UTUROA, Raiatea — ʻO Kāpena James Cook, ka mea mākaʻikaʻi nui o ka Pākīpika, ʻo ia ka ʻEulopa mua i "ʻike" iā Raiatea, iā ia i heleuma ai i ka Endeavor ma ke kai kūʻono ma Opoa, ma ka hema o aneʻi, i Iulai 1769. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, maikaʻi "ʻike ʻole" ʻia e ke komohana i kēia lā e hāʻawi nei i kēia mokupuni lush i kāna mea hoʻonani.
ʻAʻole like me nā mokupuni Polenekia Palani kokoke e like me Tahiti, Bora Bora a me Moorea, me ko lākou mau hōkele maikaʻi i hoʻomākaukau ʻia no ka mākaʻikaʻi lehulehu mai ʻAmelika Hema a me ʻAukekulia / Nūhōlani, ʻaʻohe o Raiatea i kūkulu i nā pono mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻomohala maikaʻi ʻia.
ʻO ia hoʻi ma nā ʻano he nui i ka wā kahiko o ka Pākīpika Hema, kahi mokupuni hiamoe a W. Somerset Maugham, ka mea kākau moʻolelo o nā Moana Hema i ka hapaha mua o ke kenekulia i hala, i ʻike ai i kēia lā.
ʻO Uturoa ke kikowaena hoʻomalu o ka mokupuni, akā he kūlanakauhale hiamoe wale nō ia e ola wale ana ke ku ana kahi moku holo moana a i nā Lāpule ahiahi i ka wā e ninini ai nā poʻe mai nā kauhale kūwaho no nā moa i ka heihei kūloko. Hoʻomoe loa ʻia ʻaʻole haʻalele nā mea hoʻokele i nā puka aniani o ke kaʻa i ka wela o ka lā, haʻalele lākou i nā puka.
Ua hoʻomaka ke kaona mai nā 1820 i ka manawa a Rev. John Williams o ka London Missionary Society i hoʻomaka ai e hoʻolaha i ka hoʻomana Kalikiano ma nā mokupuni o ka Pākīpika Hema. ʻO ka hale pule Protestant ma ka ʻākau o ke kūlanakauhale he pōhaku hoʻomanaʻo granite iā Williams, me kahi māka ma nā ʻōlelo he nui.
Akā, ʻo ka mea kupanaha, ʻaʻohe mea hoʻomanaʻo no Omai, kahi ʻōiwi Raiatea ʻo ia ka Polenekia mua i ʻike ʻia ma Pelekane. ʻO Kāpena Kuke, i kāna huakaʻi lua i ke Kai Hema i ka makahiki 1773, ua aloha aloha aku iā Omai a ua lawe pū ʻo ia i ka ʻōpio me ia.
Ua lilo ka "savage hanohano" i mea paʻi koke i nā hale kūʻai o Lādana. Ua pena ʻo ia iā ia (he kiʻi na Joshua Reynolds e kau ana ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Tate Gallery). A ua hoʻolauna ʻia ʻo ia iā King George III a me Queen Charlotte ma Kew Palace.
Ua manaʻo nui ka Raiatean iā Kauka Samuel Johnson, ke kākau nui a me ka lexicographer (a ʻo ke kanaka nāna i hōʻuluʻulu ka puke wehewehe ʻōlelo Pelekania mua).
Ua noho ʻo Omai i ʻelua mau makahiki ma ʻEnelani ma mua o kona hoʻi ʻana i ka Pākīpika Hema me Cook, e lawelawe ana ma ke ʻano he unuhi'ōlelo ma Tonga a me nā ʻAilana ʻAilana, ma mua o ka pae ʻana o Cook iā ia ma ka mokupuni ʻo Huahine, kahi a nā limahana i kūkulu ai i hale nona.
Ua pae mua ʻo Cook, ua haki i ka lagoon a puni, ma Te Ava Moa Pass. Hoʻohanohano ʻia ka ʻāpana ma Polinesia ma ke ʻano he wahi haʻalele no nā waʻa nunui i hāpai i nā malihini e ʻike iā Hawaii a me New Zealand. Ma kahi kokoke kahi marae (ka huaʻōlelo he kahua kapu) i kapa ʻia ʻo Taputapuatea. ʻO ka heiau pōhaku, hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ke akua Polynesian kahiko ʻo Oro, i hoʻihoʻi ʻia mai i ka makahiki 1960. Hoʻolahalaha ʻia ma kahi o ka hectare [2 1/2 ʻeka].
Kaulana pū ʻia ʻo Raiatea no kāna mauahiahi, nā ʻōiwi kāmaʻa ʻole e hele ma luna o nā lānahu wela. He hana akamai i hoʻoili ʻia mai ka makuakāne a ke keikikāne, akā, ʻo ka mea kupanaha, ʻaʻole paha e ʻike ʻia ka poʻe malihini kipa e hana ʻia nei ma aneʻi no ka mea, haʻi ʻia mai iaʻu, ua haki ʻia nā mea ahi e nā hōkele nunui ma Tahiti a me Bora Bora, i hōʻike ʻia no kā lākou mau malihini. KEKAHI PONO
