War & Human Sacrifice on the Big Island of Hawaii | History Traveler Episode 226
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Some of the most impressive feats ever achieved by any group of people have to include the explorations of the Polynesian people. Within a few hundred years of the birth of Christ and hundreds of years before the European explorers set out, these people were traveling all over the Pacific and had landed on the Big Island of Hawaii. From these explorers descended a warrior named King Kamehameha, who would united the Hawaiian islands under one kingdom. In this episode, we're diving into some of the history of Hawaii, which also includes a bit of WWII history.
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Tahiti is the closet inhabited location to Hawaii and it almost 2400 miles away. Those Polynesian explorers on their outrigger boats were really quite remarkable. And to find these tiny spec of islands is even more remarkable.
I’ve really been amazed the more I learn. Amazing explorers.
Well, according to Google, the Society Islands ("Tahiti") are 2,547 miles from Hawaii,
and the Marquesas Islands are 2,336 miles from Hawaii, so Marquesas beat Tahiti by 211 miles.
Polynesians were good, but their navigation skills developed from earlier Austronesians who island-hopped all the way from Taiwan to the Philippines, Indonesia, Madagascar, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
@@gregcarter8656 The founders of Hawaii had excellent navigational skills. Their ability to discern the origin of the wave patterns was phenomenal and led them new lands.
Thank you for bringing attention to the Big Island. I think sometimes people just go to Oahu or Maui and other than the Volcano, they forget we're here. Kona and Hilo both are awesome. Come visit and I promise you, you'll love it.
Oh man, I LOVED it there. I want to come back and spend a little bit more time. And maybe do a little hunting too :)
@@TheHistoryUnderground Let me know when you do, I can set you up with a really good local hunting guide. Pigs, Mountain Sheep whatevs. Aloha
@@chrisgreen1904 - maybe shoot me an email at thehistoryundergroundchannel@gmail.com. I’ll never be able to find this comment again with a few days. 😅
Exploring anything in history was always interesting to me. Gives a good round overview of what goes on and why cultures are the way they are. Thanks JD.
Agreed. Thanks.
I was amazed at how they formed a human chain of 29 miles to move thousands of stones and stack them. The fact that they have held up all these years without any “adhesives” of any kind is simply amazing. Great video, JD, thanks!
Pretty crazy.
Pololu valley.
Yeah theirs a Heiau that my seven time grandfather was born and raised and I’m the seventh grandson to Kamehameha 1 and I’m Native Hawaiian myself and my Hawaiian name is Kahoalii meaning (Friends of the Chief) and I am Polynesian because my race is Native Hawaiian 🌺 and his kids are my great uncles and I’m his kids great nephew and so I’m the seventh grandson to Kamehameha 1 and I was born and raised in Hawaii and so my race is Native Hawaiian and that’s the temple that my seven time grandfather was at and I know because I am the seventh grandson to Kamehameha 1 and so I’m blood related to Kamehameha 1 and so I’m the seventh grandson to Kamehameha 1 and I’m Royalty too and my Hawaiian is Kahoalii (Friends of the Chief)
They were forced.. to form this human chain and like every aspect of life, they had no choice.
When I was attending my junior year in high school at Aiea HS on O'ahu, Hawai'i, my favorite subject was Hawaiiana 101. The history of Hawai'i and its people is very captivating. Outstanding video and topic, JD!
Thanks! I really found myself getting swept up in the history. Hopefully my pronunciations weren’t too awful. 😅
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Yeah theirs a Heiau that my seven time grandfather was born and raised and I’m the seventh grandson to Kamehameha 1 and I’m Native Hawaiian myself and my Hawaiian name is Kahoalii meaning (Friends of the Chief) and I am Polynesian because my race is Native Hawaiian 🌺 and his kids are my great uncles and I’m his kids great nephew and so I’m the seventh grandson to Kamehameha 1 and I was born and raised in Hawaii and so my race is Native Hawaiian and that’s the temple that my seven time grandfather was at and I know because I am the seventh grandson to Kamehameha 1 and so I’m blood related to Kamehameha 1 and so I’m the seventh grandson to Kamehameha 1 and I’m Royalty too and my Hawaiian is Kahoalii (Friends of the Chief)
Thank You JD!!! I am such a happy guy right now. A little bit of my culture and home. I feel like so many historians focus only on WWII historical sites in Hawaii. There is so much more to the islands and culture that gets overlooked. You also did a great job pronouncing the Hawaiian words!
