Cook & Robber Barons in Wonderland
November 26, 2009 > MAUI TODAY, > Maui Yesterdays No Comments |
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Thanksgiving Day
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Mahu: Homosexual PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY —Like Beef?: Want to fight? HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Dark lips hold fast.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “There are two kinds of man who never amount to much, those who cannot do what they are told, and those who can do nothing else.” - Cyrus Curtis
November 26, 1778: As noted in our events section below, two items of interest happened on this day for Maui. The first was the “discovery” of Maui by Captain James Cook in 1778. We bristle when we read things like that. No doubt the “discovery” came as a surprise to the hundreds of residents already well-established here. The event suggests that the place really didn’t exist until a white man knew it existed. Right.
The second, which is of more interest, says that the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association was formed in 1895. How about that? The rich men who stole the land from the natives and made millions off the poorly paid labor needed an association. Why do you suppose they felt they needed one? Were they somehow being picked on?
