Liliʻuokalani - Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen

Liliʻuokalani

e-artnow, 2021

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EAN 4064066500382

Chapter I. A Sketch of My Childhood

Chapter II. Some Incidents of My Youth

Chapter III. Kamehameha Iv

Chapter IV. My Married Life

Chapter V. Hawaiian Music, and a Ducal Guest

Chapter VI. Kamehameha V

Chapter VII. Queen Emma

Chapter VIII. King Kalakaua

Chapter IX. Heir Apparent

Chapter X. My First Visit to the United States

Chapter XI. Mauna Loa

Chapter XII. Kalakaua's Tour of the World

Chapter XIII. My Regency

Chapter XIV. A Serious Accident

Chapter XV. Kalakaua's Return

Chapter XVI. Coronation Ceremonies

Chapter XVII. Princess Ruth and Mrs. Bernice Pauahi Bishop

Chapter XVIII. Benevolent Societies

Chapter XIX. Queen Kapiolani's Journey

Chapter XX. Washington – the White House – Mount Vernon

Chapter XXI. Boston and New York – en Route for England

Chapter XXII. Arrival – Liverpool – Some English Towns

Chapter XXIII. Sovereign of England and India

Chapter XXIV. The Reception at the Foreign Office

Chapter XXV. The Jubilee – at the Abbey – at the Palace

Chapter XXVI. The Prince of Wales, "Grand Master" Mason

Chapter XXVII. England's Homes and Hospitality

Chapter XXVIII. Ill News From Hawaii – Our Return

Chapter XXIX. "The Bayonet Constitution"

Chapter XXX. Invited to Conspire Against the King

Chapter XXXI. The King Threatened and Oppressed

Chapter XXXII. Attempted Revolution

Chapter XXXIII. The King's Departure – Again Regent

Chapter XXXIV. The King's Return – My Accession

Chapter XXXV. The Last Sleep – Lying in State

Chapter XXXVI. My Cabinet – Princess Kaiulani

Chapter XXXVII. My Husband Made Prince Consort – His Death

Chapter XXXVIII. Hawaiians Plead for a New Constitution

Chapter XXXIX. The "Crimes I Am Charged Withal."

Chapter XL. Overthrow of the Monarchy

Chapter XLI. Some Important Inquiries

Chapter XLII. Attempt to Restore the Monarchy

Chapter XLIII. I Am Placed Under Arrest

Chapter XLIV. Imprisonment – Forced Abdication

Chapter XLV. Brought to Trial

Chapter XLVI. Sentenced – My Prison Life

Chapter XLVII. Released on Parole

Chapter XLVIII. Mr. Joseph Kahooluhi Nawahi

Chapter XLIX. A Change of Scene to Forget Sorrow

Chapter L. A New England Winter

Chapter LI. Washington – Pseudo-Hawaiians

Chapter LII. President and Mrs. Cleveland

Chapter LIII. Inauguration of President Mckinley

Chapter LIV. My Literary Occupation

Chapter LV. My Official Protest to the Treaty

Chapter LVI. The Treaty Analyzed

Chapter LVII. Hawaiian Autonomy

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

Appendix F

Appendix G

HER MAJESTY, QUEEN LILIUOKALANI

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT, JOHN OWEN DOMINIS

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THE extinct crater or mountain which forms the background to the city of Honolulu is known as the Punch-Bowl; at its base is situated the Queen's Hospital, so named because of the great interest taken in its erection by Emma, the queen of Kamehameha IV. Funds for the cause were solicited by the reigning sovereigns in person, and the hospital building was completed in 1860. Very near to its site, on Sept. 2, 1838, I was born. My father's name was Kapaakea, and my mother was Keohokalole; the latter was one of the fifteen counsellors of the king, Kamehameha III., who in 1840 gave the first written constitution to the Hawaiian people. My great-grandfather, Keawe-a-Heulu, the founder of the dynasty of the Kamehamehas, the Keoua, father of Kamehameha I., were own cousins (he was also brother of Mrs. Bishop's ancestress, Hakau), and my great-grandaunt was the celebrated Queen Kapiolani, one of the first converts to Christianity. She plucked the sacred berries from the borders of the volcano, descended to the boiling lava, and there, while singing Christian hymns, threw them into the lake of fire. This was the act which broke forever the power of Pele, the fire-goddess, over the hearts of her people. Those interested in genealogies are referred to the tables at the close of this volume, which show the descent of our family from the highest chiefs of ancient days. It has often happened in the history of nations that the most eminent men have won the crown, and then, instead of ascending the throne, have placed the executive office in the hands of another. Kamehameha I. was, indeed, the founder of Hawaiian unity, and worthy of the surname of the Great; but it is truthfully recorded in the early histories of the Islands, – those written by such men as Mr. Pogue, Mr. Dibble, and others, – that he owed his selection for the monarchy to the chiefs from whom the latest reigning family, my own, is descended. This indebtedness was fully recognized during the life of that monarch.

Naihe, the husband of Kapiolani, was the great orator of the king's reign; his father, Keawe-a-Heulu, was chief counsellor to Kamehameha I.; while had it not been for the aid of the two chiefs, Keeaumoku and Kameeiamoku, cousins of the chief counsellor, the Hawaiian Islands must have remained for a long time, if not until this day, in a state of anarchy. My grandfather, Aikanaka, had charge of the guns of the fort on Punch-Bowl Hill, which had been brought from the larger island of Hawaii; as the chiefs, their families, and followers had settled here from the time of the final battle, when all the forces contending against Kamehameha I. were driven over the Pali.

For the purpose of enhancing the value of their own mission, it has been at times asserted by foreigners that the abundance of the chief was procured by the poverty of his followers. To any person at all familiar, either by experience or from trustworthy tradition, with the daily life of the Hawaiian people fifty years also, nothing could be more incorrect than such assumption. The chief whose retainers were in any poverty or want would have felt, not only their sufferings, but, further, his own disgrace. As was then customary with the Hawaiian chiefs, my father was surrounded by hundreds of his own people, all of whom looked to him, and never in vain, for sustenance. He lived in a large grass house surrounded by smaller ones, which were the homes of those the most closely connected with his service. There was food enough and to spare for every one. And this was equally true of all his people, however distant from his personal care. For the chief always appointed some man of ability as his agent or overseer. This officer apportioned the lands to each Hawaiian, and on these allotments were raised the taro, the potatoes, the pigs, and the chickens which constituted the living of the family; even the forests, which furnished the material from which was made the tapa cloth, were apportioned to the women in like manner. It is true that no one of the common people could mortgage or sell his land, but the wisdom of this limitation is abundantly proved by the homeless condition of the Hawaiians at the present day. Rent, eviction of tenants, as understood in other lands, were unknown; but each retainer of any chief contributed in the productions of his holding to the support of the chief's table.