This day In History...Cook

M MaiTaiMafia-Old Member Kapolei, HI Joined: Dec 03, 2004 Posts: 84	M MaiTaiMafia-Old Posted posted on Thu, Jan 20, 2005 1:04 AM Others suggest that the fact that the sailors slept with the women of the islands proved they were foreigners (haoles). I read something over just recently that explained that the term "haole" in the ancient Hawaiian dialects meant "without breath" . When the Hawaiians first saw Cook and his crew, that is how they described them: looking as though they were "dead". Thus, the term was forever associated with non-Polynesian "white people" ... Here's a good link about it: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/haole.html [ Edited by: MaiTaiMafia on 2005-01-20 01:08 ]

Others suggest that the fact that the sailors slept with the women of the islands proved they were foreigners (haoles).

I read something over just recently that explained that the term "haole" in the ancient Hawaiian dialects meant "without breath" . When the Hawaiians first saw Cook and his crew, that is how they described them: looking as though they were "dead". Thus, the term was forever associated with non-Polynesian "white people" ...

Here's a good link about it:

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/haole.html

[ Edited by: MaiTaiMafia on 2005-01-20 01:08 ]

Post #136450 by MaiTaiMafia-Old on Thu, Jan 20, 2005 1:04 AM