We take a look back at the time Captain Cook tried to take a holiday in Niue and why he called it the 'Savage Islands' For more animated Pacific Legends click here: www.thecoconet...
Im originally from the United state of Liku. I accidently came across this vid about my island from Mexico where my families and I dwell. Savage? Mmmm! I dont know about that. We Niuean are so handsome and very smart too. Painted our face red to fooled capt. Cook and his crew to leave us in peace. Thats why we still own our land. If were not smart, we lost our land to the european .Long live niue. Mata ki Luga. Koe IKI he lagi kua fakalofa mai ki NIUE nei ki NIUE nei.
I was told that james crook saw that the people of Niue had red all over their faces scared James crook away and classed the island that ate people and called it savage island, but reality was the niueans painted their faces red to scare the crook away … sounds abit right to me because that’s smart and I’m smart 🤣
