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Volume "XV • October 27, 1830 ~ November 1, 1831
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Wednesday Octr. 27 1830. The Packet arrived from Lahaina this morning sent down by Mr. Richards to
convey Dr. Judd & family thither, his services being required for the expected confinement of Mrs.
Richards, Green & Andrews. This forenoon Cap. Taylor of the brig Griffon conducted to the missn.
establishment a company of Kigahna indians whom he had brought from the N. W. C.
Several of them were persons with whom Mr. Green during his late tour had formed an acquaintance.
For one of them, a man by the name of Cowe, he had formed quite an attachment. We expressed our
satisfaction in having an opportunity to see them. We showed them the printing house. We showed them
also our houses & introduced them to our families and Mr. Clark conducted them to the meeting house.
They all seemed gratified. We regretted very much that Mr. Green was not at this station ~ as some of them
were very desirous of seeing him, particularly Cowe who remembered him welL
Sabbath Octr. 31st. Mr. Gulick preached both parts of the day. Mr. Clark conducted Eng. service. Cap.
Taylor with his N.W. indians and several gentlemen attended. The indians attended also the native service
in the afternoon. Their behavior was very decorous considering their ignorance and the novelty of the
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exercises to them. We cannot but hope that some of them should they return to their own country will
think of what they have seen and perhaps this singular expedition of theirs to these islands may be the
means of good to them & incline them to seek for instructors for their tribes wandering in darkness on the
inhospitable N.W. shores. It is our prayer at least that this may be the case.
In the evening Mr. Clark & I attended the meeting for conversation with the candidates. Our subject
was baptism the design of it.
Monday Novr. 11830. This afternoon the Packet sailed for Lahaina & carrd. Dr. Judd & family who his
been sent for to be present with several of the families who are expecting to need his aid. Hannah who
accompanied us from Lahaina on our return from a visit last Jany. went up with them. Mr. Gulick & family
also set out to return to Kauai kindly favored with a passage on board the Ship Japan Cap. Lincoln.
Saturday Novr. 20. Since making the last entry I have been excessively occupied. But am now liberated
a little as the Owhyhee by which I wished to send letters has sailed.
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This afternoon she left the harbor. Mr. Hunnewell who has been at the islands somewhat more than
four years and here made a very pretty fortune has taken passage in her having given up his business to Mr.
Henry A. Pierce. By this opportunity I sent 10 letters together with the annual account of the expenditures
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of the Mission for the year ending ApI. 30 1830. During these 20 days the Waverly has arrived from Hilo
and brot letters from Mr. Andrews and Mr. Goodrich. We have learned with concern that a
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misunderstanding has taken place between the chiefs & Mr. Goodrich' family, and that Mr. Ruggles was
about to go down from Waimea to settle it.
The Waverly has sailed again for Hilo. The Packet arrived some days ago. Her rudder is so much out of
repair that it has been found necessary to fit a new stock. She is still here destined for Kauai.
About a fortnight ago Hoapiliwahine arrived and she will remain here with her daughter Kinau till after
her confinement.
The day before yesterday the Griffon sailed & the North West Indians left.
Sabbath Novr. 28th. A much larger English congregation than usual. I read a sermon ~ Mr. Clark
performed the other exercises.
In the evening Mr. Clark by invitation of Cap. Stetson of the Enterprise went on board that vessel and
conducted a service for the benefit of any seamen who might attend. I attended the meeting for the special
instruction of the candidates for admission to the church.
Wednesday Deer. 1st. Entertained company at tea this evening viz. Capts. Stetson, Macy, Coffin Ray &
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Shermon.
For 24 hours the wind has been unusually strong.
Thursday 2nd. The native members of the church have visited the different Kauhale of the village
today to endeavor to excite the people to attend to the concerns of their souls particularly those who have
been indifferent and disinclined to an attention to the work of God. Last evening they held a meeting for
special prayer for the purpose of imploring the presence & blessing of God to be with & upon them in their
attempts to call up the attention of the poe hookuli.
Their efforts they are encouraged to hope will not be entirely in vain. Previously to their visiting the
different clusters of houses they had sent word expressive of their wish and inquiring whether it would be
agreeable to receive a visit from them.
Saturday 4th. As the fort was not visited by the poe hooikaika on Thursday, it was visited today. A large
number of people assembled and among the rest some foreigners. The Moe Kolohe laws were read. I
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understand that were read on Thursday at the other kau hale .
Sabbath Deer. 5th 1830. The house was filled with natives. Mr. Clark preached as usuaL Between
twenty and thirty foreigners attended English service. Capts. Stetson, Macy, Coffin, Sherman & Ray were
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present.
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In the evening Mr.Clark & I went on board the ship Enterprise by invitation of Cap. Stetson. The
cabin was pretty well filled, the Captains that attended Eng. service in the morning were present.
Mr. Clark made some appropriate remarks upon the words (CHow shall we escape if we neglect so great
Salvation".
Monday 6th. The Sister of Laanui died last night. Mr. Abbot our carpenter made a coffin for her & she
was buried this afternoon. Mr. Clark made a prayer at the grave.
This evening attended the monthly concert at the house of Mr. Shepard. Capts. Stetson & Macy were
present. Capt. Stetson made one of the prayers.
It was a pleasant meeting.
Wednesday 8th. By Cap. Joy of the Ship Zenas Coffin reed. letters from Lahaina. The letters contain
the distressing intelligence of Mrs. Goodrich's being then in a state of partial derangement of the mind
owing to a difficulty which took place at Hilo. She came down with Mr. & Mrs. Andrews who arrived at
Lahaina on the 27th ulto. She is more composed than when she left Hiloi but is not restored. Mrs. Green
had not been confinedi but was quite ilL
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I recd. also a letter from Mr. Goodrich in which he speaks of the derangement of Mrs. G. intellects but
does not assign the cause. Mr. Ruggles was then at Hilo whither he had gone to settle the unhappy
difference between his family and the chiefs, which had arisen in consequence of imprudence on the part of
Mrs. G. & for which she was sincerely sorry.
Thursday Decr 9th. The Packet arrived from Kauai and brought Kaikioewa and Wife and Kapule & her
husband. There object is to attend a counsel of the nation if agreeable to the other chiefs to convene a
counsel to attend to some business of importance. They will probably go to the windward perhaps to
Hawaii.
Friday Deer. 10th. Kaikioewa called upon us this morning wishing some advice respecting sailing
tomorrow for Lahaina. We told him that if he could get ready to go to day we should advise him to set out
without delay but if not to day that he had better defer going till after the Sabbath. He concluded to
endeavor to sail to day & immediately gave orders to that effect. After this Deborah expressed a wish to
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have some private conversation with us, i.e. with Mr. Clark & me. We walked up to my room and then
Deborah made known her thought, which was that it was the wish of Kaikioewa to expel the Catholics and
that it was with a view to effect this that he had now left Kauai & come up here and it was his wish to
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convene a Council of the nation to deliberate upon the subject. She stated some of the ways the Gov. had
thought of for effecting it and then asked what our opinion was. We gave it unhesitatingly but cautioned
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her against making it knovvn as coming from us. We told her moreover that the chiefs must prepare
themselves for being opposed.
I wrote to Mr. Richards & stated what had been communicated by Deborah and told him what we had
said to her. I also wrote to Mr. Green and a short note to Mr. Andrews.
When the Gov. & Deborah & the others were ready to sail they came up to our house to attend prayers.
As soon as prayers were over they set off & a short time before sun set the Packet left the harbor. The wind
was in their favor from the West.
Sabbath Deer. 11th 1830. This morning a son [Lot Kamehameha or K V] was born to Kinau, this is her
third within three years ~ all sons.
The wind has been from the Westward for several days & the weather unusually cold for this climate.
Thermometer about 67 degrees in the morning.
In the evening Mr. Clark attended a conference on board the Enterprise and I attended the Ninau
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meeting of the candidates at the house of Auhea.
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Monday Deer. 12 1830. The Unity arrived from the windward this morning by which reed. a letter from
Mr. Richards, Mr. Bishop, Mrs. Thurston & Mrs. Bingham to the committee with the residue of
N inauhoike.
Went on board the Atooi Schooner and got the molasses which was sent by Mr. W. two barrels I left on
board for the windward.
Tuesday 13. The Ship Sultan sailed to day for Canton and is bound thence to the U.S.A. I sent two
letters. The ship is commanded by Cap. Ebbets who arrived here in the Ship Enterprise ApL 16 1824 and
has been at the islands ever since except making one voyage to Canton. Capt. Thompson recently of the
Convoy goes passenger.
Saturday Deer. 25. This evening between 9 & 10 o'ck we were surprised by the arrival of Dr. Judd and
family from Lahaina. Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. Green were confined within 24 hours of each other & both
have daughters. Mr. Green mentions his determination of going to Hilo and thinks it possible he may set
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out as soon as the middle of January. Mrs. Goodrich's health was recovering & her mind becoming settled.
Learned from Dr. Judd ma that Mr. Ruggles & family had gone to Kaawaloa & that Mr. Bingham &
family were destined there & were going over by mount Hualalai. The chiefs from Kauai had gone on to
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Hawaii, where they expected to have a counciL
Monday Deer. 27 1830. The ship Enterprize Cap. Stetson, left this afternoon as she was to stop at
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Kauai. I put on board a few articles for the Station & wrote to the brethren. Two other vessels went out to
day. Most of the shipping has now left the harbor.
Tuesday 28th. The chiefs assembled the people this morning of this and the neighboring villages and
made addresses. Kinau took the lead ~ was followed by Kekauonohi who arrived Saturday night from
Lahaina with the Dr. & family. Liliha & Hoapiliwahine also addressed them. It seemed to be a meeting
according to the ancient pono. Somewhat formal.
This evening had Dr. & Mrs. Judd & Mr. & Mrs. Clark to tea. Kekauonohi called & was invited to sit
down to the table with us.
Wednesday 29th. The Pakii sailed for Lahaina, with Kalola mao She has been sent for by the Princess.
The Washington also sailed for Lahaina. I wrote to Mr. Richards & Mr. Green by the latter vessel.
Friday Deer. 31st 1830. This afternoon Mrs. Shepard ~ confined ~ a son.
Sabbath January 21831. An uncomfortable day wind from the sea with rain. None but persons
connected with the missionary family present at the English service.
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Monday 3rd. A rainy day. Work of the new house not going on owing to the weather.
Reed. letters from Hawaii by the Sch. Unity which arrived yesterday with cattle. Mr. Bingham was at
Waimea on Monday the 27th ulto. & the Chiefs were at Kau. The Chiefs were expected to be at Kaawaloa
next day where Mr. Ruggles & family then were, having left Waimea. Mr. Bingham was expected to be at
Kaawaloa on Saturday Jan. 1. An Ahaolelo of the chiefs was to be held at Kailua.
Wednesday 5th. The Lahaina chiefs viz. Hoapili wahine & Kekauonohi left to day in the Pakii &
Pupuka. I sent 20 boards for Mr. Green in reference to his going to Hilo. Hoapili wahine took the child of
Kinau which Hoapilikane has adopted or is to adopt for his own.
Saturday ]any 8th 1831. I was occupied most of the forenoon in writing for the windward. That is to
Mr. Andrews & Green at Lahaina & to Mr. Goodrich at Hilo expecting that a vessel would sail
immediately and that Kaiana & wife would go to be connected with Mr. Green as assistants; but word came
about noon that the vessel would not sail till after the Sabbath as the chief had stopped it.
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Made a selection of twenty~two individuals with a view to converse with them before the church for
their instruciton & to ascertain as near as possible their true character in order to their being propounded
of admission to the church.
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Yesterday my man, Kahaumanu had a bundle of clothes taken from him by one ofpaki's men as he was
going to wash, on the ground of its being kapu for natives to go towards the country. Ehu was present when
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my man returned & gave me the information & he went instantly & informed Kinau & Kekuanaoa and
search was immediately made & the bag of clothes found & returned. The kapu was laid by Liliha after the
miserable example of Boki who cruelly oppressed the people with taxation.
Sabbath J any 9 1831. This afternoon the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was celebrated; as the church
convenant was not in the possession of Mr. Clark the persons propounded were not reed. to the church.
In the evening Mr. Clark & I met the church at the house of Auhea to converse with individuals in
reference to their being propounded. The number selected is twenty two. Our intention is to meet them
every Sabbath evening till we have exd. each individual, and in connexion with the examination it is our
intention to make occasionally close & pointed remarks in order to awaken their consciences & to warn
them of the danger of being deceived.
Our meeting with them was interesting.
Monday 10. Reed. letters from Maui, but nothing very special of the nature of news was communicated.
A schooner sailed for Lahaina & our native brother & sister, Kaiana & wife sailed with a view to join
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Mr. Green at Lahaina & to go with him & family to Hilo.
Opened a new lime kiln today. The work of the new house seems to go on a little faster than formerly, I
have two men employed laying stones.
Tuesday January 11 1831. On examining the walls of my house discovered that they had not been laid
exactly square. By the help of the carpenter & spending most of the day the mistake has been corrected, but
not without leaving on the walls the evidence of incompetency on the part of the stone layer.
The families were invited to take tea at the house of Kinau. Mr. & Mrs. Clark, Dr. & Mrs. Judd &
myself attended. Consul Jones was of the company to sit at the table. The entertainment was very good
considering the cooks and the incompetency of the natives to superuited such business.
Friday Jany. 14. Since the Sabbath the poe hooikaika have been unusually desirous to converse with us,
and we have been not a little interrupted by their calls.
Saturday 15th. A plan has been formed by the native members of the church designed to bring the
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business of hooikai & of the schools in the several districts & divisions of the island into a sort of system. A
member of the church of which there are 34 designated, is placed over a division, of which there are as
many as of individuals designated, and his duty is to preserve order in regard to the meetings and to become
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acquainted with the people of his division & to have a superintendence of the schools and also to
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recommend those who offer themselves for marriage .
Sabbath Jany. 16th 1831. Dr. Judd rode to Waikiki & conducted religious worship there. English service
better attended than it has been before since Cap. Stetson sailed.
A novel case of conviction has come to our knowledge:~ how abiding it may be and the exact nature of
it, the future must decide. A man called at the printing office on Friday. Said he was directed by an internal
admotion to come to the missionaries to be told what he must do. He said a voice seemed to be speaking to
him continually admonishing him to escape. I asked him several questions respecting the cause of his
alarm. He said since he arrived at this place he had been carousing & conducting very wickedly & had
spoken very disrespectfully of the missionaries ~ and that he had been aroused by something very
unaccountable one night while he was asleep; & that since that time he had not enjoyed a moments peace
by night or by day. The manner in which he spoke of hearing voices & of operations upon his person by
invisible agents convinced me of his being partially deranged; but his account of himself & of the manner
of his coming to the islands which was by a brig from the North West coast was perfectly rational; and his
sense of sinfulness seemed not unreasonable. To day he attended divine service and behaved as a man under
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deep conviction would be likely to conduct. After service he repaired to Dr. Judd's native house, where he
had spent the night previous. I went in to see him. He appeared under conviction but upon introducing the
subject of voices & the operation of an invisible agency he evidently had not the use of his reason. I
reccommended him to be quiet & to endeavor to get rest, to read the word of God & to think of his
condition as a lost sinner. I also recommended him to read Doddridge's Rise & Progress which I had lent
him.
