Old time Hawaiians and their work . platform. A three-corneredsail was made of strips of matting and was a help tothe paddlers. These canoes were from fifty to a hun-dred feet long and six or eight feet deep. A large company of people went on these chief took his family, retainers to wait upon them,priests with their idols, musicians for entertainment, apilot, and the paddlers. Enough food was taken to lastfor many days. The pigs, dogs, and hens were carriedalive, while the pandanus and breadfruit were preservedin rolls of matting. Gourds served as water bottles. Many times these b
Old time Hawaiians and their work . platform. A three-corneredsail was made of strips of matting and was a help tothe paddlers. These canoes were from fifty to a hun-dred feet long and six or eight feet deep. A large company of people went on these chief took his family, retainers to wait upon them,priests with their idols, musicians for entertainment, apilot, and the paddlers. Enough food was taken to lastfor many days. The pigs, dogs, and hens were carriedalive, while the pandanus and breadfruit were preservedin rolls of matting. Gourds served as water bottles. Many times these bold seamen were blown upon newislands by a storm or by a strong current. After goingonce the pilots learned the way, so that they could travel i6 THE FIRST PEOPLE AND HOW THEY CAME 17 back and forth. The paddlers kept time to music andfollowed the direction which was signaled by the pilotwith a bunch of grass. He steered partly by makinga definite angle with the currents caused by the tradewinds, but his surest guide was the Samoan Douule Canoe Sometimes as many as fifteen canoes would form asquadron. Then the pilot in the leading canoe wouldguide them all. In the daytime they spread out in abroad line so that they might not miss the islands, butat night they kept close together to avoid separation. i8 OLD-TIME HAWAIIANS AND THEIR WORK II About fifteen hundred years ago a bold seaman namedHawaii-loa reached the Hawaiian Islands, sailing fromthe west. Many people believe that he came first andnamed the islands after himself, and then returned for
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