Well done brother, well done! Aloha 🤙🏼
Ha! Thanks. Really enjoyed learning about the history and culture there.
A 30 mile long chain of people passing stones from one to another! THAT is dedication. I just can't imagine it but wow!!
As for the early explorers, it takes a pretty big set of stones to look out on the vast expanse of water with absolutely nothing in sight, get into a tiny boat and head off into the unknown to see what's technically, on the other side of the hill.
These places ARE history, anything after more or less is almost like current events in comparison.
You did a great job pronouncing those Hawaiian names and I had no idea I was speaking Hawaiian regarding the word kahuna. Learn something every day, especially from your outstanding videos.
Thanks! I have a ton of respect for those Polynesian people. Amazing culture.
Very cool! I was one of the six Marines who participated in the dedicated ceremony for the Camp Tarawa Memorial in 1982. Joe Ochoa is the only other one that I remember. Hoping others see this. BTW, Marines continue to train on the Big Island over in the Pohakuloa training area.
Wow!
The Hawaiian Islands are a lovely and magical place. So many historical stories. Been there many times, will visit again in a few weeks.
I loved it there.
@@TheHistoryUnderground I've always considered a trip there as 'soul cleansing'. You come back as a newer, happier, more relaxed person.
Thank you for saying the names correctly.
Doing my best. 😅
Nice memorial for the Marines...
My ex-wife had a great uncle who died in WW2. He was a Hospital Apprentice 1c attached to the 5th Marines KIA on Iwo Jima March 14, 1945. He had kept a service diary of all the places that he had been..
The last entry was Hilo, Hawaii September 1944.
2:50 just clarification its believed the first polynesians to settle hawaii originated from Marquesas, which is significantly closer to Hawaii than Fiji at around 120AD as you stated. The 2nd wave of polyesian settlers were either from Tahiti or Samoa, arriving around ~1000 - 1100AD. Other than that great video
Thanks. I was just reading what the sign told me. 😅
Couldn't get any more southern unless you had a glass of sweet tea...😄
Very interesting topic in this one JD. Amazing to think about your being in same presence as stones that have been there, and held up, that long. Thanks for sharing.
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The topic of human sacrifice is touchy to the modern day descendants of those who engaged in such actions. Case in point are the Indian tribes in the Four Corners region of the American southwest. Kudos to you for discussing the topic
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An interesting sidebar is at one time the Big Island had the largest privately owned ranch; Parker Ranch and it exported more beef than the state of Texas. When he passed away there was squabbling over the ranch among relatives and it was broken up.
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Visited the southernmost point 17 years ago on our honeymoon and did the long hike out to the green sand beach. Loved seeing all of the vegetation permanently tilted one direction due to the wind.
Pretty amazing place. 🌊
Hawaii is my favorite place on earth. So nice to revisit it with you!
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Hawaii is now my number one vacation for the future. Thanks for the ocean view.
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I agree with fred v, anything historical is great. Fort Tarawa was there and very important. You just happened to be driving by. The lava formations are amazing. The first settlement from the 120’s, astounding, simply astounding. I wonder if they’ve used ground penetrating radar around that site? Keep up the great work, never worry about your content. It’s always appropriate & exciting. Blessings JD!
Amazing place.
This was really interesting. Thank you for sharing. I love learning more and more history. All history.
Thanks 🙏🏼
I am grateful that being Hawaiian/Polynesian the History comes from my Ancestors....
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This is brilliantly researched and accurate. Well done! Mahalo!
Thank you! Much appreciated.
This made me think of how many people probably visit Hawaii and never visit the sites like this. That reminded me of a time when I went through training for work in New England. Each trip was two weeks, weekends off. The main group went into Boston and partied at clubs. I spent my weekends in a whirlwind of history, seeing Lexington and Concord, the site of the Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill monument, the whaling museum, the USS Constitution, Battleship Cove, and plenty I can't think of at the moment. It should be noted I was probably 10 years older than most of the group. But it was kind of funny/sad when we would meet on Mondays and they'd ask where I had been, and they would go, "Oh, that actually sounds really cool, we just got drunk and stayed in a hotel."
