--- title: Opening — Hawaiian Historical Legends · full text with trees description: Opening, «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: HAWAIIAN HISTORICAL LEGENDS --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Hawaiian Historical Legends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/) / Opening # Opening Opening of «Hawaiian Historical Legends» by W. D. Westervelt: the whole text, 48 sentences and 517 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. HAWAIIAN HISTORICAL LEGENDS[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") By W. D. WESTERVELT Author of “Maui the Demi-God of Polynesia”; “Legends of Old Honolulu”; “Hawaiian Gods and Ghosts”; “Around the Poi-bowl”; “Hawaiian Volcanoes,” etc.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") ILLUSTRATED[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") New York Chicago Fleming H. Revell Company London and Edinburgh[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") To my wife, Caroline Castle Westervelt, and my son, Andrew Castle Westervelt, this sixth of my books on Hawaiian Literature is heartily dedicated.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") PREFACE[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") From mist to sunshine—from fabled gods to a constitution and legislature as a Territory of the United States—this is the outline of the stories told in the present volume.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") This outline is thoroughly Hawaiian in the method of presentation.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") The old people rehearsed stories depending upon stories told before.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") They cared very little for dates.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") This is a book of stories related to each other.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") Veiled by the fogs of imagination are many interesting facts concerning kings and chiefs which have been passed over untouched—such as the voyages of the vikings of the Pacific, who left names and legends around the islands.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") For instance, Hilo, in the island of Hawaii, is named after Whiro, a noted viking who sailed through many island groups with his brother, Punga, after whom the district of Puna is named.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") Ka-kuhi-hewa, ruler of Oahu, was the King Arthur of the Hawaiians, with a band of noted chiefs around his poi-bowl.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") Umi was a remarkable king of the island Hawaii.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") Many individual incidents of these persons are yet to be related.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") The Hawaiian language papers since 1835, Fornander’s Polynesian Researches, and many of the old Hawaiians have been of great assistance in searching for these “fragments of Hawaiian history,” now set forth in this book.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") W. D. W.[18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") PRONUNCIATION[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") In reading Hawaiian words do not end a syllable with a consonant, and pronounce all vowels as if they were Italian or French.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") a = a in father. e = e in they. i = i in pin. o = o in hold. u = oo in spoon.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") This is a fairly good rule for the pronunciation of all Polynesian words.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") CONTENTS[23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") CHAPTER PAGE[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") I. Maui the Polynesian 13 II.[25](25/ "tree and pragmatics") Maui Seeking Immortality 19 III.[26](26/ "tree and pragmatics") The Water of Life 24 IV.[27](27/ "tree and pragmatics") A Viking of the Pacific 35 V. Home of the Polynesians 41 VI.[28](28/ "tree and pragmatics") Sons of Kii 47 VII.[29](29/ "tree and pragmatics") Paao from Samoa 65 VIII.[30](30/ "tree and pragmatics") Moikeha the Restless 79 IX.[31](31/ "tree and pragmatics") Laa from Tahiti 86 X.[32](32/ "tree and pragmatics") First Foreigners 93 XI.[33](33/ "tree and pragmatics") Captain Cook 100 XII.[34](34/ "tree and pragmatics") The Ivory of Oahu 114 XIII.[35](35/ "tree and pragmatics") The Alapa Regiment 125 XIV.[36](36/ "tree and pragmatics") The Last Prophet of Oahu 143 XV.[37](37/ "tree and pragmatics") The Eight of Oahu 149 XVI.[38](38/ "tree and pragmatics") The Red Mouth Gun 155 XVII.[39](39/ "tree and pragmatics") The Law of the Splintered Paddle 162 XVIII.[40](40/ "tree and pragmatics") Last of the Tabu 176 XIX.[41](41/ "tree and pragmatics") First Hawaiian Printing 183 XX.[42](42/ "tree and pragmatics") The First Constitution 189 XXI.[43](43/ "tree and pragmatics") The Hawaiian Flag 200 Index 217[44](44/ "tree and pragmatics") ILLUSTRATIONS[45](45/ "tree and pragmatics") FACING PAGE[46](46/ "tree and pragmatics") Idols by Which Captain Cook Was Worshipped Title page Spear Throwing Contest 62 Chiefs in Feather Cloaks and Helmets 88 Landing of Warriors 134 Hawaiian Grass Houses 172 First Leaflet Printed, 1822 184 Title Page of First Hymn Book, 1823 186 First Bible Printing, 1827 188[47](47/ "tree and pragmatics") I[48](48/ "tree and pragmatics") - next →: [Maui the Polynesian](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/2/) - ↑ back to [Hawaiian Historical Legends](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg66357/)