CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1

PREFACE

3

CHAPTER

I.

MAUI THE POLYNESIAN

13

II.

MAUI SEEKING IMMORTALITY

19

III.

THE WATER OF LIFE

24

IV.

A VIKING OF THE PACIFIC

35

V.

HOME OF THE POLYNESIANS

41

VI.

SONS OF KII

47

VII.

PAAO FROM SAMOA

65

VIII.

MOIKEHA THE RESTLESS

79

IX.

LAA FROM TAHITI

86

X.

FIRST FOREIGNERS

93

XI.

CAPTAIN COOK

100

XII.

THE IVORY OF OAHU

114

XIII.

THE ALAPA REGIMENT

125

XIV.

THE LAST PROPHET OF OAHU

143

XV.

THE EIGHT OF OAHU

149

XVI.

THE RED MOUTH GUN

155

XVII.

THE LAW OF THE SPLINTERED PADDLE

162

XVIII.

LAST OF THE TABU

176

XIX.

FIRST HAWAIIAN PRINTING

183

XX.

THE FIRST CONSTITUTION

189

XXI.

THE HAWAIIAN FLAG

200

INDEX

217