Sad. I know a guy who was stationed in Italy for a stretch. All he did was drink with his buddies and go to clubs. He regrets it now.
JD.. You have now crossed the threshold and are now a WORLD. TRAVELER !!!! Thank you Frank from montana............
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Love watching your stuff and now I see this gem as I'm literally here visiting the big island!! Nice!
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Very good video! Enjoyed the southern sweet tea reference!
Thanks!
Enjoyed this! Always nice to learn about something new.
Thanks! I really enjoyed it.
I would love to go to Hawaii, those temples were amazing! So much skill went into making something so old.
Pretty amazing.
Didn't see this curveball coming JD...fascinating stuff.
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I'm glad: VTH... introduced me to this channel. I really like it. 😄
Great channel. Thanks!
Better than any tv history show ever. Very fun 👍🏼😎
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"Holy Smokes" good morning! I believe you should have a Netfilx documentary series.
Thanks! That would certainly be interesting.
Such a lovely location and very interesting historical facts and topics.
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Keep it coming JD !
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Very cool. Now you're going to show me all the places I could have gone to when I was there, but didn't because I was being a typical tourist 😂
Definitely a big windy island and so dark at night because of the observatory.
Ha! Loved the big island.
Hello there wreck driver..how does the observatory cause the skies to be dark as you put ?
@@kimberlyjohnson1371 I didn't say the observatory causes the sky to be dark. It's always dark at night when there is no light. Because of the observatory, there are laws in place to minimize light pollution at night which include using monochromatic low pressure sodium lighting, which can be filtered out, when lighting is necessary or no lighting at all in many places, including along the road. Drive from Kona airport to Waimea at night and you'll see exactly what I mean.
I think what Kim matt was Your English Could have been improved on your statement
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Spent my last year in the Army with the 25th Inf Div at Schofield, spent a lot of time on the big island training. Kona has some aewsome Cocunut ice cream
Ha! Didn’t get any of that while I was there.
Na’Alehu is one of the sacred places in my life. There is a feel there that I love.
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Fascinating!!!!!
I thought so too.
Visited the big island awhile ago, wish I knew and went to that place. Great to see that important part of Hawaiian history.
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Incredible! Not sure what’s more astounding, the boats they used or that human chain, or the fact the temple is actually still there? Mind blown 🤯
Yeah, I was pretty amazed.
@@TheHistoryUnderground me too, just blown away!
More to see when I go back to Hawaii!! Great video.
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very interesting and we learned from this video history
thanks jd for making this video
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I appreciate you exploring history that most may never know.
Thanks!
For 1 whom lived in Hawaii over 45 years ago. You have brought out history I am just learning about and didn't know. Gr8 👍👌👍 job. Thanks 👍🙏👍
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they were a seafaring people who knew what they were doing. Amazing skills for that time in history.
Yeah. Pretty stunning.
Learn something I wasn't told in school wow thanks for history lesson Professor JD.
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That's a lots of stones 😳 very interesting. Human chain that saves on delivery costs. 👌
Pretty dang crazy.
Are you still in Hawaii? It's so interesting to see all these places you've gone to! If you're back on the mainland, maybe you could visit Hoover Dam, and the lake.
No, this was earlier in the summer. Oddly enough, I just went to Hoover Dam with my family on vacation. Didn't take the camera but I filmed a few Shorts at the Grand Canyon.
Unless I had a glass of sweet tea, he said. I'm 💀
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You’re right. You can’t get anymore southern unless you had a glass of sweet tea 😂
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Get out of your rut?! How about your lane? I don't think you have ever been in a rut when it comes to these vlogs. Great travelogue! Great work!
Thanks!
Usually don't get to see the rest of the Hawaiian Islands. From WW 2 to Ancient Temples. Nice change of pace. Thanks.
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Welcome to my home state! You did well! Hope you get to come back to visit the other islands as well.
I would love that!
A rarely discussed topic for sure.
