05-05-2015, 04:32 PM
Originally posted by PaulW
What if it turned out (as some have suggested) that the Tahitians encountered people here when they first arrived and did to them what they later accused others of doing to them? Would that have any effect on the debate?
Let's say the two-wave theory of migration to Hawaii is correct and the second wave of settlers brought a stricter caste system and harsher rules and punishments to oppress the original inhabitants. Several centuries later a descendant of the new rulers utilized recently acquired Western technologies and tactics to conquer the neighboring islands.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hhl/hhl11.htm
How exactly do you see this affecting the debate on the continued existance of the Hawaiian Kingdom?
What if it turned out (as some have suggested) that the Tahitians encountered people here when they first arrived and did to them what they later accused others of doing to them? Would that have any effect on the debate?
Let's say the two-wave theory of migration to Hawaii is correct and the second wave of settlers brought a stricter caste system and harsher rules and punishments to oppress the original inhabitants. Several centuries later a descendant of the new rulers utilized recently acquired Western technologies and tactics to conquer the neighboring islands.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hhl/hhl11.htm
How exactly do you see this affecting the debate on the continued existance of the Hawaiian Kingdom?