Monday Jan. 17 1831. Rain part of the day & my workmen attended to their work only half day.
Conversed again with the man under conviction. He spoke of his sins being very great & aggravated
having sinned against light, knowledge & convictions. His he thought to be a peculiar case and he was
afraid he had sinned against the Holy Ghost. He talked more freely & rationally of himself but with respect
to some things he was evidently not rational. I urged him not to despair but immediately to apply for mercy
by repentance & faith through a crucified Savior to God who was ready & willing to pardon through his
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Son.
Tuesday Jany 18. Attended to the examination of the Schools of Honolulu today. Mr. Clark, Dr. Judd &
myself took pavU in the labor. Mrs. Clark & Mrs. Judd were present in the forenoon. Liliha's class which
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under the direction of Punihaole exhibited this afternoon made a very good appearance. No class in the
place was more worthy of commendation. The class of Maiao appeared well also. About 150 of his scholars
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are furnished with the Gospels printed in America and in which they are able to read. The class of the King
under the direction of Kaluaapana & Kapule exhibited well.
The number of those who exhibited on the slate in writing under the direction of Kaluahinenui at the
close of the examination was 459 ~ comprising youth & adults of both sexes. Males 238 ~ females 221.
The sentence which they wrote was this E hooikaika loa kakou e oi nui aku ka naauao a me ka ike
maka i ka palapala.
Wednesday Jany 19 1831. Dr. & Mrs. Judd attended Kinau & her husband to Waikiki for the purpose of
examining the schools.
The register of the schools of this district gave the whole number of scholars at 1229. Not being
satisfied with the management of our land at Manoa which has for more than two years been in the hands
of Kahiole I entrusted the charge of it this day to Ehu.
Thursday 20th. I walked to Manoa this day with the man under conviction whose name is Hathaway of
Dighton, Mass. He appears to be rationally convinced of sin and says it is his present purpose to seek as the
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one thing needful the salvation of his soul. He gave me considerable of an account of his life, which since
he was nineteen, has been one of much vicissitude & wandering.
Some singularities will remain in regard to his mind as to his hearing voices ~ rather fancying that he
hears them telling him of his sins and recounting the transactions of his past life. He seems to think that
what he hears are real voices though it seems he says a very singular thing to him.
My object in going to Manoa was to look out a place of cutting wood in order to give some employment
to this man. I found a situation at the head of the valley near the houses of Kaahumanu where I thought he
might cut a few cords and I told him I would give him $1 a cord for cutting, to which he consented.
At about 3 o'ck I returned home after taking some refreshment I attended the poaha.
Friday Jany 211831. The Pulaholaho being about to sail to Hawaii I wrote a short note to Mr. Bishop.
The Pakii arrived from Lahaina & brought down Kalola ma, by which reed. letters from Messr. Green &
Andrews. Mr. Green was on the eve of sailing to Hilo. Mr. Andrews was to accompany him to get the
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residue of his effects & timber.
Kaupena, the widow of Manuia appears to be in a desirable state of mind. She has offered herself to the
poah.a. She is greatly exposed to temptation having been solicited by the foreigners for their vile
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gratification. One person offered her 40 dollars with a view to secure her to himself but she spumed his
offer and told him she did not want his money that she had forsaken that wicked way. The English Consul
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also sent for her to go & take tea with him; but she refused to go; for she said his wife had gone and her
husband was dead and she did not wish to go to his house under such circumstances. We hope this woman
will be preserved and it is our prayer that she may be a chosen vesseL
Bya schooner which arrived last evening from the cost of California notice has been recd. in this place
of the death of George IV and of his being succeeded by the Duke of Clarence. Also news came that the
King of France has been deposed; These reports need confirmation.
Saturday Jany. 22nd. The Waverly arrived this morning from Hawaii but brought no letters from the
brethren. Learn by Lono the commander that the chiefs were at Kailua, and that shortly they were going to
Waimea to attend to the dedication of the new meeting house after that to the examination of the Schools
of Koha1a & then are to sail for Lahaina.
Sabbath 23rd. My Sabbath School was more fully attended than usuaL Kinau was present & a
considerable number of new scholars. The school commenced Acts having finished Luke last Sabbath.
Monday 24th. Kinau met the females of Honolulu this forenoon and addressed them and proposed some
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new arrangements in regard to the meeting.
Wrote to Mr. Richards, also finished a letter to Mr. Bingham to send by the Waverly.
Tuesday, Jan. 25th. Went with Mr. Clark to attend an assemblage of the people of Honolulu aina at the
school house of Maiao, convened by direction of Kinau who wished to address them on the subject of some
new arrangements recently made in regard to the superintendence of schools & the poalima.
The substance of her address was as follows. That the superintendence of the schools & the poalima was
hers to attend to, that whatever persons might wish to join the poalima must come to her for admittance, if
females, if male they must make their application to Kuhia; that those who belong to the poaha and might
desire to enter the poaha should make their application to her & to Kuhia & they would if approved be
recommended to the Missionaries. Persons wishing to marry should make known their desire to Kuhia & he
should examine into the propriety of the step & recommend them to the missionary. After Kinau had
finished her speech Kuhia arose & repeated the substance of her address in order that all should hear &
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understand.
I made a few remarks at the close byrequest of Mr. Clark & he finished with prayer.
Wednesday Jan. 26 1831. Walked this afternoon to Manoa to look at what the man had been doing
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whom I set at work cutting wood. Found that he had cut some wood & had been doing as well as I had
reason to expect. The roads are not settled enough to be passable in every place for a team and therefore I
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must defer sending for the wood till the roads are better, though I am much in want of wood to bum &
shall need a good deal for lime.
Thursday 27. Dr. Judd recd. a letter from Mr. Bingham dated at Kailua in which he stated the purpose of
the chiefs to go to Waimea to attend to the opening of the new meeting house there & to examine the
schools of Kohala &c. after which they would holo nui for Lahaina & thence to this place & that some
very important changes in the government of this island would be made. Much he said he wished to
communicate which he dare not put on paper. He stated that the commander of the Washington had been
fined for attempting to seduce a woman and that said gentleman was very angry.
Friday28. Kekuanaoa communicated to Dr. Judd today some very interesting & important news of some
of the present movements of the chiefs:- a few weeks will develop the whole.
Saturday Jan. 29 1831. Warren Fay is afflicted with an inflamation of the eyes and requires very
particular attention. To allay the inflamation Dr. Judd thought it necessary to take away some blood.
Monday 31st. This day the workmen have been employed erecting the staging around the store &
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dwelling for the convenience of hauling up stones. The walls are raised within about two courses of the top
of the windows.
It is ascertained by papers recently recd. from the Spanish coast, that the reports of a revolution in
France are true.
Saturday, Feby 5th 1831. This day has been to me & my companion a day of much interest and will be
remembered by us as the birthday of a Second Son. With gratitude I would record the goodness of God to
us in ordering all the circumstances of its birth in mercy.
The wind has blown hard today and a company of natives have been employed in taking down the hale
halawai in order to its being re built as it is now in too bad a state to be occupied for meetings.
Sabbath 6th. I did not attend meeting but went to the Sabbath school and questioned the scholars.
The meeting for questioning candidates was omitted this evening.
Tuesday Feby. 8th 1831. Having learned from Kamaunu that a man by the name of Puawahie had been
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teaching in a very fanciful way I had an interview with him this morning, and questioned him on the
subject. He was not inclined to be communicative; but I learned sufficient to satisfy me that no good would
be likely to result from such a method of communicating instruction, and I told him to desist.
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The following is a sample. A word was given out; Kekelehao ; Guess its application. answer Kawaiaho ;
right. Kawaiaho ; what of it. ans. Christ was born there. Mr. Bingham brought him forth. There the word of
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God was printed and the knowledge of it circulated through the island. All that was meant by this allegory
was that Kawaiahao held an analogy to Bethlehem the place where Christ was born; thence the name of
Christ and his Gospel was disclosed and the truth sounded out through the islands.
Saturday 12. Have learned that the Catholics have told Liliha that Boki will return in three months.
This is asserted as a prediction in the fulfillment of which they stake their reputation. The information was
communicated to Dr. Judd by Susan Reynolds, who also made known her desire to join the church & to
have her child baptized, her husband having given his consent at the same time telling her that the
obligation would rest upon them to raise up the child according to the principles of the Christian religion.
Sabbath Feby 13 1831. Having a bad cold, I only went out today to attend the Sabbath SchooL Did not
attend the meeting for the examination & instruction of the candidates.
Monday Feby 14th. Engaged to employ Mr. Hathaway to work for us at this station & to give him $10
per month & his board.
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Sabbath Feby 20. Reed. letters from Maui by the Packet which arrived last night.
Mr. Bingham and family together with Miss Ward were at Lahaina. The chiefs also are there except
Gov. Adams but he is expected along from Hawaii shortly.
Mr. Richards stated in the closing paragraph of his letter that with the kings consent this island will be
given to Kekauonohe & Leleohoku & that Kinau will be the kanaka. That Liliha will retain her own and
husbands land for the purpose of paying her husbands debts.
Monday Feby 21st. Reed. from on board the Missionary Packet a quantity ofKoa plank & ohia rafters
from Hilo.
Tuesday 22nd. By Oliver Chapin who sailed for Kauai in a small vessel belonging to Mr. Jones I wrote
to Mr. Whitney & informed him in a hasty manner of passing events & for further information sent letters
which I reed. from Mr. Bingham & Mr. Richards.
Two small vessels arrived from Lahaina this forenoon & anchored at Waikiki. We were not able to
understand at first the meaning of their coming to anchor there but after awhile we learned that they had
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brought dovvn some of the Ohua of the chiefs. Kaikioe"was Schooner was one of them, and as she is to
return immediately an opportunity is afforded for a hasty communication to Lahaina. I wrote both to Mr.
Richards & to Mr. Bingham & stated what I had heard to day of affairs. Viz. that the Governess is making
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preparations to oppose the will of the chiefs & the new arrangements for this island, that her party are
arming themselves that they are 500 strong in each of the forts well armed.
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Kinau wrote to the King to the following effect that Liliha had forbid Kekuanaoa from waiting on the
King with his men at his arrival saying that the foreigners were the Kings men to wait upon him ~ Also that
there were a great many men & a great many guns in the fort. This she stated as a matter of fact, ~ as
something which she knew certainly. As what she had heard from others she stated. That is, she said it is
reported that Liliha says if the island is taken from hey then there will be war!
Wednesday Feby. 23rd 1831. The Waverly & the Niu arrived from Lahaina filled with people. They
both entered the harbor; but I have recd. no particular intelligence respecting those on board who they are
or what they have come down for.
Have learned to day through Dr. Judd as told him by Kinau, that Woodland gunner of the fort came to
her supposing that she was on the side of Paki & told her that she must get the guns down from the fort on
the hill as they were useless there. She soon gave him to understand that he had made a mistake in
applying to her, by telling him that Kamehameha had a great many children here. In connexion with the
above Woodland informed her that they had three nights attempted to remove the guns but were not able
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for want of men. Methinks this looks like not having a very great force.
It is also said that the two Consuls have advised Madam Boki not to fight. This may be true or not.
They certainly would make a great mistake to put her up to wage war with all the chiefs. Mr. French told
Dr. Judd that Paki had said he did not intend to fight, but only designed to get ready.
Friday 25th. Kamauhu called to inquire respecting attending Poalima in the fort. He gave us the
information, to use his own expression, that pau loa \X!aiane were there also men from Kaneohe & Punaluu.
He said they were there not from any particular desire of their own, but because required to come by the
Chief; the project however was a rebellious one & his opinion was that it was opposed to the principles of
the poalima & would therefore leave them to themselves & discontinue the meeting. This was in
accordance with our views; for those who are admitted to the poalima are only such as are friendly to good
order & morality, and as soon as any of those who have been admitted cease to be such they forfeit their
standing as members of the Meeting. It was our opinion that all who are in that combination have forfeited
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their membership of the poalima.
Saturday Feby 26th 1831. A strong wind from the N.E. and some rain. The workmen forsook their work
on account of the inclemency of the weather.
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Sent on board the Packet a few supplies for Lahaina & Hawaii. The Niu which sailed for Maui was
driven back ~ sprung a leak and lost an anchor.
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Sabbath 27. Congregations to day notwithstanding an uncomfortably strong wind as full as usuaL
In the evening met the candidates. Learned that Puaiole one of the number selected for examination &
special instruction is very ill & it is feared near his end.
Monday Feb. 28 1831. Recd. the intelligence this morning of the death of Puaiole. We regretted very
much that we had not been able to call upon him during his sickness. One reason & the principal was that
his residence was at a considerable distance in the country. He had but recently been removed to the
village. Mr. Clark had proposed to himself to visit him. but just as he was about to set out we learned his
death. We learn that he was quite resigned.
The Packet sailed today for the windward. Wrote to Mr. Richards, Bishop & Ruggles.
Tuesday March 11831. The Paalua, Kaahumanu's vessel sailed for Lahaina.
Wednesday 2nd. Hoapili & Kekauonohi arrived this morning in the Pakii from Maui as an embassage
from the chiefs who are all assembled there. By letters from the brethren it appears that their apprehensions
for the peace of this island are very great, having heard much from natives of the hostile attitude taken by
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the Governess. The object of Hoapili's visit is to mediate peace & pacify his daughter if possible & induce
her to go to Maui to meet the chiefs in counsel there in order to the settlement of matters. His plan will be
to induce her to disarm all her men & empty the fort of those that are now in it deposit the arms &
amunition in the magazine lock them up & receive the key into his own hand to keep in order for the
disposal of the whole by the word of the King.
We had a conversation with Malo who has come down with Hoapili ma. He thinks that the steps that
Kaikioewa was disposed to take at Hawaii were very hasty & injudicious ~ that was to strip Liliha entirely &
by a strong arm to put her down. And it was afterwards his advice that coercive measure should
immediately be taken to force her to a compliance with the will of the chiefs & to chastise those who have
placed themselves in the posture of defiance.
If Hoapili is not able to effect the object of his visit in gaining the consent of his daughter to go to the
windward he will leave her peaceably & return to Lahaina. In which case a contest will ultimately ensue as
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the chiefs will then be fully aware of the settled hostility of her feelings & her fixed determination to resist.
It is our prayer that she may not be left to such madness & thus compel the chiefs to arm themselves
against her & come down to engage in war.