Not one that you hear about much. I found it to be incredibly interesting!
@@TheHistoryUnderground loved how the prophesy was true, needing a sacrifice.
HA! I'm less than a minute in but as a southerner from NC drinking sweet tea _as I'm typing this_ that got me 😆
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Very interesting video on the island.
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Thank you for this. As an avid history buff, this is an area on which I have no knowledge. I appreciate you for the primer.
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I'm Hawaiian and live on the big island . Great video
Nice! Loved that island. Hopefully I didn’t butcher the pronunciations too bad. 😅
No pretty close
Great video as always JD , and it is cool to learn other little history tidbits outside the norm.
Thanks!
Just got home from church, let’s do this!
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Just came across the video in my feed. I am both a Mo’okini (the heiau) and a Mahi (the ancestors of Kamehameha) direct descendent. VERY well researched and done. Thank you for educating the masses!
Thank you! I appreciate that.
Hey JD remember that poll you did a few months back about what kind of videos you should do next, wasn’t the American revolution the winner in that? Just wondering…stay safe brother 👍🏼
Working on it. 🙂
JD, when you mention that that point on the Big Island is the southernmost point in the US, were you referring to the 50 states? I always understood that the southernmost point in the US is in American Samoa. Thanks, btw, for another great and informative video.
Yes, in the 50 states. Thanks!
You've GOT to come to NY, my man! The Intrepid, Grant's Tomb (a Ranger told us it used to get as many visitors as the Statue of Liberty!), there's a piece of wall with iron bars near City Hall that is from a Revolutionary War prison where US troops were kept in horrible conditions, a WWII memorial, many statues and monuments on Riverside Drive, there was a canon on display in Central Park (?) that was pulled from a river, and it stood loaded for many years until someone just recently realized it! Also, in Upstate NY, there's Washington's Head Quarters, West Point(!!), Medal of Honor Museum, and a bunch of other Revolutionary War things.
On my list. 🙂
@@TheHistoryUnderground Awesome!! Let me know when you do, would love to meet you at one of the places!
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BTW, who is buried in Grant's tomb?
And, what color was General Grant's white horse?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Just kidding bro! Have a nice day! 😁😁😁😁😁
South point baby. If anyone does come here definitely don't move any of the rock walls
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I miss it! I want to go back.
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JD, your content is always enjoyable and is a variety as well! Keep up the great work and when your at 1 million plus subs, I can say I was there early on and loved your channel. Keep it up and thanks for the information and variety of history!
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Great video. I always enjoy your videos because I can’t travel due to being disabled and home bound.
This was very interesting. Great lesson JD. 👍
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Cool video amazing to think of how much history has been lost thru time an 4gottin.
Aloha, welcome to our Big Island 🏝️ ... Big Island, Small World...
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I can’t wait until people start picking apart your pronunciation of things in this video! There is a lot of opportunity in this one! Lol! Great video!
Oh man. I felt like I was trying to talk with a mouth full of marbles half of the time. Fortunately, the people in Hawaii are pretty laid back.
@@TheHistoryUnderground should be a few good Instagram posts that come out of this one for sure!
I have stood on the same Spot . I owned a condo there for many years .
They would go to the restfuse for safety ...
Amazing place.
so interesting - love it
Very beautiful place ❤️
Very much so.
I really love all your video's, You do a great job and this one was awesome!
Thank you so much!
Loved hearing you speak those Hawaiian names. LOL
Almost hurt myself trying to say those names.
Great video. Only thing that it is missing is a ap of the area for reference. Thanks....
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Awesome video! This makes me want to go read James Michener's Hawaii. Outside of this video, I really knew nothing of Hawaii's history
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very nice!!!
Thanks!!
While the Polynesians who came to Hawaii were incredible navigators they sure weren’t builders. The striking thing was that hundreds of thousands of Hawaiians spent hundreds of years on the Hawaiian islands and left almost no sign of their presence.
Just returned from the big island - super interesting place.
Absolutely.
More of this stuff I love ww2 but nobody goes to these places been a long time fan and I love to see you expanding brotha best channel for historic sites and their stories keep doing you man
Thanks! I’m sure that this video won’t perform as well as others, but I enjoy learning new things and hitting places that others don’t.
