremained almost amonth, and at thelast the Hawaiiansfound it hard tosupply their visitorswith all that theyexpected. Unfortu-nately, after theysailed away it wasfound necessary toreturn for time
Old time Hawaiians and their work . readfruit. The fleet paddled around the ships while the priestschanted prayers and hymns. Captain Cook received themon shore. The king presented the captain with several I02 OLD-TIME HAWAIIANS AND THEIR WORK beautiful feather capes, a helmet, and the food that was inone canoe; in return he received from the captain a linen shirt and a Cookremained almost amonth, and at thelast the Hawaiiansfound it hard tosupply their visitorswith all that theyexpected. Unfortu-nately, after theysailed away it wasfound necessary toreturn for time they werenot welcome. In aquarrel which aroseover a boat whichwas stolen by one ofthe natives. CaptainCook was killed,stabbed in the backwith an iron dagger. Kamehameha was present at the Cook had made many daring voyages forEngland. About fifty years after his death the Englishgovernment sent money for the erection of a monumentto his memory. It stands at Kealakeakua Bay, as near aspossible to the spot where he Captain Cooks Monument KAMEHAMEHA THE GREAT I03 III Because of Cooks sudden death it was more than sevenyears before any other ships visited the islands. His dis-coveries, however, showed the people of England andFrance that they could make money by getting furs fromthe Indians along the west coast of America and sellingthem in Canton, China. English ships were the first tostop at the islands on the way across the ocean. Theyfound it a convenient place to get fresh water and pro-visions. Soon many ships came, especially in the winter,on their way to China. These visitors taught the people many new they took Hawaiian boys as sailors to strangelands. Many of the sailors were rough men who soldfirearms and strong drink, while others brought plantsand animals and helped the natives to learn better waysof living. Captain George Vancouver had been with CaptainCook; fourteen years later he came again, and in twoyears made three visits. We
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