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As I was in Mr. Reynold's store I was accosted by Capt. Snow & charged with having neglected to
afford assistance to him at the time he fell from a horse in front of the Mission establishment some months
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ago. He addressed me in quite a passionate manner. I assured him that it was not true that I turned away;
but that I went to him & invited the persons who had lifted him up to conduct him to the apartment of
Dr.Judd.- That I attended him to the house & remained there to afford assistance untill he was washed &
his face dressed. I thanked him for mentioning his feelings to me and assured him that he had been
misinformed as to my not being ready to afford assistance. He seemed not to be fully satisfied with my
statement of the case.
On my return home I mentioned to Dr. Judd the charge of unkindness brought against me and the Dr.
thot proper to write a note to Capt. S. to assure him that the charge against me was without foundation.
Thursday March 3 1831. To day Hoapili had an interview with his daughter Liliha who arrived last
evening from Nuuanu & this forenoon called upon him at his lodging in the stone house. He opened to her
the object of his visit ~ that she go to Lahaina to meet the chiefs ~ to this she immediately consented ~ the
next that the arms & amunition in the fort be secured in the magazine and the key delivered up to Kinau
& Kekuanaoa to take charge of for Leleohoku whose would be the fort ~ and when Kuakini should come
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down then the command should be entrusted to him. To this she also consented.
We are told by Malo that while Hoapili & Liliha were engaged in this conversation the English Consul
came in & invited Liliha aside to communicate something privately to her ~ Upon the authority of Malo
who received his information from one of Liliha's confidential women we learn that the object of this
private interview of the Consul was to dissuade Liliha from going to the windward in compliance with the
charge of the King & chiefs!!
Tomorrow we learn is the day fixed for giving up the arms in the fort and for disbanding the men ~ and
after the Sabbath Hoapili Liliha & Kekauonohi sail for the windward.
The Lord be praised for thus disposing this woman to consent to the proposals made to her. I would
regard it altogether of the Lord; and would pray that what he has graciously begun he would carry on &
complete & cause every thing to subserve his own glory & the advancement of his cause, and that every
one who is high and lifted up he would abase, according to his ability so to do.
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Friday March 4th 1831. This forenoon I reed. a note from Mr. Charlton in behalf of the principal
residents requesting my attendance at the house of Boki to interpret between them and Hoapili. I complied
without hesitancy and went immediately to the place specified and found the foreigners assembling. Those
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that I now recollect were the following. Messrs.Charleton & Jones & Reynolds, French, Capts. Grimes,
Blanchard, John Meek Drs. Sariere & Ford, ~ Hoapili was seated in the lanai with a book and several
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persons were sitting round who seemed to have been occupied with the palapala. Mr. Charlton walked in
and addressed Hoapili with the salutain "your honor" to who his excellency replied (your honor paha'. Mr.
C. then turned to me and said the object of my being requested to attend on this occasion was to make
some inquiries & give some explanations, and he wished me to inquire where Hoapili would attend to the
business in the lanai or in the house ~ he chose the latter & walked in immediately and took his seat. Mr.
Charlton then said he had learned from a source not to be doubted that some person had written from this
place to Lahaina stating that the foreigners had combined to oppose the king on his landing and that they
were confederate with those who were disposed to do him injury; and he wished me to ask Hoapili whether
any such letter had been received by the King. To the question proposed the Gov. of Maui replied that no
such letter had been recd. by him. Mr. Jones then requested me to ask when such a report was in circulation
at Lahaina. To which the gov. replied there was ~ that it was on the lips of a great many and was reported
particularly by persons who belonged to the vessels which had recently arrived there. They then wished to
know whether he had seen a letter containg. any such assertion as they were sure a letter had been written.
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To this the gov. did not give a direct answer as I suspect he did not fully understand the import of the
question. He said he had not recd. letter ~ that letters had been written and recd. by the persons to whom
they were written, how should he know what they contained. This the gentlemen called equivocation.
They then wished me to say that these charges were utterly false and that they were the King's friends and
were ready to serve him, and moreover wished that when he returned to Lahaina that he would express this
sentiment to the King. Hoapili said to this that he was not going to Lahaina ~ that his daughter would go
and that to send his daughter thither was the object of his present visit. That his business was with his
daughter & not in the least with them. Another question which the gentlemen wished to be put to the
Gov. was whether his present visit was not inconsequence of that report or letter. By the way, by the letter I
suppose his excellency understood that which Kinau wrote to the King giving an account of Liliha's
forbidding Kekuanaoa's waiting on the King & saying that the foreigners were the King's men to wait upon
him, and of the men under arms in the fort. To this he replied that the letter was one among other reason
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- that the chiefs had decided on sending for her. And here he repeated that his business was with his
daughter & not with them.
His honor the Eng. Consul spoke many hard things respecting the person who had written the letter
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containing the charges against them. And said if he was a white man he would surely have him whipt & if
he were a native when the king came down he would complain of him & have him punished ~ at any rate
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he would have the business sifted on the return of his Majesty.
Among other things to prove his loyalty he said Madam BoH had requested him when the King came
down to go off in his own cutter to bring him on shore!! ~ I do not know but he said Mr. Jones & him. This
confirms a report which had come to our ears that the Governess had invited the two consuls to go off on
the arrival of the King & conduct him on shore.
Saturday March 5th. The people who have had arms & amunition in their keeping have been returning
them to the fort which is now in the care of Hoapili who is placing the arms & a.munition in the magazine.
Learn from Kekuanaoa that Hoapili has requested that all the male members of the church be
assembled to go into the fort & stay with him: and our opinion was asked as to the propriety of the
measure. We told him we thought that under existing circumstances it was not expedient as the step would
be likely to occasion talk and reproach. We thought it would be best that the majority of those with him
should be faithful men that could be relied on who are not of the church. This was also Malo's & Laanui's
advice.
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This evening the chiefs & the members of the family took tea at the house of Mr. Clark. Hoapili owing
to the unsettled state of things in the fort excused himself. Kinau, Kekuanaoa, Kekauonohi & Liliha
favored us with their company. The latter though she attempted to wear the appearance of vivacity could
ill conceal the dej ection of her mind.
The printing of the last sheet of Ninau hoike has been commenced & some copies of the copies having
been gathered & stitched, the chiefs were each furnished with a copy.
Sabbath March 6th 1831. The congregation this morning was unusually large.
Hoapili having expressed a wish that religious worship should be conducted with him and his people in
the fort I went down in the morning and attended a service. The number of persons present was I judged,
upwards of 50 mostly those who have had their residence in the fort. Awa & Haia were present. I
expounded from the 12 chap~ of the I Epis. Corinthians.
Dr. Judd attended the service in the afternoon.
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In the evening Mr. Clark & I attended the examination meeting.
Monday Mar. 7th. Madam BoH & Paki sailed this morning in the Pakii for Lahaina. Previous to her
embarkation we recd. an invitation from Hoapili to go down to the fort to attend prayers. Mr. Clark & I
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went down and we found the chiefs in the stone house and in the lanai in front on the wall of the fort. Mr.
Clark made a prayer and almost immediately after the close of it, her ladyship set out to go on board. Paki
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was not present he had probably gone on board before. A considerable concourse of people assembled on
the wharf & accompanied her to the boat. Mitchener a foreigner was in the stem of the boat in which she
embarked & held the steering oar probably to be her attendant to MauL He is a man deeply interested in
her cause, and said a few days ago in my hearing that "he expected there would be a revolution here before
long."
I wrote by the opportunity to Mr. Bingham & gave him an account of passing events, and also wrote to
Mr. Andrews.
The letters were deld. to Apii who goes up with Liliha as her chaplain and teacher.
Kamaunu was solicited by Paki to attend him. The invitation being given not long before the vessel
saHd & Kamaunu having no inclination to be of the company declined going & though pressed very hard
to comply persisted in the refusal and the vessel sailed without him his wife however accompanied the wife
ofPaki.
Tuesday March 8th. Mr. Clark & I attended the church meeting this evening. Among the subjects of
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conversation was one respecting retaining in the Poalima those persons who had recently deled with the
Governess & gone into the fort ~ Kawaa the head man of Honouliuli asked the question. We enquired
whether many persons from that place had joined the conspiracy he answered that there were a good many
and they had voluntarily joined this party. We told our opinion that such persons were hewa and that their
repentance ought to be more clear than it could proved to be in so short a time before they were received
again. We also told the church that the people of God were averse to war & bloodshed and that they would
never be of a conspiracy against that which was good and right ~ that they were loyal subjects supporters of
law & good order.
Wednesday March 9th. Dr. Judd & I went to see Keaomahuilani, who has had a violent attack of
vomiting blood, Being informed that he was very low, we made no delay. His house is towards the further
part of the village near the Mulivvai. We find him indeed very low & in great distress. Scarcely able to
speak, his pulse weak & irregular. Dr. Judd gave him 50 drops of laudanum but this potion seemed to have
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very effect. We endeavored to converse with him, but he seemed unable to command his thoughts enough
to give any connected idea of his mind. I asked him whether he thought of God; he answered in the
affirmative; whether he prayed to him: and whether he relied on Jesus Christ for salvation & whether he
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had a desire to see God & Jesus Christ? all of which he answered in the affirmative. To the inquiry whether
he would be glad to have one of us pray with him, he answered Yes with apparent gratification.
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This man is one of those under examination & special instruction with reference to admission to the
church. He is considerably advanced in years and in the time of heathen idolatry here was called a God, &
received religious worship as such. Great respect was paid to him insomuch that no one stood in his
presence when he passed along the road but all fell prostrate. This veneration passed away with the
downfall of idolatry in the islands. Having become acquainted with the words of the true God & the way of
salvation by Jesus Christ he abandoned the old superstition entirely & yielded himself as we hope to God ~
at least this is what he has told us & we have no evidence against his sincerity.
Thursday 10th. Keaomahuilani died this morning about 8 o'ck. Kekuanaoa was present with him at his
decease. He had the use of his reason though he was not able to say much. To the inquiry whether he had
any thought he said, Manao no ~ hookahi no manao io. Jesu. He was asked by Kekuanaoa whether he had
no charge to leave respecting his wife & children & land. Hookahi no manao ia Jew was his reply. The
inquiry was repeated & the same answer given. His mind seemed fixed upon the subject of salvation and
from that it could not be diverted. He died almost immediately after this conversation.
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Friday March 11th 1831. A vessel arrived from Lahaina & brought down Keliiahonui & Kapule & her
husband. By the hand of the former I recd a letter from Mr. Richards, mentioning the arrival of the Pakii at
Lahaina & Liliha's reception. He gives no particulars but expresses his fears for the King.
Kapule told us that the king was greatly affected, that he seated himself in her lap & wept greatly.
. Kaikioewa who was sitting by took hold of the king & pulled him from her. We cannot but feel moved with
this disposition of the king, manifested towards such a person & under such circumstances and in view of it
are constrained to look upon the movements of the governess here as something which would have met the
Kings cooperation and upon the defeat of their plan as a striking interposition of providence & a sort of
pledge that the Lord will suffer nothing to stand in the way of the success of his word in this land.
This is our prayer. Lord vindicate thine own cause. Make the wrath & wickedness & malice of men to
praise thee & the remainder do thou restrain!
Saturday Mar. 12 1831. This morning the Pakii arrived & we had the happiness of welcoming Mr.
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Bingham & family & Miss Ward to this Station, former after an absence of 9 months lacking only 2 days,
the latter of a longer time. Mr. B. brings notice that the chiefs will probably be down next week. We also
learn from Mr. B. that Hoapili's communication from this place by Liliha to Kaahumanu was a positive
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denial of every thing which had been reported concerning warlike preparations at this place. All the things
they had heard, he said, were wahahee loa. In communicating such a sentiment as this the gov. of Maui
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must have given more credit to his daughter & to the foreigners than to Kinau Kekuanaoa & all the good
people of the place. For they & we had the demonstration of our senses to the contrary. We kllow that
warlike preparations were made, for what we have very good data for guessing. Not indeed to oppose the
Kings landing but to promote it sooner than the other chiefs would have it & to get him into their circle &
gain his assent to their plan. This I believe to have been their design.
Sabbath March 13 1831. The house was very full and Mr. Bingham preached a long sermon from I
Timo.1. 15. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ came into the world to save
sinners; of whom I am Chief. Mr. Clark preached in the afternoon. Congregation not so large.
Reed. a call to day from a young man from Boston, son of Mr. Kilham of the Firm Kilham & Mier,with
a letter of introduction from Mr. HilL
Evening attended with Mr. Clark the meeting of examination & instruction for candidates. Conversed
on the subject of the nature & evidences of faith.
Monday March 14. The weather has been so unfavorable owing to frequent showers of rain that the
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work on my building has not been going on.
This afternoon the brethren of this station met in my room and at the request of Mr. Shepard took into
consideration the subject of his duty in reference to his health and adopted the following resolution.
Resolved that while we regret to lost the important services of Mr. Shepard in superintending the
printing department even for a little season, still in consideration of the affection of his lungs and the
apprehension that the trade wind and dust of Honolulu plains will be unfavorable to his cough, we
therefore recommend that he feel himself released from the care of the office and that he seek a more
favorable atmosphere at Lahaina or Kailua as shall appear most desirable to himself; and that he simply
hold himself at the disposal of an aiwise providence and wait for the intimations of the Sovereign and
adorable will of our gracious Redeemer, who directs all our affairs in infinite goodness.
We were gratified with a visit from Cap. Hussey of the ship Cyrus, whom we had the pleasure to lodge
with us last spring in a feeble state of health. His health has considerably improved though it is far from
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being firm. We made him the offer of accommodations with us; but he declined owing to his business.
Tuesday March 15 1831. About 2 o'ck this afternoon a sail made its appearance. We soon perceived
that it was a brig and fancied that it was a vessel from Boston whose arrival is expected every hour. When
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she had got down near enough to render her colors distinct we perceived that they were the national colors
of the islands and the discharge of canon soon settled the opinion in our minds that the King was on board.