Yea I know this more obscure history isn’t as mainstream but I can see the genuine pursuit and interest in this and all of your videos and that enthusiasm is contagious to any history buff, we appreciate you and more will tune in with this energy good vibes from Florida
I was there on the big island once and there was flowing lava that people actually walked around
Wow!
When my Marine unit was training on the Big Island we set up a static display at Camp Tarawa with helos, howitzers, Amtrak’s etc for the public to see. Up to the gate drove a WW II 5th Marine Division vet who came to see the monuments. He was thrilled to see modern Marines there. He was able to tell us about training there before Iwo Jima.
Wow! That is amazing.
PTA sucks...
Never lame my friend history is history you getter Done
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Very interesting. Thanks for another history lesson.
Using NordVPN while watching a little VTH I see. Btw you nailed those Hawaiian names. I would have butchered them miserably.
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You missed a important sacrifice stone at punaluu Beach near South point.
3:21 that location looks bare today, but use to be full of Sandalwood trees. They were all cut down and sold off for profit by foreign companies.
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What yall came to Hawaii!? I love puukohola!
Hawaii is a beautiful state with some of the most amazing history and customs. Back in the 60s they made a movie called Hawaii. It tells of the missionary’s who came over to try and turn the Hawaiian people into Christians. It gives you a good look into how the missionaries thought the Christian religion was the only religion. Awesome video in a beautiful place. 👍😁
Interesting!
Yes, as they say in Hawai'i, the missionaries came to do good and did very well indeed. The American missionaries acquired wealth, expansive plantations, and political power. So much so that they eventually overthrew the country's government so they could annex the Hawaiian nation to the U.S.
@@timhazeltine3256 Obviously, you know very little about the constraints under which missionaries of the ABCFM worked, and very little about why and how the Hawaiian monarchy self-destructed. During 1835-1840, certain EX-missionaries virtually CREATED the "modern" Kingdom of Hawaii, simply by being trusted teachers and advisors to the ruling kings and queens. To "[acquire] wealth, expansive plantations, and political power" is the goal of monarchs, not missionaries.
@@timhazeltine3256 After MANY YEARS OF CORRUPTION among certain Hawaiian monarchs, especially Kalakaua, his sister and heir to the throne, Liliuokalani, attempted to unilaterally promulgate a new constitution, in violation of the existing one and her oath to uphold it. For many residents of Oahu, that was "the last straw". Her action was an "insurrection" of sorts, or a "revolution". The HAWAII CITIZENS (not American missionaries) therefore launched a counter-revolution.
Hey, here's a bit of pronunciation help.
1. Kamehameha. You said it like Kameamea. Just add the H sounds.
2. Puʻu Koholā. You said it sorta like Puʻuʻu Koholā. Just change Puʻuʻu to Puʻu. You had 3 U-s. Use 2 U-s.
Hope that helps a little. 😁 🐬🏝🌴🍍🍌🌴🏝🏄♂
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That was pretty cool. Wasn't the Parker ranch the largest cattle ranch in the world at one time? I believed they brought over cowboys and gouchoes to work the ranch if iam not mistaken. Have a safe journey look forward to the next one.
I think that it still is.
Yes, Parker Ranch began with the gift of a small plot of land from King Kamehameha to his granddaughter, the Chiefess Kikipane (some histories state she was his niece or a more distant relative; I'am not sure which story is accurate) and her new husband John Parker. The family was close to the Royal Family and over time the ranch grew to thousands of acres.
Sweet tea lol. Mahalo
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The Polynesian space race is endeavor none the less just look at that ocean amazing. PS the king of all Hawaii drove a lesser tribe off a cliff which was found a ways back at the base of the cliff before that it was only hear say
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JD 🇺🇦 ….classic line , no more Southern than a glass of sweet tea ….lol
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I hope you went to see the statue and the plaque dedicated to the 442nd.
Oh crud. Missed that one.
shout out to the 2nd Marine Div.
Got a lot more coming from the 2nd Marine Division.
@@TheHistoryUnderground cant wait, my nephew was 2nd division, amphibious assault in Fallujah