The guy tried to ransom the ruling chief of Hawaii because one of his boats got stolen. He had done this before with other chiefs, and it had almost lead to violence, but did it anyway.
Cook ordered the marines to form a line along the rocks near the shore and told the Lieutenant of Marines, Molesworth Phillips, “We can never think of compelling him [Kalaniʻōpuʻu] to go on board without killing a number of people.”
He was killed in this struggle after he shot two Hawaiians and killed one of them. On other occasions he’d had people’s homes and canoes destroyed for theft, had people severely flogged, and cropped their ears. Who gives a fuck if he was nice sometimes…
Edit: I understand you’re going for nuance, but I feel that a culture letting off steam about a figurehead of colonisation does not require a counter narrative.
The guy tried to ransom the ruling chief of Hawaii because one of his boats got stolen. He had done this before with other chiefs, and it had almost lead to violence, but did it anyway.
He was killed in this struggle after he shot two Hawaiians and killed one of them. On other occasions he’d had people’s homes and canoes destroyed for theft, had people severely flogged, and cropped their ears. Who gives a fuck if he was nice sometimes…
Edit: I understand you’re going for nuance, but I feel that a culture letting off steam about a figurehead of colonisation does not require a counter narrative.