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Shortly other vessels made their appearance and not a doubt remained that his Majesty & the chiefs were
all at hand. Not long after the brig had anchored ~ Mr. Bingham) Dr. Judd) Mr. Clark and myself set out to
go down to the landing to pay our respects to his majesty when he should come on shore not doubting that
all his loyal subjects the foreigners would show themselves among the most respectful as they had been
reported by the Governess to be the Kings men to wait upon him: We thought that we would not be
behind them in attentions. On our way we stopped at the stone house where Kinau & Kekauonohi were as
the king had not left the vessel. Here we were told that the foreigners had proposed to Hoapili to go off in
about 20 boats & wait upon the king. This was refused by Hoapili and permission only granted for the
Consuls to go off. And as three boats had been seen going out it was supposed that the official gentlemen
had gone off to meet his majesty & to propose bringing him on shore. We waited an hour & a half perhaps
when noticing boats coming in we walked down. The Sch. Pakii had previously anchored and had been
very respectfully saluted from the fort. Having reached the passage which leads from the landing to the
wood house of Boki we were met by a concourse and we soon discovered Madam Boki & Kehekili walking
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up we respectfully saluted the personages & were as respectfully saluted in return) and then they passed on
& we went to the American Consulate where we were informed Gov. Adams was. A number of gentlemen
had assembled there and we walked up the stairs saluting as we passed along those who stood near us or
who deigned to notice us. Mr. Jones reed. us very politely. Mr. Charlton was one of the gentlemen in the
room. He arose and gave me his hand. Paki & Haia were setting by him & both rose & gave us their hands
& aloha. Gov. Adams seemed glad to meet us. We sat a little while and talked with the gentlemen. Shortly
it was announced that his Majesty was landing and a motion made to go and pay our respects to him. The
foreigners did not second the move. and it was not till then that we learned that offense had been given by
Hoapilfs forbidding boats going out to meet the king. One asked Dr. Judd what was the meaning of the
waters being tabu. Much dissatisfaction seemed to be felt. We bowed to our company and set off for the fort
to salute his majesty. We found him with his Kahu Kaikioewa at the stone house. He appeared pleased to
see us & gave us very cordial salutation as did his honorable Kahn. We staid some time and learned from
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the king that Kaahumanu had been visited with a very dangerous attack of something like the appoplexy
on Saturday night) & that was the reason of their not sailing on Monday night. We were distressed at the
intelligence & could not but feel that it was a kind dispensation by which her valuable life is continued yet
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longer.
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It was proposed to move forward & the King's Kahu set out, & was followed by his Majesty & his
attendants. The other chiefs not having landed Dr. Judd. Mr. Clark & I waited for them, when they landed,
we attended them to the stone house, where a prayer was offered by Mr. Bingham in acknowledgement of
the divine goodness.in the protection vouchsafed to those who had been absent during all the time of their
journeying.
Saturday March 19 1831. The church assembled this morning in the meeting house to attend to the
examination of candidates. About three hours were spent in that business, and then the meeting adj ourned
till after dinner when the ch. assembled again and spent about three hours more in the same employment.
Thirteen persons were examined in reference to their being admitted to the ch. on the coming Sabbath
and about 30 more in reference to being propounded.
Sabbath March 20th. A solemn & interesting day. The meeting house was filled to overflowing in the
morning. Mr. Bingham preached about 50 min. in a solemn & impressive manner suited to a sacramental
occasion. In the afternoon the emblems of the Savior's body & blood were displayed in the presence of a
large number of the professed followers of the Lord Jesus Christ from the four principal islands including
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this. So large an assemblage of communicants I think has never been witnessed in the islands. Most of the
principal chiefs were present. The candidates were seated in front of the table and stood up & made their
confession of faith & solemnly pledged themselves to be the Lord's & received the initiatory seal of baptism
and afterwards sat down and with the elder members united in celebrating the dying love of the Redeemer.
A day I trust long to be remembered. The Lord grant that the Scenes of this day may be sanctified to
the King and to multitudes of others.
Monday March 211831. This day a large quantity of kapa avails of books sold at Kailua & Kaawaloa
were landed from the Packet which arrived on Saturday, and were drawn up to the house.
The Portrait of Sophia Bingham which was taken at Edgartown soon after her arrival in America was
recd to day by the hand of Cap. Swain of the ship Susan, by her parents, but they were greatly disappointed
on opening the box to find that the painting had so materially suffered by the voyage that not a feature of
their loved daughter could be recognized. It is hoped however some thing may be found to restore it.
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Monday March 28th. By the Schr. Crusader 176 days from Boston recd. a sm. package of letters &
learned that a considerable shipment of supplies for this mission was made on board the Ship Wilmington
& Liverpool Packet which sailed about the 1st of Sept. Encouragement is also afforded that the mission will
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be reenforced & an establishment made at the Marquesas.
Friday April 1st 1831. By public notification the people assembled at the house of the king to hear a
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declaration of the decisions of the chiefs; ~ foreigners and chiefs as well as the common people were
required to be present. The common people stood outside of the fence which encircles the kings house and
formed a half circle in front many rows abrest. The chiefs & principle persons together with the foreigners
stood or sat in front of the house within the enclosure while a row of armed soldiers formed wings from
each comer of the house to the fence. When the king was ready to deliver his address he walked forth in
front of the door and called for the attention of the people and then pointed to Kaahumanu and said she
would communicate his mind. Kaahumanu arose and opened a paper she held in her hand containing the
will of the King & the result of the councils of the nation. She read the contents very deliberately ~ the
substance of which was that the king in consequence of the departure & absence of Boki (in short,
nalowale ke kiaaina) takes possession of the whole island together with Honolulu & the two forts ~ which
he gives to Kaahumanu to take care of ~ The fort is given to Kuakini to take care of and the laws of God are
taken for the basis of the laws of the land and all the people are called upon to yield obedience to them.
After finishing reading the declaration which is signed by the King Kauikeaouli, Kaahumanu, Kuakini,
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Hoapili, Naihe & Kaikioewa, Kaahumanu made a short speech calling upon all classes to attend & obey to
the law of God & the laws of the King & to serve & fear God worship & honor him as that by which they
would find prosperity, peace & happiness and by which the kingdom would be stable & prosperous.
Kuakini arose & walked from among the company with which he was sitting & addressed the foreigners
~ particularly those who are proprietors of Grog Shops stating that being invested with authority he should
now refuse to receive money granting permission for the sale of spirituous liquors ~ that no more licenses
would be given out for that purpose the sale of rum being-strictly forbidden by law. That he should proceed
to execute the laws in that respect and now prohibitted the sale of that article: ~ and that if after this rum
should be sold the property of the vendor of it should be seized ~ & if any person should be so presumptuous
as to persevere in defiance of law his house should be tom down. He also prohibited gambling houses under
the same penalty. He said these were laws made long time ago but had not been enforced and he was
determined now to put them in execution; and in making this remark cast a reflection upon his predecessor
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for unfaithfulness: ~ a censure he most justly deserved.
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Some fellows who passed by the houses in the evening vented their displeasure in very abusive language
saying that they loved rum and rum they would drink; and they cursed both missionaries & chiefs for the
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prohibition.
Saturday April 2nd. We learn that a certain class of foreigners, I should say residents, are exceedingly
angry on account of the kapu on the selling of rum.
Kaahumanu called Mr. Marine and told him he must forbid his daughters to moe kolohe. The Don
relied that he was afraid of having his house pulled down about his head. The old lady said to them, "Do
you forbid their moe kolohe and if you are assaulted for doing right we will defend you". Mr. Jones is living
with one of his daughters, besides having Hannah Holms as a wife, and from Cap. Wood of the Ship
Braganze, who took tea with us, I learned that said Jones was the most bitter of all our enemies though he
ought to be our protector which seemed to Cap. W. quite a strange thing. I also learned from the above
Captain that the masters of the waling ships would be pleased with the regulation making it a crime to sell
rum as thereby the crews of the ships would become more orderly.
Learned from Kapule that the order requiring the French Catholics to leave the islands was to be issued
today.
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The Catholics were sent for by the chiefs who were assembled in the fort; they came & the order for
their departure was read to them; but not given into their hand lest it should be made an ill use of. We
learn that they made some objections Said they had had the permission of Boki & the King to remain, and
asked what evil they had done.
Sabbath April3rd. The meeting house was crowded. Mr. Bingham preached from the words "Thy
children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.- And
kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers." The sermon was listened to with
apparent interest and some parts of it with seeming admiration. A part of the late proclamation of the King
of England which Mr. Bingham has translated was read with good effect, and it was designed to illustrate
the proposition that kings shall become nursing fathers to the church. The late movements too of the
Chiefs here, and the countenance of the King to good order & his proclamation in favor of it & of religion,
were referred to as illustrative of the same, & cited as a fulfilment of the prediction as it respects the cause
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in this land and at this time.
Evening ~ met the candidates for church privileges. Mr. Clark was not present owing to a slight cold.
Mr. Bingham attended. The subject of inquiry and investigation was the nature & design of baptism & to
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whom properly administered?
Monday ApI. 4. By the Brig Active 138 days from Boston, reed. a paquet of letters & two bundles
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containing publications. By the letters reed the information of the purpose of the Board to send us a new
reenforcement expected to sail from the port of New Bedford in Deer. on board a ship called the New
England. The families had an invitation to tea at Mr. Bingham's. Capts. Hussey & Wood were present and
spent the evening and united with the families in the mon. con. prayer meeting.
Tuesday April 5th 1831. Being the appointed season for our chh. meeting the members assembled in
the school house at candle lighting. The meeting was opened by singing & prayer, and Mr. Bingham made
a short address upon the subject of the Christians duty, obligation & responsibility. He then alluded to
some rules he had proposed for consideration about a year ago in reference to an association for suppressing
intemperance and repeated them which were as follows:
1. We will not drink spirits for the sake (stimulus) of the excitement occasioned by them.
2. We will not sell spirits for the sake of gain.
3. We will not manufacture spirits.
4 . We will not offer spirits to our friends, neighbors or strangers unless they are prescribed by a
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temperate physician.
5. We will not give spirits to our workmen on account of their labor.
Having distinctly stated these rules he proposed that those present who were willing to subscribe to
them should rise which was followed by the whole company's rising. After some further conversation and
remarks it was proposed that Gov. Adams, N aihe, Hoapili & Kaikioewa should stand at the head of an
association to be called a Society for the Suppresion of intemperance and under them as a board of
managers should be appointed twelve persons for the purpose of obtaining subscribers & attending to the
concerns of the Society.
Wednesday ApI. 6 1831. About one thousand people met this afternoon in the meeting house for the
purpose of organizing a Soc. for the Suppression of intemperance.
Gov. Adams read the regulations and then desired those who approved of them to rise which was
followed by a simultaneous movement of the whole assemblage expressive of their assent to the rules &
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readiness to subscribe to them. The names of the president vice presidents & managers were read & the
assent of the meeting called for to their appointment, which was readily signified by the rising up of the
whole assemblage.
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Gov. Adams as President called over the names of the board of managers & gave them books
containing the regulations with blank leaves for the names of members. The Society being thus formed the
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managers began immediately to take down the names of the members.
Saturday April 9th 1831. Since Wednesday evening Mr. Bingham has exchanged communications with
several of the residents in the village respecting a report said to have been communicated to Mr. Bingham
and said also to have been disclosed by him to several individuals and declared publicly in the church some
time in the course of Wednesday the purport of which was that Mr. B. had been told that the white
residents or principal residents had conspired against his ~ Mr. B.s ~ life. The first
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from the following
gentlemen ~ J.e. Jones, Wm. French, Stepn. Reynolds & Hemy A Pierce, requesting from Mr. Bingham an
explicit answer whether he had been thus told. Mr. B. answered explicitly that he had not been told that
the principal residents had conspired to take his life. Next day Friday Dr. Rooke wrote up inclosing a note
from Mr. Jones which he had just recd. requiring him to appear before a com. of gen. to say whether he had
told MI. Bingham that the white residents had conspired against his Mr. B's life for added the note Mr. B.
has stated in public and private that this is the fact & it can be proved & if it be not a fact that you are his
informer he shall suffer for the consequences. This was the exact sentiment of the note though not the
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precise words. MI. B. returned an answer to Dr. Rooke and then penned a note to MI. Jones requiring him
to take back the length & breadth of of the assertion and that if he did not he should feel at liberty to
complain of him to the Sand. lsI. Government & to the Govt. of the u.S.
MI. Jones very soon returned an answer, and was followed by an another from Mr. Bingham and a third
from Mr. Jones in which he declined any further controversy.
As Mr. Jones in one of his communications said that his Mr. B's reply to the first communication was an
evasion of the question proposed by the gentlemen and that Mr. Reynolds had twice put the question to
Mr. B. whether he had circulated the report which had occasioned so much excitement he gave no answer;
MI. B. addressed a note to the authors of the first letter & another to Mr. Reynolds requesting an explicit
answer to the questions whether the ansI. of MI. B. was evasive and whether Mr. B. had addressed the
inquiries as above stated. To these answers were recd the first was that the answer was evasive only ~ and
from Mr. Reynolds something of a long reply, but a denial that he put the question directly though he
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mentioned the subject to MI. B. who made no reply.
It is very certain that no small excitement exists in the village and it is not improbable that threats
have been made touching the life of Mr. Bingham. This Mr. Reynolds thought not unlikely.
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A communication has been sent to the King from the principal residents petitioning for a redress of
grievances. The paper was sent to Mr. B. this afternoon by the King, to be translated.
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Wednesday ApL 13th. The members of the different families of the station and all the principal chiefs,
including the King, and not excluding Liliha, took tea at the house of Mr. Bingham and spent part of the
evening ~ all the company appeared to be in good spirits and the chiefs notwithstanding some political
changes, to the disgrace of one, & the lessening of the possessions & authority of another, seemed to
entertain a good degree of kind feeling towards each other. The King was perfectly easy and sociable joined
in singing a hymn or two and made the room ring as often as anyone with his laugh & pleasantry. Mr.
Bingham proposed prayer in which all seemed willing to join and Laanui in a reverent & becoming manner
addressed the throne of grace.
Soon after the prayer part of the company took leave & part remained to enjoy further conversation &
social intercourse. Kapiolani was very pleasant in their remarks respecting the conduct of the foreigners
since the late restrictions. One day last week she road out with Mr. French who had a good deal to say
against the restrictions on riding out on the Sabbath. She gave some account of a conversation she had
held with Mr. Jones respecting keeping holy the Sabbath. He requested to be informed who had told the
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people the Sabbath was to be sanctified & kept holy She said God He said Indeed? Did God tell you
so? No ~ Mr. Bingham told you. ~ No, she said, that is what God says in his law. Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy. He said the day was designed for rest & relaxation. The conversation was stopped by
the entrance of the king to the place where they were conversing together & the gentleman immediately
turned & went to another part of the room. We were gratified with the firmness of Ka piolani & readiness to
answer & confute the cavils of the enemies of religion. A striking fact this and worthy of note that one who
but a little time ago was a heathen should undertake to defend the institutions of religion against the cavils
of persons brought up under the light of the gospeL Surely this is a fulfIlment of what Christ said: the last
shall be first & the first last.
Saturday April 16th. By the Ship Ann Capt. Brayton a very friendly man, we recd. letters from Hilo
from Mr. Green & Mr. Goodrich. An accident happened on board this ship soon after she came to anchor
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While in the act of furling up the main top sail, one of the men on the yard lost his balance and pitched
over it ~ in falling he caught hold of another man & drew him along & this other man caught hold of
another so that three men were precipitated from a height of thirty feet. Two of them struck the deck &
one of those who struck the deck was very badly hurt & the other less so and the one who fell overboard
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the least.
