kanakas

When the schooner departed, he called the kanakas down to the beach and challenged them to throw him in a wrestling bout, promising a case of tobacco to the one who succeeded.

South Sea Tales Jack London 1896

When the schooner departed, he called the kanakas down to the beach and challenged them to throw him in a wrestling bout, promising a case of tobacco to the one who succeeded.

MAUKI 2010

The Hawaiians have often been referred to as kanakas, which on the mainland has developed into more or less of a slang word to designate the people of the Hawaiian race.

Chapter 6. Tendencies in American. 4. Foreign Influences Today Henry Louis 1921

When the schooner departed, he called the kanakas down to the beach and challenged them to throw him in a wrestling bout, promising a case of tobacco to the one who succeeded.

Mauki 1911

So Ka’ahumanu harnessed ten of the strongest kanakas, that is, Hawaiian men, and they pulled the carriage.

Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

So Ka’ahumanu harnessed ten of the strongest kanakas, that is, Hawaiian men, and they pulled the carriage.

Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

So Ka’ahumanu harnessed ten of the strongest kanakas, that is, Hawaiian men, and they pulled the carriage.

Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

So Ka’ahumanu harnessed ten of the strongest kanakas, that is, Hawaiian men, and they pulled the carriage.

Under a Maui Moon Robin Jones Gunn 2010

The upper ledge of the two, by their own traditions, was the highest the best of the kanakas had ever dared since their traditions began.

CHAPTER XIII 2010

As long as the kanakas of Huahoa survive he will remain tradition — ­Get ready,

CHAPTER XIII 2010