Note 1 — Narrative of the Death of Captain Cook

I take it for granted, that most of those into whose hands these pages may fall, have perused Captain Cook's last Voyage, and therefore, I have all along mentioned the names of the principal actors in this account, as people with whom they are already acquainted. But as I differ so much in the orthography of the language of the Sandwich Islands from that used in the printed Voyage, it becomes necessary for me to explain the names I use in this narrative, by those already known. It may appear strange, how we should differ so much; but so it is:—which is the most accurate, some future visitor may determine.

KarakakooaI call Ke,rag,e,goo,ah (Kealakekua)

Terreeoboo—— Kariopoo (Kaleiopuu, better known as Kalaniopuu)

Kowrowa—— Kavaroah (Kaawaloa)

Kaneecabareea—— Kaneekapo,herei (Kanekapulei)

Maiha maiha—— Ka,mea,mea (Kamehameha)