By this vessel Mr. Goodrich sent down 44 plank & half barrel ofkukui oiL The plank by the kindness of
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the captain were rafted ashore this afternoon.
Sabbath April 17th. Have learned that by order of the Gov. two or three persons who were riding out
for pleasure were stopped & their horses taken from them. One other person had set out in defiance of the
kapu which had been proclaimed publicly by the crier last week; but when assailed as he was about to leave
his own yard he thought it prudent to retreat. Some of the natives were disposed to pursue him into his
yard & seize his horse; but he drew a pistol & swore he would shoot the first one who attempted to do so, &
the natives thought it prudent to withdraw.
Kaahumanu & Kapiolani attended Sabbath School this afternoon. They seemed pleased with the
remarks & conversation upon the 7th chap. of Acts which was the lesson. The conduct of Stephen & the
character of his peresecuters attracted their attention. And they made a very just comparison between the
conduct of those certain of the Synagogue of the Libertines Cyrenians &c. who assailed Stephen & the
English American & others who in this land set themselves against the truth & suborn men to bear false
witness against its propagators.
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By the Ship Wilmington & Liverpool Packet which arrived to day recived letters & an invoice of a
valuable shipment of supplies on board that vessel.
Attended with Mr. Clark the meeting for the instruction of candidates the subject of conversation was
experimental religion.
Monday ApL 18 1831. Reed. a call from Cap. Alexander Russell of Ship W. & L Packet which has
supplies for the mission. He appears a pleasant man, hope he will prove truly friendly.
Learn that the excitement in the village is greater than it ever has been before in consequence of the
seizure of the horses for violation of the Sabbath.
Tuesday April 19 1831. Ann. examination of the schools commenced. The schools of Honolulu
exhibited.
Mrs. C. reed. a box to day from Pequea landed form the ship Wilmington & L Packet.
Friday April 22. Yesterday morning the Ship having our supplies on board came into the harbor and in
the afternoon the people began to land them. I borrowed a scow for the convenience of getting the articles
on shore ~ and I find greatly facilitated the landing of them. This afternoon the last of the articles was
landed. I have not been able to get them all up to the establishment ~ the lath & some of the shingles I left
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on the wharf. Part of the barrels I lodged in a house belonging to Kaina and he was kind enough to remove
by the aid of his own men all the joist into his yard for safety.
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This afternoon the Examination of the Schools close. The whole number who have exhibited and who
are all readers is 5443. The examination upon the whole is the most interesting of anyone we have ever
had and certainly it has been the most laborious & thorough.
Monday May 2nd. Monthly Concert; met in the evening at the house of Mr. Bingm. By invitation
some of the chiefs who are soon to leave took tea with us viz. Hoapili, Naihe, Kapiolani & Kekapuohe.
Tuesday 3rd. The Paki said for Lahaina by which Hoapili ma took passage for their homes. I had put a
few articles on board for the Station.
Have learned that 20 or thirty foreigners combined to have a rout in the village on the Sabbath, having
armed themselves with clubs & knives; about one half of the number were mounted on horse back; The
object of the rioters was to set at defiance the kapu & to intimidate the natives. When Gov. Adams was
informed that foreigners were riding through the village he sent some of his people to seize the horses: his
people were opposed and one of them received a blow with a club & was considerably hurt. The foreigners
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supposed they had gained their point because they drove the men despatched to seize the horses. But they
were far from being victorious in the end, for yesterday the Gov. called them to an account and seized a
number of the horses eight or nine I have been told & took possession of the house of the foreigner who
wounded the native.
One of the men who lost a horse went to the King to recover it but the king told him to pay what the
horse cost.
Thursday May 5th 1831. Naihe & Kapiolani and the other Hawaii chiefs left this morning in the
Keokoi. Kia one of our native woman the wife of Harry our cook has left us to go up with the chiefs to visit
her friends. She will return after she has finished her ue i ke aloha.
Sabbath, May 8th. The number of those who come out on Sabbath morng to attend worship having
become so great that the meeting house is not sufficient to contain them it has been thought desirable that
those who are not able to get into the house should be recommended to assemble in the school house and
that one of our number should meet with & address them. A fortnight ago word was given out that a
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service would be conducted for the benefit of those for whom there was room in the house; Last Sabbath
Dr. Judd made a beginning & the school house was filled; the number present was probably not less than
one thousand.
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This day I undertook to conduct the services. The number present was about the same as last Sabbath. I
read a chapter from the Gospel of Luke & made remarks from the words ~ Strive to enter in at the strait
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gate &c. Gov. Adams was one of the congregation and he was invited to offer one of the prayers.
Tuesday May 10th 1831. The Waverly sailed for KauaL I wrote a hasty letter to Mr. Gulick and sent a
few articles. Kaahumanu was kind enough to detain the vessel to enable me to send the things on board.
Mr. Bingham & I have reed. a piece of land from Kaahumanu this day: it is situated at Koolau. It was
given to us in connexion with a grant made to the school committee or poe Kaahele ike hale kula ~ The
place is Kaluanui my land is called Halawa & I have given the care of it to Ehu.
Mr. Bingham reed. a call from Capt. Cole yesterday & another today. He is very much dissatisfied with
the regulations of the Chiefs forbidding riding on the Sabbath, sports &c. Says riding on the Sabbath is in
no other country forbidden & wished Mr. Bingham to go with him to the king to interpret some things he
desired to say to him respecting a hors'e which Gov. Adams had seized for a violation of their kapu against
riding.
Friday May 13th 1831. Taken with a pain in my left foot ~ seemed like a sprain though not conscious of
having wrenched it. The pain increased till I could scarcely bear to put my foot to the ground and I could
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not move about with any comfort.
Saturday 14th. Early this morning I was attacked with pain in the bowels & diarrhoea. Sent for Dr.
Judd, and he gave me medicine ~ pain continued through the day & evening ~ I have experienced a very
uncomfortable day. The Dr. gave me more medicine which operated well but did not remove the pain. My
complaint appears to be billious and I have very little doubt but my liver is affected.
Sabbath 15th. My health is better to day but have not felt able to attend divine service ~ did not go to
my Sabbath SchooL
Monday 16th. Employed a new workman to day ~ a glazier to set the glass of my house. So I am obliged
to go about my work again though I am quite feeble and it would be much better for me to be confined to
my room.
This afternoon the Packet arrived from Kauai and we had the pleasure of receiving Mr. Whitney to this
station. He has come up with the translation of a Geography to go on to Lahaina to review it with the
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brethren of that station. He will lodge in the chamber over the printing room.
Saturday May 21st. This afternoon, Mr. W. embarked for Lahaina on board of the Waverly, which by
direction of Kaahumanu sails to the windward & will bring down as many of the brethren & sisters to
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attend the Gen. Meeting & choose to come.
Sabbath 22nd. Dr. Judd attended the meeting in the School house & conducted the services. The house
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was filled.
In the evening I attended with Mr. Clark the meeting with the candidates ~ The subject of inquiry &
remark was the Judgement.
Tuesday 24th. The King, Kinau and some others of the chiefs set out to make a visit to Koolau to be
absent several weeks. They passed by towards Waikiki with a numerous train early in the morning. Dr. Judd
accompanied them and perhaps he may go as far as Maunalua.
Wednesday May 25th. The Brig Crusader commanded by Cap. John Meek sailed today for Norfolk
Sound.
Finished painting the roof of the store & dwelling house. The material which I put on is a sort of
cement and is such as the roof of Mr. Whitney's house is covered with. I think it will be a good preservative
of the shingles and some security against fire. The receipt for the cement is as follow.
Take one measure of find sand, two of wood ashes & three of lime mix them together with such a
coloring as may be fancied and let the materials be combined with as much oil as will allow of the
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substance being put on with a painters brush.
Thursday June 2nd. A ship, called the Milo of New Bedford, came to anchor this evening. The state of
things on board is very singular. At Lahaina where she first stopped the officers and crew except the third
& fourth mate deserted the vesseL The cap. came down here for help. Mr. Reynolds, who is in the absence
ofMr. Jones the Agent of seamen, went up. The men were taken & secured carried on board the ship &
have been brought down here. There appears to be no very specific or sufficient charge made by the
deserters as a justification of their conduct, they declare that they do not like the captain and say they will
not go in the vesseL Mr. Reynolds it seems was a good deal perplexed with the business, and when he
arrived here made a sad complaint against Mr. Richards that he had not treated him civilly mearly because
Mr. R. had not invited him to his house though he acknowledged that he had not met with Mr. R. til a few
moments before he left the shore to embark for this place. He also remarked very severely on the conduct
of Mr. Whitney for not speaking to him.
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Saturday June 3 1831. This morning a Cap. Hill who arrived in the Milo called upon Mr. Bingham
having a letter of introduction from Mr. Evarts: Cor. of the A.B.GEM. The gentleman appears to be well
informed and has acquaintance with some in Am. and Eng. high in office. He professes to have taken
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passage into the Pacific for a benevolent purpose. His plans for doing good he has not fully developed.
This afternoon the Waverly arrived from the windward and we had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Bishop
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& Mr. Ruggles who have come down to attend the Gen. Meeting having left their families at Kuapehu. Mr.
Thurst~n & family started to come down but Mrs. T. was overtaken by labor before the vessel arrived at
Lahaina & on the arrival there she & the family were landed there & took up their quarters with Mr.
Richards.
Sabbath, June 5th. Mr. Bishop preached in the morning to a full congregation of natives and Mr. Clark
preached in English to a larger number of foreigners that usually attend at this place upon the preaching of
the GospeL Mr. Bingham preached to the native congregation this afternoon a sermon adapted to the
solemn occurrence of Friday afternoon; the sudden death of Hawanawana the wife of Kahananui who fell
of a appoplectic shock while relating her experience in reference to being propounded to the Church.
Monday June 6th. Monthly concert. Mr. Bishop preached to or rather addressed those who assembled
this afternoon.
Tuesday June 7th. this afternoon we were cheered by the arrival of the ship New England with a third
reenforcement consisting of three ordained Missionaries & their wives & one secular man and his wife who
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are named as assistants in any department. Their names are as follows:
Dwight Bladwin [sic Baldwin]
Reuben Tinker
Sheldon Dibble
Andrew Johnstone secular
Three of the Gent. came on shore and we had the happiness in uniting with them in thanksgiving to
God for his kindness in bringing them to these shores in circumstance of great mercy & comfort.
Wednesday June 8th. The new missionaries have all come on shore and this afternoon they have been
introduced to the King & chiefs; the interview was a pleasant one; it took place in the afternoon at the
Kings house.
Saturday June 11 tho The New England has not yet been got into the harbor owing to an unusually
strong trade.
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Monday June 13 1831. The N. England got into the harbor this morning and the landing of the supplies
was commenced in the forenoon, Mr. Johnstone & Mr. Bishop received them at the wharf & Mr. Johnstone
took the account. The cart was occupied in bringing them up. Most of the articles were landed during the
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day & all that were not drawn up were lodged safely in Kaina's house & yard. A large boat obtained by the
Captain & a scow by myself were kept constantly occupied during the day and the greatest dispatch was
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made into the landing of the supplies. The whole amt. of which could not be much less than 40 tons ~ and
perhaps it was more & all except a few tons were landed this day & all suitably taken care of. I had about
12 natives employed besides the assistance rendered by Kaina & Ehu.
Tuesday 14. Two carts employed this day in drawing up supplies & all except 2 cart loads of the articles
designed now to be brought to the store house were drawn up. All the goods brought up have been lodged
in the cellar of the new stone house which is found sufficient to contain the whole of the shipment by the
N. England.
The Pahi arrived from Lahaina & the brethren from the windward have come down to attend to the
business of a Gen. meeting. Viz. Messrs. Thurston, Richards, Andrews, Green & Goodrich & Mr. Whitney.
Wednesday June 15th 1831. The brethren convened to organise the Gen. meeting, present all the older
missionaries of the different stations except Mr. Gulick.
Sabbath 19th. Reception of new missionaries to the ch. & also of native candidates.
Tuesday 28. The business of the Gen. meeting closed having been continued from day to day till the
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present time.
Much amity & good feeling have existed through out all the deliberations & the brethren are now
about ready to return to their stations.
Thursday 30th. This day the brethren left for their different stations ~ The bre. for the windward took
passage in the Becket which has been sent by the chiefs for our accommodation & Mr. Whitney took
passage in the packet for KauaL
July 2nd 1831. The Gent. of the Mission & family have reed. a polite invitation from the foreign
residents to a dinner on the 4th inst. which the Mission family saw fit to decline and an answer was
returned to the Com. of arrangements to that effect couched in as polite terms as could readily be done.
Wednesday Augt. 3 ~ 1831 ~ After long waiting for a conveyance to Hilo for Mr. & Mrs. Dibble who
have been appointed to that station, the Missionary Packet which has been undergoing some repairs, is at
length at our disposal & every thing we have to send together with the effects of Mr. & Mrs. Dibble being
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on board, she is ready to saiL
After prayer at the Mission house in reference to the departure of our friends, we walked to the village
and at about 10 o'ck embarked. As the secular affairs of the station, it is thought may be promoted by a visit
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from me, it has been determined that I should accompany the new helpers. Gen. Miller, a gentleman in
military command in the PelUvian army, now on a visit to these islands for the benefit of his health, being
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desirous to visit the volcano & no opportunity offering for a passage but the one presented by the
Missionary packet, and having recd. an invitation from us to be of our company, embarked with us. Shortly
after we had got on board the vessel set saiL
Friday Septr. 2nd 183 L This morning I have had the great happiness of meeting my family & the
brethren & sisters of the station after an absence of 30 days.
Our passage hence to Lahaina was unusually long just 5 days ~ and our passage from Lahaina to Hilo
still longer in proportion & tedious, being 12 days including 2 1/2 during which we stopped at Wailuku,
having put in there on acct. of bad weather. There also we left Kaiana Mr. Green's native assistant & one of
our most useful chh. members who was seriously ill on board and who died about a week after we had left to
prosecute our voyage to Hilo.
We arrived at Hilo on the 22nd. of Augt. and after attending to the business for which I made the visit,
left on the evening of the 29th. Arrived at Lahaina on our return, in the night preceding the 1st inst, and
towards evening of the 1st went on board to return to the island where we arrived about 10 o'ck this
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morning.
Saturday Septr. 3rd. The articles put on board the Packet at Hilo for the Mission, consisting of about 12
barrels of Arrow root a few koa plank & about 1~1/3 cords wood were landed and drawn up under the
superintendence of Ehu. The Arrow root was lodged in the store of Capt. Hinckley who it is expected will
purchase it.
Monday 5th. Monthly concert.
Tuesday 6th. Church meeting which I attended in comp.y with Mr. Bingham.
Wednesday 7th. Meeting of the temperance society.
Commenced the foundation of a native house to be built of dobies.
