Cook's fate

Some comments floated up. I didn't feel like joining in in the fray.

Did Cook take Hawaiian king hostage?

https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/we-have-lost-our-father - apparently, that was the plan

Was Cook eaten?

https://www.captaincooksociety.com/home/detail/aftermath - the interview with the Hawaiians seems to say no, he wasn't.