“Instances are given in Hawaiian tradition of the tide of battle being turned, on more than one occasion, by desperate women transformed from camp-followers into warriors; and as late as 1819 we behold Manona, wife of Kekuokalani, the last sturdy… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
“If Captain Cook was not the first of European navigators to discover the Hawaiian Islands, he was at least the first to chart and make their existence known to the world. It has been pretty satisfactorily established that Juan Gaetano, the captain of a Spanish galleon sailing from the Mexican coast to the Spice Islands, discovered the group as early… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share
“On the 30th of March, 1820—some months after this strange religious revolution—the first party of Christian missionaries arrived at the islands from Massachusetts. They were well received. They found a people without a religion, and their work was easy. Other missionary parties followed from time to time, and found the field alike profitable to the cause in which they labored… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share
“In 1840 the first written constitution was given to the people, guaranteeing to them a representative government. In February, 1843, Lord Paulet, of the English navy, took formal possession of the islands, but in the July following their sovereignty was restored through the action of Admiral Thomas. In November of the same year France and England mutually agreed to refrain… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share
“When the high-priest Paao arrived with Pili he introduced some new gods while recognizing the old, strengthened and enlarged the scope of the tabu, and established an hereditary priest-hood independent of, and second only in authority to, the supreme political head. Different grades of priests also came into existence, such as seers, prophets, astrologers and kahunas of various function, including… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share
“The chiefs inherited their titles and tabu privileges quite as frequently through the rank of one parent as of the other. As Hawaiian women of distinction usually had more than one husband, and the chiefs were seldom content with a single wife, the difficulty of determining the rights and ranks of their children was by no means easy; but the… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share
“To render the kings and higher nobility still more exclusive, they had a court language which was understood only by themselves, and which was… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
“bones. In the fear that the bones of the mois and distinguished chiefs might fall into the hands of their enemies and be used… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
“And now let it be remarked with emphasis that the value of missionary labors in the Hawaiian group should not be measured by the… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
“All implements of war or industry known to the early Hawaiians were made either of wood, stone, or bone, as the islands are destitute… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
“A battle was fought at Kuamoo, at first favorable to the defenders of the gods; but the fire-arms of the whites in the service… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
“The people made their own household gods, and destroyed them when they failed to contribute to their success. For example, at Ninole, on the… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
“The story in this book entitled "Kaiana, the Last of the Hawaiian Knights" concerns them both, but Kalakaua's description of Cook's character as Exacting,… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