Thursday, Septr. 8th. Mr. Johnstone who has been connected with my family ever since his arrival has
completed his removal into the house of Mr. Ellis, where he expects to reside with his family for the
present.
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This afternoon the brethren of this station met to consult in reference to the Marquesas subject. The
Chiefs have come to the conclusion to send the Catholics from the islands on board one of their vessels
and Captn. Hill thinks the sailing of the vessel will afford an opportunity for a deputation from this mission
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to go to the Marquesas islands on a visit for the purpose of a survey. The question with us in reference to
sending a deputation on board the same vessel with the Catholics, was that of expediency. The opinion of
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each brethren being asked separately the result was that the conveyance is a very undesirable one and the
duty of the mission not clear. It was thought best that one of our number should have an interview with
Capt. Kelly master of a Brigantine now in port & bound to the South Sea islands, and ascertain whether he
would on reasonable terms afford two of our number a conveyance to those islands. Mr. Tinker improved
the opportunity of our being together to ask the advice of the station as to his present duty ~ whether to go
to Lahaina to labor there in connexion with Mr. Richards & with a view to preach this fall to the seamen
who may stop at that port, or to remain here. An opinion was expressed that his duty would be affected by
the result of the question whether a survey of the Marquesas Islands should be immediately attempted or be
posponed ~ if attempted, it would be proper for him to remain here, if deferred, he might follow his own
inclination whether to go to Lahaina or to stay here.
Friday Sept. 30th 1831. This morning Mr. Whitney and family arrived from Kauai. Their object is to
seek a passage to the U.S. for their two sons. They will remain here till their object is accomplished or till it
is evident that a suitable opportunity will not be presented this falL
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Monday Octr 3rd. Kaahumanu took a very decided stand to day with regard to Capt. Hinckley to him
Kaikioewa had given a deed of a lot of land, which was not legal & which she insisted on being given up,
but which Cap. H. refused to do . He was just ready to leave the islands in a ship to sail to day, Kaahumanu
gave orders that he should not sail till he had given up the writing. This order had the effect to bring the
matter to a crisis. He inquired of Kaahumanu "Who is King" ~ She said "Owau ~ The King is the head; but
it is with me to direct". He then turned to Kaikioewa and asked Who is he ~ She replied he is he kanaka
malalo iho ou ~ The Consul on hearing this declaration said to Capt. H. you must give up the paper ~ and it
was given up. The foreigners have now been informed very distinctly who is Regent and whom they have
to do the business of government with.
Tuesday Octr. 11 ~ Mr.. Goodrich and family arrived to day from Hilo on board the Warren, Capt. Rees.
They are accommodated with lodgings in the house now occupied by Mr. Shepard.
Friday Octr. 14th. 1831. I have been occupied most of to day in arranging the rooms of the store &
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Dwelling house into which I have caused to be removed the articles & furniture which was lodged in the
room over the printing office, as Mr. Shepard needs the room for the accommodation of his family, his
house now being occupied by Mr. Goodrich & family, and which he wishes to vacate entirely to their use.
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Wednesday 19th. Quarterly examination of schools in Honolulu commenced. Mr. Tinker & family left
this afternoon for Lahaina where they go to reside for the present. They took passage in the Becket with all
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their effects.
Thursday 20th. Examination of schools closed. Whole number brought forward & presented as scholars
3133 ~ a greater number by more than 1000 than has ever been presented before as the scholars of
Honolulu.
Friday 21st. It is certain that Satan is very busy ~ the intelligence received last week from Lahaina
respecting the Princess having been intoxicated is one evidence of it, and another has come to our
knowledge this evening. It is this ~ Kekuanaoa for some reason having become jealous of his wife gave her a
beating. Whether he has good ground for suspicion is what we do not yet know; but the person with whom
he accused her of having had improper intercourse is no less a person than the King. It would seem strange
that he should risk so much as to accuse groundlessly the King ~ It is said that both the King & Kinau were
so much ashamed that they did not attend meeting on the Sabbath.
Saturday Octr. 22nd 1831. Dr. Judd made inquiry today respecting the unpleasant occurrence which
was communicated to Mr. Whitney last evening ~ namely that of Kekuanaoa's beating his wife, and he
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learned that the story had been very much exaggerated; the affect was that he was displeased with her and
wrenched her hand so severely as to cause her to cry out. From this the story was told that he had inflicted
blows. We learn that the difficulty is settled and that Kekuanaoa has confessed himself in fault.
Sabbath Octr. 23rd. Mr. Whitney preached both parts of the day to the native congregation which was
as large as usuaL Mr. Clark went about 8 miles to preach to the people ofWaialae. Mr. Bingham preached
at Manoa where he is now residing with his family. Kaahumanu attended worship there.
lyir. Baldwin preached in English to a congo of about 50 seamen & residents. In the evening he
conducted a service for the benefit of seamen at the house of Mr. Johnstone.
My Sabbath school is better attended than it has been for many months past ~ a new excitement seems
to exist for the study of the Scriptures; the Lord grant it may not only continue but increase.
I met the candidates in the evening and conversed with them respecting the effects of the falL
Monday Octr 24th 1831. Mr. Johnstone informed me that he walked to the village yesterday and as he
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was passing by one of the grog shops a man by the name of Strong addressed him in a manner far from civil
& wished to know the reason of his sending him the tract entitled the Swearers prayer. Mr. J. assured him
that it was not a fact that he had sent the tract named.) how suitable soever it might be to his case, that the
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person who handed it to him had stated what was not true. He however did not seem to credit the
statementi but the man who gave the tract happening to pass by while they were engaged in conversation
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he was appealed to and he frankly confessed that he had given the tract in Mr. ].'s name regarding Strong a
greater swearer than himself ~ this explanation ended the controversy and Mr. J. left.
Another man said to Mr. Baldwin today that it is reported of the missionaries that they are growing rich
from the sale of books perhaps. These are old stories and it is not strange to hear them told ~ worse things
than these are told of us. The Rambler probably carried to the U.S. a statement that Mr. Bishop had been
engaged in selling rum or spirituous liquors. A mulatto fellow by the name of Martyn made a statement in
the presence ofMr. Jones that Mr. B. had sold him 2 gallons of spiritsi this was written down & handed to
Capt. Hinckley in order to be carried home with him to Am. ~ no doubt to make use of against the mission.
The fact is that upwards of 2 years ago Mr. B. gave this fellow & his partner who were at work for him an
order on Mr. French's dealer at Kailua to pay for 2 Galls Gin, upon condition that the spirit should be
brought to the house of Mr. B. & that he should deal it out 1 glass per day.
Tuesday, Octr. 25 1831. Kaahumanu has had a conversation to day with Boki's creditors and has told
them that his debts are not debts which it belongs to government to paYi but are his own private debtsi he
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having been charged by the Gov. not to contract debts on its account and Boki having himself said that it
was not his wish that govt. should pay his debts. To this declaration of Kaahumanu the foreigners were not
able to reply. Mr. Shepard has come to the decision of removing to Lahaina & has begun to make
preparation to embark in the New York which is expected to sail on Thursday to carry back Hoapili, who
came down here on acct. of the illness of his daughter.
Thursday 27th. We have been called today to part from a valued brother not indeed to go back to his
native land, nor, as we hope, for a final separation; but to go to another station in hopes that his health
may be benefited by relaxation from his ordinary labors. Mr. Shepard embarked just before noon on board
the schr. New York with his family for Lahaina. It is our prayer that his movement may be blessed to the
improvement of his health, if it should not he will be as favorably circumstanced to be comfortable as he
would be here.
Sabbath 30th. Mr. Whitney went yesterday to Ewa where the Chiefs now are and he conducts worship
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with them today. Mr. Clark preaches all day to the congregation at this place. Mr. Bingham is at Manoa .
Monday, October 31st. Mr. Whitney returned from Ewa today. With the assistance of Ehu I cleared out
the cellar of the new store and dwelling house and it is my hope the carpenters will have done their work in
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a fortnight, and that in about 1 month we shall be able to move into the house permanently. I now attend
to business in the house, but am not conveniently situated.
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Tuesday Novr. 1st. The Becket arrived this forenoon from Lahaina, and letters came to hand from the
brethren & sisters.
Mr. Tinker had a comfortable passage & appears to be pleased with Lahaina & his associates as are also
his associates with him.
Mr. Shepard arrived Saturday morning and was gratified with the reception he reed. from his brethren.
Mr. Andrews writes respecting his operations ~ he seems to be taking hold with spirit & his scholars are
exerting themselves to build a school house, in which they have made desirable progress. Some of the
scholars are in want of food not having reed. as much support from the chiefs as was expected.
Miss Ogden in a letter to Mrs. C. states that on sabbath before last the princess made public confession
of her fault & the last week appeared better than usuaL The br. & sisters hope with trembling respecting
her. The Lord restore her to repentance & keep her from the paths of the destroyer. It is our prayer that she
may prove to be a true convert and be used as an instrument of greatly advancing the cause in the islands .
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Wednesday Octr. 27 1830. The Packet arrived from Lahaina this morning sent down by Mr. Richards to
convey Dr. Judd & family thither, his services being required for the expected confinement of Mrs.
Richards, Green & Andrews. This forenoon Cap. Taylor of the brig Griffon conducted to the missn.
establishment a company of Kigahna indians whom he had brought from the N. W. C.
Several of them were persons with whom Mr. Green during his late tour had formed an acquaintance.
For one of them, a man by the name of Cowe, he had formed quite an attachment. We expressed our
satisfaction in having an opportunity to see them. We showed them the printing house. We showed them
also our houses & introduced them to our families and Mr. Clark conducted them to the meeting house.
They all seemed gratified. We regretted very much that Mr. Green was not at this station ~ as some of them
were very desirous of seeing him, particularly Cowe who remembered him welL
Sabbath Octr. 31st. Mr. Gulick preached both parts of the day. Mr. Clark conducted Eng. service. Cap.
Taylor with his N.W. indians and several gentlemen attended. The indians attended also the native service
in the afternoon. Their behavior was very decorous considering their ignorance and the novelty of the
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exercises to them. We cannot but hope that some of them should they return to their own country will
think of what they have seen and perhaps this singular expedition of theirs to these islands may be the
means of good to them & incline them to seek for instructors for their tribes wandering in darkness on the
inhospitable N.W. shores. It is our prayer at least that this may be the case.
In the evening Mr. Clark & I attended the meeting for conversation with the candidates. Our subject
was baptism the design of it.
Monday Novr. 11830. This afternoon the Packet sailed for Lahaina & carrd. Dr. Judd & family who his
been sent for to be present with several of the families who are expecting to need his aid. Hannah who
accompanied us from Lahaina on our return from a visit last Jany. went up with them. Mr. Gulick & family
also set out to return to Kauai kindly favored with a passage on board the Ship Japan Cap. Lincoln.
Saturday Novr. 20. Since making the last entry I have been excessively occupied. But am now liberated
a little as the Owhyhee by which I wished to send letters has sailed.
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This afternoon she left the harbor. Mr. Hunnewell who has been at the islands somewhat more than
four years and here made a very pretty fortune has taken passage in her having given up his business to Mr.
Henry A. Pierce. By this opportunity I sent 10 letters together with the annual account of the expenditures
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of the Mission for the year ending ApI. 30 1830. During these 20 days the Waverly has arrived from Hilo
and brot letters from Mr. Andrews and Mr. Goodrich. We have learned with concern that a
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misunderstanding has taken place between the chiefs & Mr. Goodrich' family, and that Mr. Ruggles was
about to go down from Waimea to settle it.
The Waverly has sailed again for Hilo. The Packet arrived some days ago. Her rudder is so much out of
repair that it has been found necessary to fit a new stock. She is still here destined for Kauai.
About a fortnight ago Hoapiliwahine arrived and she will remain here with her daughter Kinau till after
her confinement.
The day before yesterday the Griffon sailed & the North West Indians left.
Sabbath Novr. 28th. A much larger English congregation than usual. I read a sermon ~ Mr. Clark
performed the other exercises.
In the evening Mr. Clark by invitation of Cap. Stetson of the Enterprise went on board that vessel and
conducted a service for the benefit of any seamen who might attend. I attended the meeting for the special
instruction of the candidates for admission to the church.
Wednesday Deer. 1st. Entertained company at tea this evening viz. Capts. Stetson, Macy, Coffin Ray &
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Shermon.
For 24 hours the wind has been unusually strong.
Thursday 2nd. The native members of the church have visited the different Kauhale of the village
today to endeavor to excite the people to attend to the concerns of their souls particularly those who have
been indifferent and disinclined to an attention to the work of God. Last evening they held a meeting for
special prayer for the purpose of imploring the presence & blessing of God to be with & upon them in their
attempts to call up the attention of the poe hookuli.
Their efforts they are encouraged to hope will not be entirely in vain. Previously to their visiting the
different clusters of houses they had sent word expressive of their wish and inquiring whether it would be
agreeable to receive a visit from them.
Saturday 4th. As the fort was not visited by the poe hooikaika on Thursday, it was visited today. A large
number of people assembled and among the rest some foreigners. The Moe Kolohe laws were read. I
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understand that were read on Thursday at the other kau hale .
Sabbath Deer. 5th 1830. The house was filled with natives. Mr. Clark preached as usuaL Between
twenty and thirty foreigners attended English service. Capts. Stetson, Macy, Coffin, Sherman & Ray were
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present.
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In the evening Mr.Clark & I went on board the ship Enterprise by invitation of Cap. Stetson. The
cabin was pretty well filled, the Captains that attended Eng. service in the morning were present.
Mr. Clark made some appropriate remarks upon the words (CHow shall we escape if we neglect so great
Salvation".
Monday 6th. The Sister of Laanui died last night. Mr. Abbot our carpenter made a coffin for her & she
was buried this afternoon. Mr. Clark made a prayer at the grave.
This evening attended the monthly concert at the house of Mr. Shepard. Capts. Stetson & Macy were
present. Capt. Stetson made one of the prayers.
It was a pleasant meeting.
Wednesday 8th. By Cap. Joy of the Ship Zenas Coffin reed. letters from Lahaina. The letters contain
the distressing intelligence of Mrs. Goodrich's being then in a state of partial derangement of the mind
owing to a difficulty which took place at Hilo. She came down with Mr. & Mrs. Andrews who arrived at
Lahaina on the 27th ulto. She is more composed than when she left Hiloi but is not restored. Mrs. Green
had not been confinedi but was quite ilL
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I recd. also a letter from Mr. Goodrich in which he speaks of the derangement of Mrs. G. intellects but
does not assign the cause. Mr. Ruggles was then at Hilo whither he had gone to settle the unhappy
difference between his family and the chiefs, which had arisen in consequence of imprudence on the part of
Mrs. G. & for which she was sincerely sorry.
Thursday Decr 9th. The Packet arrived from Kauai and brought Kaikioewa and Wife and Kapule & her
husband. There object is to attend a counsel of the nation if agreeable to the other chiefs to convene a
counsel to attend to some business of importance. They will probably go to the windward perhaps to
Hawaii.
