THE  native  account  says  that  when  the  crowd  which
was  about  Cook  and  the  King,  Kalaniopuu,  heard
of  the  death  of  Kalimu,  the  chief  who  was  shot  in  the
canoe,  it  became  clamorous  for  revenge ;  and  one  of
the  people  with  a  short  dagger  in  his  hand  approached
the  captain,  who,  fearing  danger,  fired  at  him  with  his
gun.  A  general  contest  began,  and  Cook  struck  a  chief
named  Kalaimano-Kahoowaha  with  his  sword.  This
powerful  warrior  seized  him  with  one  hand  to  hold  him,
not  with  any  idea  of  taking  his  life,  for  supposing  him
to  be  the  god  Lono  he  believed  him  incapable  of  death.
Cook,  being  about  to  fall,  cried  out,  which  dispelled  the
chiefs  belief  in  his  divinity,  and  he  therefore  killed
him.  The  seamen  in  the  boat  fired  on  the  natives,
many  of  whom  were  cut  down,  and  guns  were  dis-
charged from  the  ship,  by  which  more  of  the  people
were  killed.  The  King  then  fled  inland,  to  the  preci-
pice, with  his  chiefs  and  people,  taking  with  them  the
bodies  of  Cook  and  four  of  his  companions  who  had  been
slain.  The  King  presented  Cook's  body  in  sacrifice:
the  flesh  was  afterwards  removed  from  the  bones  in
order  to  preserve  them,  and  the  flesh  was  consumed
with  fire.  Three  children,  whose  names  are  known,
found  the  heart,  and  mistaking  it  for  that  of  a  dog,  at«


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it.  Some  of  Cook's  bones  were  returned  to  the  ship ;
the  rest  were  retained  by  the  priests  and  worshipped.
