Hi -- I'm not quite sure what you're asking. There is no scholarly dis-consensus on what happened on Feb. 14, 1779 -- Cook attempted to kidnap Kalaniʻōpuʻu, the ruling chief of (the island of) Hawaii, in retaliation for the local Hawaiians for stealing one of Cook's ship's longboats.

Cook came ashore with a file of Marines, preceded to Kalaniʻōpuʻu's dwelling, woke Kalaniʻōpuʻu, and asked him to accompany them to the shore. While Kalaniʻōpuʻu was being marched away, his wife Kānekapōlei alerted the rest of the town to his departure, and two of Kalaniʻōpuʻu's sons came along with a large party of Hawaiians to the beach. The two sons began willingly to climb into the British longboat, whereupon Kānekapōlei shouted for them to stop and Kalaniʻōpuʻu realized he was being taken forcibly to the ship.

A confrontation between the British and Hawaiians ensued, during which Cook tried to force Kalaniʻōpuʻu to his feet and another chief, Kanaʻina, approached Cook. Cook hit Kanaʻina with the flat of his sword, whereupon Kanaʻina lifted him and dropped him near the surf. Nuaa, an attendant of the ruling chief, stabbed Cook with a dagger as he attempted to get to his feet. The Marines and sailors with Cook then started fighting with the Hawaiians gathered on the beach, but were able to retreat to their boat.

Many of the British sailors saw Cook's body being taken up the hill toward the Hawaiian town, but apparently only William Bligh (yes, that Bligh) said it was torn apart. (The Hawaiians disembowelled Cook and cooked his body, in an effort to preserve his bones in the manner that they did with respected members of their community).