Friday Deer. 10th. Kaikioewa called upon us this morning wishing some advice respecting sailing
tomorrow for Lahaina. We told him that if he could get ready to go to day we should advise him to set out
without delay but if not to day that he had better defer going till after the Sabbath. He concluded to
endeavor to sail to day & immediately gave orders to that effect. After this Deborah expressed a wish to
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have some private conversation with us, i.e. with Mr. Clark & me. We walked up to my room and then
Deborah made known her thought, which was that it was the wish of Kaikioewa to expel the Catholics and
that it was with a view to effect this that he had now left Kauai & come up here and it was his wish to
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convene a Council of the nation to deliberate upon the subject. She stated some of the ways the Gov. had
thought of for effecting it and then asked what our opinion was. We gave it unhesitatingly but cautioned
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her against making it knovvn as coming from us. We told her moreover that the chiefs must prepare
themselves for being opposed.
I wrote to Mr. Richards & stated what had been communicated by Deborah and told him what we had
said to her. I also wrote to Mr. Green and a short note to Mr. Andrews.
When the Gov. & Deborah & the others were ready to sail they came up to our house to attend prayers.
As soon as prayers were over they set off & a short time before sun set the Packet left the harbor. The wind
was in their favor from the West.
Sabbath Deer. 11th 1830. This morning a son [Lot Kamehameha or K V] was born to Kinau, this is her
third within three years ~ all sons.
The wind has been from the Westward for several days & the weather unusually cold for this climate.
Thermometer about 67 degrees in the morning.
In the evening Mr. Clark attended a conference on board the Enterprise and I attended the Ninau
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meeting of the candidates at the house of Auhea.
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Monday Deer. 12 1830. The Unity arrived from the windward this morning by which reed. a letter from
Mr. Richards, Mr. Bishop, Mrs. Thurston & Mrs. Bingham to the committee with the residue of
N inauhoike.
Went on board the Atooi Schooner and got the molasses which was sent by Mr. W. two barrels I left on
board for the windward.
Tuesday 13. The Ship Sultan sailed to day for Canton and is bound thence to the U.S.A. I sent two
letters. The ship is commanded by Cap. Ebbets who arrived here in the Ship Enterprise ApL 16 1824 and
has been at the islands ever since except making one voyage to Canton. Capt. Thompson recently of the
Convoy goes passenger.
Saturday Deer. 25. This evening between 9 & 10 o'ck we were surprised by the arrival of Dr. Judd and
family from Lahaina. Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. Green were confined within 24 hours of each other & both
have daughters. Mr. Green mentions his determination of going to Hilo and thinks it possible he may set
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out as soon as the middle of January. Mrs. Goodrich's health was recovering & her mind becoming settled.
Learned from Dr. Judd ma that Mr. Ruggles & family had gone to Kaawaloa & that Mr. Bingham &
family were destined there & were going over by mount Hualalai. The chiefs from Kauai had gone on to
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Hawaii, where they expected to have a counciL
Monday Deer. 27 1830. The ship Enterprize Cap. Stetson, left this afternoon as she was to stop at
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Kauai. I put on board a few articles for the Station & wrote to the brethren. Two other vessels went out to
day. Most of the shipping has now left the harbor.
Tuesday 28th. The chiefs assembled the people this morning of this and the neighboring villages and
made addresses. Kinau took the lead ~ was followed by Kekauonohi who arrived Saturday night from
Lahaina with the Dr. & family. Liliha & Hoapiliwahine also addressed them. It seemed to be a meeting
according to the ancient pono. Somewhat formal.
This evening had Dr. & Mrs. Judd & Mr. & Mrs. Clark to tea. Kekauonohi called & was invited to sit
down to the table with us.
Wednesday 29th. The Pakii sailed for Lahaina, with Kalola mao She has been sent for by the Princess.
The Washington also sailed for Lahaina. I wrote to Mr. Richards & Mr. Green by the latter vessel.
Friday Deer. 31st 1830. This afternoon Mrs. Shepard ~ confined ~ a son.
Sabbath January 21831. An uncomfortable day wind from the sea with rain. None but persons
connected with the missionary family present at the English service.
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Monday 3rd. A rainy day. Work of the new house not going on owing to the weather.
Reed. letters from Hawaii by the Sch. Unity which arrived yesterday with cattle. Mr. Bingham was at
Waimea on Monday the 27th ulto. & the Chiefs were at Kau. The Chiefs were expected to be at Kaawaloa
next day where Mr. Ruggles & family then were, having left Waimea. Mr. Bingham was expected to be at
Kaawaloa on Saturday Jan. 1. An Ahaolelo of the chiefs was to be held at Kailua.
Wednesday 5th. The Lahaina chiefs viz. Hoapili wahine & Kekauonohi left to day in the Pakii &
Pupuka. I sent 20 boards for Mr. Green in reference to his going to Hilo. Hoapili wahine took the child of
Kinau which Hoapilikane has adopted or is to adopt for his own.
Saturday ]any 8th 1831. I was occupied most of the forenoon in writing for the windward. That is to
Mr. Andrews & Green at Lahaina & to Mr. Goodrich at Hilo expecting that a vessel would sail
immediately and that Kaiana & wife would go to be connected with Mr. Green as assistants; but word came
about noon that the vessel would not sail till after the Sabbath as the chief had stopped it.
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Made a selection of twenty~two individuals with a view to converse with them before the church for
their instruciton & to ascertain as near as possible their true character in order to their being propounded
of admission to the church.
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Yesterday my man, Kahaumanu had a bundle of clothes taken from him by one ofpaki's men as he was
going to wash, on the ground of its being kapu for natives to go towards the country. Ehu was present when
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my man returned & gave me the information & he went instantly & informed Kinau & Kekuanaoa and
search was immediately made & the bag of clothes found & returned. The kapu was laid by Liliha after the
miserable example of Boki who cruelly oppressed the people with taxation.
Sabbath J any 9 1831. This afternoon the sacrament of the Lord's Supper was celebrated; as the church
convenant was not in the possession of Mr. Clark the persons propounded were not reed. to the church.
In the evening Mr. Clark & I met the church at the house of Auhea to converse with individuals in
reference to their being propounded. The number selected is twenty two. Our intention is to meet them
every Sabbath evening till we have exd. each individual, and in connexion with the examination it is our
intention to make occasionally close & pointed remarks in order to awaken their consciences & to warn
them of the danger of being deceived.
Our meeting with them was interesting.
Monday 10. Reed. letters from Maui, but nothing very special of the nature of news was communicated.
A schooner sailed for Lahaina & our native brother & sister, Kaiana & wife sailed with a view to join
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Mr. Green at Lahaina & to go with him & family to Hilo.
Opened a new lime kiln today. The work of the new house seems to go on a little faster than formerly, I
have two men employed laying stones.
Tuesday January 11 1831. On examining the walls of my house discovered that they had not been laid
exactly square. By the help of the carpenter & spending most of the day the mistake has been corrected, but
not without leaving on the walls the evidence of incompetency on the part of the stone layer.
The families were invited to take tea at the house of Kinau. Mr. & Mrs. Clark, Dr. & Mrs. Judd &
myself attended. Consul Jones was of the company to sit at the table. The entertainment was very good
considering the cooks and the incompetency of the natives to superuited such business.
Friday Jany. 14. Since the Sabbath the poe hooikaika have been unusually desirous to converse with us,
and we have been not a little interrupted by their calls.
Saturday 15th. A plan has been formed by the native members of the church designed to bring the
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business of hooikai & of the schools in the several districts & divisions of the island into a sort of system. A
member of the church of which there are 34 designated, is placed over a division, of which there are as
many as of individuals designated, and his duty is to preserve order in regard to the meetings and to become
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acquainted with the people of his division & to have a superintendence of the schools and also to
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recommend those who offer themselves for marriage .
Sabbath Jany. 16th 1831. Dr. Judd rode to Waikiki & conducted religious worship there. English service
better attended than it has been before since Cap. Stetson sailed.
A novel case of conviction has come to our knowledge:~ how abiding it may be and the exact nature of
it, the future must decide. A man called at the printing office on Friday. Said he was directed by an internal
admotion to come to the missionaries to be told what he must do. He said a voice seemed to be speaking to
him continually admonishing him to escape. I asked him several questions respecting the cause of his
alarm. He said since he arrived at this place he had been carousing & conducting very wickedly & had
spoken very disrespectfully of the missionaries ~ and that he had been aroused by something very
unaccountable one night while he was asleep; & that since that time he had not enjoyed a moments peace
by night or by day. The manner in which he spoke of hearing voices & of operations upon his person by
invisible agents convinced me of his being partially deranged; but his account of himself & of the manner
of his coming to the islands which was by a brig from the North West coast was perfectly rational; and his
sense of sinfulness seemed not unreasonable. To day he attended divine service and behaved as a man under
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deep conviction would be likely to conduct. After service he repaired to Dr. Judd's native house, where he
had spent the night previous. I went in to see him. He appeared under conviction but upon introducing the
subject of voices & the operation of an invisible agency he evidently had not the use of his reason. I
reccommended him to be quiet & to endeavor to get rest, to read the word of God & to think of his
condition as a lost sinner. I also recommended him to read Doddridge's Rise & Progress which I had lent
him.
Monday Jan. 17 1831. Rain part of the day & my workmen attended to their work only half day.
Conversed again with the man under conviction. He spoke of his sins being very great & aggravated
having sinned against light, knowledge & convictions. His he thought to be a peculiar case and he was
afraid he had sinned against the Holy Ghost. He talked more freely & rationally of himself but with respect
to some things he was evidently not rational. I urged him not to despair but immediately to apply for mercy
by repentance & faith through a crucified Savior to God who was ready & willing to pardon through his
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Son.
Tuesday Jany 18. Attended to the examination of the Schools of Honolulu today. Mr. Clark, Dr. Judd &
myself took pavU in the labor. Mrs. Clark & Mrs. Judd were present in the forenoon. Liliha's class which
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under the direction of Punihaole exhibited this afternoon made a very good appearance. No class in the
place was more worthy of commendation. The class of Maiao appeared well also. About 150 of his scholars
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are furnished with the Gospels printed in America and in which they are able to read. The class of the King
under the direction of Kaluaapana & Kapule exhibited well.
The number of those who exhibited on the slate in writing under the direction of Kaluahinenui at the
close of the examination was 459 ~ comprising youth & adults of both sexes. Males 238 ~ females 221.
The sentence which they wrote was this E hooikaika loa kakou e oi nui aku ka naauao a me ka ike
maka i ka palapala.
Wednesday Jany 19 1831. Dr. & Mrs. Judd attended Kinau & her husband to Waikiki for the purpose of
examining the schools.
The register of the schools of this district gave the whole number of scholars at 1229. Not being
satisfied with the management of our land at Manoa which has for more than two years been in the hands
of Kahiole I entrusted the charge of it this day to Ehu.
Thursday 20th. I walked to Manoa this day with the man under conviction whose name is Hathaway of
Dighton, Mass. He appears to be rationally convinced of sin and says it is his present purpose to seek as the
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one thing needful the salvation of his soul. He gave me considerable of an account of his life, which since
he was nineteen, has been one of much vicissitude & wandering.
Some singularities will remain in regard to his mind as to his hearing voices ~ rather fancying that he
hears them telling him of his sins and recounting the transactions of his past life. He seems to think that
what he hears are real voices though it seems he says a very singular thing to him.
My object in going to Manoa was to look out a place of cutting wood in order to give some employment
to this man. I found a situation at the head of the valley near the houses of Kaahumanu where I thought he
might cut a few cords and I told him I would give him $1 a cord for cutting, to which he consented.
At about 3 o'ck I returned home after taking some refreshment I attended the poaha.
Friday Jany 211831. The Pulaholaho being about to sail to Hawaii I wrote a short note to Mr. Bishop.
The Pakii arrived from Lahaina & brought down Kalola ma, by which reed. letters from Messr. Green &
Andrews. Mr. Green was on the eve of sailing to Hilo. Mr. Andrews was to accompany him to get the
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residue of his effects & timber.
Kaupena, the widow of Manuia appears to be in a desirable state of mind. She has offered herself to the
poah.a. She is greatly exposed to temptation having been solicited by the foreigners for their vile
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gratification. One person offered her 40 dollars with a view to secure her to himself but she spumed his
offer and told him she did not want his money that she had forsaken that wicked way. The English Consul
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also sent for her to go & take tea with him; but she refused to go; for she said his wife had gone and her
husband was dead and she did not wish to go to his house under such circumstances. We hope this woman
will be preserved and it is our prayer that she may be a chosen vesseL
Bya schooner which arrived last evening from the cost of California notice has been recd. in this place
of the death of George IV and of his being succeeded by the Duke of Clarence. Also news came that the
King of France has been deposed; These reports need confirmation.
Saturday Jany. 22nd. The Waverly arrived this morning from Hawaii but brought no letters from the
brethren. Learn by Lono the commander that the chiefs were at Kailua, and that shortly they were going to
Waimea to attend to the dedication of the new meeting house after that to the examination of the Schools
of Koha1a & then are to sail for Lahaina.
Sabbath 23rd. My Sabbath School was more fully attended than usuaL Kinau was present & a
considerable number of new scholars. The school commenced Acts having finished Luke last Sabbath.
Monday 24th. Kinau met the females of Honolulu this forenoon and addressed them and proposed some
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new arrangements in regard to the meeting.
Wrote to Mr. Richards, also finished a letter to Mr. Bingham to send by the Waverly.
Tuesday, Jan. 25th. Went with Mr. Clark to attend an assemblage of the people of Honolulu aina at the
school house of Maiao, convened by direction of Kinau who wished to address them on the subject of some
new arrangements recently made in regard to the superintendence of schools & the poalima.
The substance of her address was as follows. That the superintendence of the schools & the poalima was
hers to attend to, that whatever persons might wish to join the poalima must come to her for admittance, if
females, if male they must make their application to Kuhia; that those who belong to the poaha and might
desire to enter the poaha should make their application to her & to Kuhia & they would if approved be
recommended to the Missionaries. Persons wishing to marry should make known their desire to Kuhia & he
should examine into the propriety of the step & recommend them to the missionary. After Kinau had
finished her speech Kuhia arose & repeated the substance of her address in order that all should hear &
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understand.
I made a few remarks at the close byrequest of Mr. Clark & he finished with prayer.
Wednesday Jan. 26 1831. Walked this afternoon to Manoa to look at what the man had been doing
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whom I set at work cutting wood. Found that he had cut some wood & had been doing as well as I had
reason to expect. The roads are not settled enough to be passable in every place for a team and therefore I
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must defer sending for the wood till the roads are better, though I am much in want of wood to bum &
shall need a good deal for lime.
