Kaala, the Flower of Lanai [pp. 117-130]

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KAALA, THE FLOWER OF LAXAl.
~` A STORY OF THE TIME OF KAMEHAMEIlA THE GREAT.
AXAl, one of the small lish readers. And as the present frag ~ islands of the Hawai- mentary population has lost the fire and
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ian group, lies a few energy of the ancient people, and is rap miles west of Maui. idly passing away, anything that recalls
Although this a picture of this race before the destroy
) ~~,, ~ story is but a le- ing hand of civilization fell upon it must
gend among the be of more than passing interest.
~~ natives of Lanai, there 15 ev cry reason to suppose it founded on I.
fact. P.'~ose who may care to brave the
sea gods and dive into the spouting cave, LANAI is an island of many legends,
may see bones which are connected by stories, and songs. It was the first-born
unvarying tradition to the characters of the goddess Pahulu, and the gods of
with whom they are associated in the the kanakas of the olden times, coming
legend from Tahiti, first set foot on its shores.
The ancient Hawaiians were a strange, Here dwelt Kane, the great god, who
interesting people. Their taboos, houses crossed the seas from the western isles,
of refuge, gods, human sacrifices, reli- and who, when named Jane, had a still
gion and myths, their delight in blood,- older home in Asia, the motherland of
all are comparatively unknown to Eng- gods and men. His kindred, Kanekoa,
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