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Into History.

com. It's February 1779 on a beach on the island of Hawaii.

Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy steps onto the shore with a small group of men.

Cook is one of the world's greatest explorers, but today he is anxious.

Native Hawaiians have gathered on the beach and they're not pleased.

The Hawaiians shout and raise rocks over their heads, threatening to attack.

Captain Cook is in shock. He remembers a time

when the native people of Hawaii welcomed him with open arms. This is Cook's third trip to the

Hawaiian Islands. He is credited with being the first

European to ever travel here, having first sailed around Oahu a year earlier on

January 18th 1778. In the past, Cook and his men enjoyed a peaceful relationship with Hawaii's inhabitants.

They traded together and developed a mutual respect, but now it's clear to Cook that the

Hawaiians patience for their European visitors has run out. One of the Hawaiians patience for their European visitors has run out.

One of the Hawaiians steps forward and hurls his rock through the air.

It lands with a thud in the sand in front of Cook and his men.

Cook barely has time to react before the rest of the Hawaiians let out something akin to a war cry.

More rocks are hurled as well as insults. Cook cries out, fall back, and he and his men flee across the beach

as the onslaught continues.

Finally, the British sailors make it safely back

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