Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 65, 20 Malaki 1894 Edition 02 — THE POPULATION OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. [ARTICLE]

THE POPULATION OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

Is the piā'A'aiiāL a !Dccin3d ? PRESEXT AND RTURE PROSPtCTS. — {Sce IloUiU'Hn, Feb. 21 auJ 2*1: Mar. 6, 12. 14 anJ 19). It voald b« u-ole-' to mullipK- snch cxampltfS whieh j show that witfa oor yoong b«lf-c«sle elemenl, fnmilies of 10 to 15 cliildreo will T*e a eommoo occoreoce. As « whole. lb« fertility of the fem«Ks of Uawniiao desceut witfa tfae superior r»c«?s, i» not onlv rcmark but it faas «iso » rviil to di»prove one of tOe physiolog:cal scieut;fio fnlKe e«. wfaicb a,v'<*rt* d tbai faum <c or animal females. after intercourse witb tnaies of bigfaer orders. alw&ys remained barren to their own inaīea. 1 ean give faere a few ex*«mples i to tfae contrary, merely suppreKsiug tfae names of ttie wfaīte partie- Two fall Hawaiian fema!es in Kona, —Kulana and Keak*. aod one in IK noluiu, Keluia. — first married to wfaite husbandi», from wfaom they hid no issue. bore afterwards (i. 4 aud 3 cbildreu resj>ectiTelv from native fausbands. In Maui, Kaililno, with no childreu from a first fausband, whiie, got 5 ckildren from a second fausband and 3 frora a third. tfaese two last full n «tives. Kanae, in Honolulu, faad i i cbild from a wbite man and afterwards 6 from a native; Mrs. Avers also full uutive, bad 3 children from a wfaite husl>Hud «nd aft«*rwards 5 from a native one, etc. Moreover. a must remHrkabie f ict is tfaat our Half-castes are prolific iu all tfae degrees of crossiugs. and alsobetween tfaemselves, coutrary to tfae genemlly accredited opiniou tbat faHlf-castes do uot breed witfa their own kind; tfaus two half-wfaite sisters. Mrs. Kellet and Mrs. Smitfa. ra»rrie«l to two h»lf-wfait'.- m« n. »11 still *juite young, faavo ulreudv faad, one. 8 girl> (7 living), tfae ctfaer 7 boys aud 1 girl, living). F'urtbermore, it is quite conspicuous tfaat the superlativelv prolil;c crossings aru tfae half wfaite or half-cliineso females married to Oiinumen. Tfaus. the well-kuowu ricfa cbinese niercfauut Afong. had frora a faalf-white wife 17 cfaildren, 10 of «butu are living. lu Hilo, Kamukai, u faulf-cfainese man maminl to a half-cfainese girl, both young. have faad 17 cfaildren, aml from some of tbese, in spite of their yet temler i age, 19 more faave already been boru, all living. And tfais j>ecnliar kind «f crossing is boaml to becomo quite numerous i in the future. Ono Iast reuiark about tfae Half-castos. Tfaev generally kct>p tfae tall. strong boild of body of tfae Polynestan raco, an>l the female8Cspocial)y preserve tfae largedeepbluck eyes, aml tbe long straight or wnring black hair of their Hawai- | ian motfaers. Moreover, tliey boast of beirtg.—as a rule, — strong aml fa»altfay, briglit and intelligent —defoimities , among tfaem being exiremely rare. (*) All tfae «bove facts and fignres will be sufticient to show tfao strong vitalitv of tfae Hawaiiao Haif-castes and to j p»ove wfaat reliance ean be ;>laced on tfaeir fecnudity aud | JviUlity f<>r tlio prorapt ropopulatiou of tbese Islamls. If atiy kiml of prognostio is «llowahle, it seems tbat, in tfae future. tfae grt» ing Haif-wfaite girls will give more consurts to tbe foreigu element, wfao is better able to graut thena tbe luxuries of Iifo. tfae value of wliieh they oniy too well appre- ■ ci«te. Tfais will oblige tfae corresjH>mlii<g H.