“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… — 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… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
“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… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
“In 1840 the first written constitution was given to the people, guaranteeing to them a representative government. In February, 1843, Lord Paulet, of the… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
“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,… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
“The chiefs inherited their titles and tabu privileges quite as frequently through the rank of one parent as of the other. As Hawaiian women… — King David Kalakaua Copy Share Image
“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