«tf-wfaite mah - ' toselect tlieir wives moro from the so-c«l!e«l full nativegir lhoroby cansi*ig a moro rapid disappe«rance rf the n:«tiv, male. but donbly strengtbn;ng and iucreasing thf ;'*>pulation •f Half-custes. IV -COSCLUSION. It will now l»e ea'ier to vcnture an «nswer to our leading : question: V /.< the Hawaiian a JoomcJ Raccf Tho worst causes of tho p»st extinction or decrease aroong tfae full Hawaii«ns faave been sbown to bo waning «hile tfaeir sanitary aml moral oonditions «re eonsUntly bettering. ■ Therefore tbe |>ast rapid rate of «lecrease cannot bo expected to coutiuue. and. —tbongh the pure Nativo roay be bouud to diM|)(iwr eventually. —it will yel Uko many yoars. 'But during that interral. —īf noth»ag interferes.—-be will bave sprung up, like tbe pb«i nix out of its ashes, into a new | life an«l a uew Naiīon. umler thc sbaj>e of the healtby, pru- , edncated aud ciTĪ)ise«i Half caste. just «s tboroogblv Hawaiian in sentiment as bimself and who wiil eveataailv absorb the foreign-Ha«aiian-borQ eKmeul. Consequeotly, j : io so far as humau inteliigeQce ean predict. the Hawaiian Race seems "«loomed, > — ><ot to edts«iiim, —bnt to a glorioos | transform«t oo. tbi> tran>form»tion not beiog merely. as Jodge Fornander forvssw the form«tion of a su*ci«) Aogio- | Poiyu«*sian raee, but re«Hy a powerfui, promising, ‘*sai geoeris. ' amalg-UD«tioo. lo whieh uear!y ali the r«ces of I tbe Earth wiH bave contributed. by cros»ings similar lo j tbose oat of whiek bave sprnug the mighty Nations of Englaad «nd Americ«. «nd «h eh we «re toid to be tbe ruie m «11 Kttli-Y*ga*. sucb «s is our preeent jeriod. AH tbe Hawaiian nee«ls for this is: tbe preeenratioo of bis Naiional lo«]ependeoce. protection «gainst foreign oppres-1 sion and incroacbiaecU. aud patnotism, eommon sense and i prudaoce oo tbe p«rt «4 bu Native leaders. And «11 tbis makas more forcib)e the poiot stated at tbe sUrt of tfais stody. r£a: ibat tbe two porttons of tbe Native eiement beiog the on)y (nmnaaenl f«otors in tbe Arobipel ago, their civil rigbts aod antonomy oogbt nol to be silowed 1 to be tr«mpe<ed down to »ait tbe «elluh «a>bition. tbe ]ust for pow«r and emoiamenl of « f«ction of tr«osient wbite _ H la mtrut *iA iW iken Mtkjr pKWi*. Ika tmt «I wtU b* »iaiiM4 t*j «nij i«aAw. Mi W W «haaw, «oaM t*«« hnagbi ikn pw»«M U th» «kīMm ot tW pamaww Mmmaamnm. »U* «n M*rii «Ui newi wui} mwj iwuli Imm «gw«wl kj mam» <Mm of wtuaūij. «k»: W i>w<i OsTuar imum». T*m »Jam f»*w» Ual IW «uin mnii jm ««w; tUt wtimWw*rj Im, <wi ib*t tt»j w» iwi«; Vj tV.>nū iib m «fc* nk» o( lAinla wkuth «n tb«M hnm whO* tk»P U •a«ywrtM« «u ge Wk t»

»dtentttrer». Aca«utioa to An»«rrc* c»a in ao «cw ■ the T»arpttlioo. beeaa« i&!»tiS>os «o«U be of ao poMibi« beotlt to tb« Ra«aiiii». ?olr d«trimeot&!. the Haniiuu eooM nct Ui\ io b# tb< ipown lhroogh il iwiw Amene*. • Ihe land of hbertr . — for th« while n«.-h*i solhtag lo be pto»d iboat th« trat«est of the weak or »cf<?rior nm wiihia īt» own henlen. who are d«epoileJ, (»mi»b«d *od crt»hed. oot b«ip#d u the Msories are ia Ntw-Zeaiaiid. Aod Aneeialioo agaia-*t the free will of Ihe Aborig»aea wni their D«tor*t heirs, the H s f c*»tes w ald be % riolntioa of the sptnl of tbe “ laoiel ” Coostitation whieh woald le*tv * hiaek ieleiikie siain *>nthe h«thert -W' - k rsratcheon I 1 cf ?te Ors*l liepaHHe. a M.\i:grE& '71--— —1