Thursday 27. Dr. Judd recd. a letter from Mr. Bingham dated at Kailua in which he stated the purpose of
the chiefs to go to Waimea to attend to the opening of the new meeting house there & to examine the
schools of Kohala &c. after which they would holo nui for Lahaina & thence to this place & that some
very important changes in the government of this island would be made. Much he said he wished to
communicate which he dare not put on paper. He stated that the commander of the Washington had been
fined for attempting to seduce a woman and that said gentleman was very angry.
Friday28. Kekuanaoa communicated to Dr. Judd today some very interesting & important news of some
of the present movements of the chiefs:- a few weeks will develop the whole.
Saturday Jan. 29 1831. Warren Fay is afflicted with an inflamation of the eyes and requires very
particular attention. To allay the inflamation Dr. Judd thought it necessary to take away some blood.
Monday 31st. This day the workmen have been employed erecting the staging around the store &
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dwelling for the convenience of hauling up stones. The walls are raised within about two courses of the top
of the windows.
It is ascertained by papers recently recd. from the Spanish coast, that the reports of a revolution in
France are true.
Saturday, Feby 5th 1831. This day has been to me & my companion a day of much interest and will be
remembered by us as the birthday of a Second Son. With gratitude I would record the goodness of God to
us in ordering all the circumstances of its birth in mercy.
The wind has blown hard today and a company of natives have been employed in taking down the hale
halawai in order to its being re built as it is now in too bad a state to be occupied for meetings.
Sabbath 6th. I did not attend meeting but went to the Sabbath school and questioned the scholars.
The meeting for questioning candidates was omitted this evening.
Tuesday Feby. 8th 1831. Having learned from Kamaunu that a man by the name of Puawahie had been
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teaching in a very fanciful way I had an interview with him this morning, and questioned him on the
subject. He was not inclined to be communicative; but I learned sufficient to satisfy me that no good would
be likely to result from such a method of communicating instruction, and I told him to desist.
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The following is a sample. A word was given out; Kekelehao ; Guess its application. answer Kawaiaho ;
right. Kawaiaho ; what of it. ans. Christ was born there. Mr. Bingham brought him forth. There the word of
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God was printed and the knowledge of it circulated through the island. All that was meant by this allegory
was that Kawaiahao held an analogy to Bethlehem the place where Christ was born; thence the name of
Christ and his Gospel was disclosed and the truth sounded out through the islands.
Saturday 12. Have learned that the Catholics have told Liliha that Boki will return in three months.
This is asserted as a prediction in the fulfillment of which they stake their reputation. The information was
communicated to Dr. Judd by Susan Reynolds, who also made known her desire to join the church & to
have her child baptized, her husband having given his consent at the same time telling her that the
obligation would rest upon them to raise up the child according to the principles of the Christian religion.
Sabbath Feby 13 1831. Having a bad cold, I only went out today to attend the Sabbath SchooL Did not
attend the meeting for the examination & instruction of the candidates.
Monday Feby 14th. Engaged to employ Mr. Hathaway to work for us at this station & to give him $10
per month & his board.
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Sabbath Feby 20. Reed. letters from Maui by the Packet which arrived last night.
Mr. Bingham and family together with Miss Ward were at Lahaina. The chiefs also are there except
Gov. Adams but he is expected along from Hawaii shortly.
Mr. Richards stated in the closing paragraph of his letter that with the kings consent this island will be
given to Kekauonohe & Leleohoku & that Kinau will be the kanaka. That Liliha will retain her own and
husbands land for the purpose of paying her husbands debts.
Monday Feby 21st. Reed. from on board the Missionary Packet a quantity ofKoa plank & ohia rafters
from Hilo.
Tuesday 22nd. By Oliver Chapin who sailed for Kauai in a small vessel belonging to Mr. Jones I wrote
to Mr. Whitney & informed him in a hasty manner of passing events & for further information sent letters
which I reed. from Mr. Bingham & Mr. Richards.
Two small vessels arrived from Lahaina this forenoon & anchored at Waikiki. We were not able to
understand at first the meaning of their coming to anchor there but after awhile we learned that they had
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brought dovvn some of the Ohua of the chiefs. Kaikioe"was Schooner was one of them, and as she is to
return immediately an opportunity is afforded for a hasty communication to Lahaina. I wrote both to Mr.
Richards & to Mr. Bingham & stated what I had heard to day of affairs. Viz. that the Governess is making
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preparations to oppose the will of the chiefs & the new arrangements for this island, that her party are
arming themselves that they are 500 strong in each of the forts well armed.
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Kinau wrote to the King to the following effect that Liliha had forbid Kekuanaoa from waiting on the
King with his men at his arrival saying that the foreigners were the Kings men to wait upon him ~ Also that
there were a great many men & a great many guns in the fort. This she stated as a matter of fact, ~ as
something which she knew certainly. As what she had heard from others she stated. That is, she said it is
reported that Liliha says if the island is taken from hey then there will be war!
Wednesday Feby. 23rd 1831. The Waverly & the Niu arrived from Lahaina filled with people. They
both entered the harbor; but I have recd. no particular intelligence respecting those on board who they are
or what they have come down for.
Have learned to day through Dr. Judd as told him by Kinau, that Woodland gunner of the fort came to
her supposing that she was on the side of Paki & told her that she must get the guns down from the fort on
the hill as they were useless there. She soon gave him to understand that he had made a mistake in
applying to her, by telling him that Kamehameha had a great many children here. In connexion with the
above Woodland informed her that they had three nights attempted to remove the guns but were not able
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for want of men. Methinks this looks like not having a very great force.
It is also said that the two Consuls have advised Madam Boki not to fight. This may be true or not.
They certainly would make a great mistake to put her up to wage war with all the chiefs. Mr. French told
Dr. Judd that Paki had said he did not intend to fight, but only designed to get ready.
Friday 25th. Kamauhu called to inquire respecting attending Poalima in the fort. He gave us the
information, to use his own expression, that pau loa \X!aiane were there also men from Kaneohe & Punaluu.
He said they were there not from any particular desire of their own, but because required to come by the
Chief; the project however was a rebellious one & his opinion was that it was opposed to the principles of
the poalima & would therefore leave them to themselves & discontinue the meeting. This was in
accordance with our views; for those who are admitted to the poalima are only such as are friendly to good
order & morality, and as soon as any of those who have been admitted cease to be such they forfeit their
standing as members of the Meeting. It was our opinion that all who are in that combination have forfeited
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their membership of the poalima.
Saturday Feby 26th 1831. A strong wind from the N.E. and some rain. The workmen forsook their work
on account of the inclemency of the weather.
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Sent on board the Packet a few supplies for Lahaina & Hawaii. The Niu which sailed for Maui was
driven back ~ sprung a leak and lost an anchor.
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Sabbath 27. Congregations to day notwithstanding an uncomfortably strong wind as full as usuaL
In the evening met the candidates. Learned that Puaiole one of the number selected for examination &
special instruction is very ill & it is feared near his end.
Monday Feb. 28 1831. Recd. the intelligence this morning of the death of Puaiole. We regretted very
much that we had not been able to call upon him during his sickness. One reason & the principal was that
his residence was at a considerable distance in the country. He had but recently been removed to the
village. Mr. Clark had proposed to himself to visit him. but just as he was about to set out we learned his
death. We learn that he was quite resigned.
The Packet sailed today for the windward. Wrote to Mr. Richards, Bishop & Ruggles.
Tuesday March 11831. The Paalua, Kaahumanu's vessel sailed for Lahaina.
Wednesday 2nd. Hoapili & Kekauonohi arrived this morning in the Pakii from Maui as an embassage
from the chiefs who are all assembled there. By letters from the brethren it appears that their apprehensions
for the peace of this island are very great, having heard much from natives of the hostile attitude taken by
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the Governess. The object of Hoapili's visit is to mediate peace & pacify his daughter if possible & induce
her to go to Maui to meet the chiefs in counsel there in order to the settlement of matters. His plan will be
to induce her to disarm all her men & empty the fort of those that are now in it deposit the arms &
amunition in the magazine lock them up & receive the key into his own hand to keep in order for the
disposal of the whole by the word of the King.
We had a conversation with Malo who has come down with Hoapili ma. He thinks that the steps that
Kaikioewa was disposed to take at Hawaii were very hasty & injudicious ~ that was to strip Liliha entirely &
by a strong arm to put her down. And it was afterwards his advice that coercive measure should
immediately be taken to force her to a compliance with the will of the chiefs & to chastise those who have
placed themselves in the posture of defiance.
If Hoapili is not able to effect the object of his visit in gaining the consent of his daughter to go to the
windward he will leave her peaceably & return to Lahaina. In which case a contest will ultimately ensue as
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the chiefs will then be fully aware of the settled hostility of her feelings & her fixed determination to resist.
It is our prayer that she may not be left to such madness & thus compel the chiefs to arm themselves
against her & come down to engage in war.
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As I was in Mr. Reynold's store I was accosted by Capt. Snow & charged with having neglected to
afford assistance to him at the time he fell from a horse in front of the Mission establishment some months
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ago. He addressed me in quite a passionate manner. I assured him that it was not true that I turned away;
but that I went to him & invited the persons who had lifted him up to conduct him to the apartment of
Dr.Judd.- That I attended him to the house & remained there to afford assistance untill he was washed &
his face dressed. I thanked him for mentioning his feelings to me and assured him that he had been
misinformed as to my not being ready to afford assistance. He seemed not to be fully satisfied with my
statement of the case.
On my return home I mentioned to Dr. Judd the charge of unkindness brought against me and the Dr.
thot proper to write a note to Capt. S. to assure him that the charge against me was without foundation.
Thursday March 3 1831. To day Hoapili had an interview with his daughter Liliha who arrived last
evening from Nuuanu & this forenoon called upon him at his lodging in the stone house. He opened to her
the object of his visit ~ that she go to Lahaina to meet the chiefs ~ to this she immediately consented ~ the
next that the arms & amunition in the fort be secured in the magazine and the key delivered up to Kinau
& Kekuanaoa to take charge of for Leleohoku whose would be the fort ~ and when Kuakini should come
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down then the command should be entrusted to him. To this she also consented.
We are told by Malo that while Hoapili & Liliha were engaged in this conversation the English Consul
came in & invited Liliha aside to communicate something privately to her ~ Upon the authority of Malo
who received his information from one of Liliha's confidential women we learn that the object of this
private interview of the Consul was to dissuade Liliha from going to the windward in compliance with the
charge of the King & chiefs!!
Tomorrow we learn is the day fixed for giving up the arms in the fort and for disbanding the men ~ and
after the Sabbath Hoapili Liliha & Kekauonohi sail for the windward.
The Lord be praised for thus disposing this woman to consent to the proposals made to her. I would
regard it altogether of the Lord; and would pray that what he has graciously begun he would carry on &
complete & cause every thing to subserve his own glory & the advancement of his cause, and that every
one who is high and lifted up he would abase, according to his ability so to do.
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Friday March 4th 1831. This forenoon I reed. a note from Mr. Charlton in behalf of the principal
residents requesting my attendance at the house of Boki to interpret between them and Hoapili. I complied
without hesitancy and went immediately to the place specified and found the foreigners assembling. Those
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that I now recollect were the following. Messrs.Charleton & Jones & Reynolds, French, Capts. Grimes,
Blanchard, John Meek Drs. Sariere & Ford, ~ Hoapili was seated in the lanai with a book and several
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persons were sitting round who seemed to have been occupied with the palapala. Mr. Charlton walked in
and addressed Hoapili with the salutain "your honor" to who his excellency replied (your honor paha'. Mr.
C. then turned to me and said the object of my being requested to attend on this occasion was to make
some inquiries & give some explanations, and he wished me to inquire where Hoapili would attend to the
business in the lanai or in the house ~ he chose the latter & walked in immediately and took his seat. Mr.
Charlton then said he had learned from a source not to be doubted that some person had written from this
place to Lahaina stating that the foreigners had combined to oppose the king on his landing and that they
were confederate with those who were disposed to do him injury; and he wished me to ask Hoapili whether
any such letter had been received by the King. To the question proposed the Gov. of Maui replied that no
such letter had been recd. by him. Mr. Jones then requested me to ask when such a report was in circulation
at Lahaina. To which the gov. replied there was ~ that it was on the lips of a great many and was reported
particularly by persons who belonged to the vessels which had recently arrived there. They then wished to
know whether he had seen a letter containg. any such assertion as they were sure a letter had been written.
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To this the gov. did not give a direct answer as I suspect he did not fully understand the import of the
question. He said he had not recd. letter ~ that letters had been written and recd. by the persons to whom
they were written, how should he know what they contained. This the gentlemen called equivocation.
They then wished me to say that these charges were utterly false and that they were the King's friends and
were ready to serve him, and moreover wished that when he returned to Lahaina that he would express this
sentiment to the King. Hoapili said to this that he was not going to Lahaina ~ that his daughter would go
and that to send his daughter thither was the object of his present visit. That his business was with his
daughter & not in the least with them. Another question which the gentlemen wished to be put to the
Gov. was whether his present visit was not inconsequence of that report or letter. By the way, by the letter I
suppose his excellency understood that which Kinau wrote to the King giving an account of Liliha's
forbidding Kekuanaoa's waiting on the King & saying that the foreigners were the King's men to wait upon
him, and of the men under arms in the fort. To this he replied that the letter was one among other reason
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- that the chiefs had decided on sending for her. And here he repeated that his business was with his
daughter & not with them.
His honor the Eng. Consul spoke many hard things respecting the person who had written the letter
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containing the charges against them. And said if he was a white man he would surely have him whipt & if
he were a native when the king came down he would complain of him & have him punished ~ at any rate
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he would have the business sifted on the return of his Majesty.
Among other things to prove his loyalty he said Madam BoH had requested him when the King came
down to go off in his own cutter to bring him on shore!! ~ I do not know but he said Mr. Jones & him. This
confirms a report which had come to our ears that the Governess had invited the two consuls to go off on
the arrival of the King & conduct him on shore.
Saturday March 5th. The people who have had arms & amunition in their keeping have been returning
them to the fort which is now in the care of Hoapili who is placing the arms & a.munition in the magazine.
Learn from Kekuanaoa that Hoapili has requested that all the male members of the church be
assembled to go into the fort & stay with him: and our opinion was asked as to the propriety of the
measure. We told him we thought that under existing circumstances it was not expedient as the step would
be likely to occasion talk and reproach. We thought it would be best that the majority of those with him
should be faithful men that could be relied on who are not of the church. This was also Malo's & Laanui's
advice.
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This evening the chiefs & the members of the family took tea at the house of Mr. Clark. Hoapili owing
to the unsettled state of things in the fort excused himself. Kinau, Kekuanaoa, Kekauonohi & Liliha
favored us with their company. The latter though she attempted to wear the appearance of vivacity could
ill conceal the dej ection of her mind.
The printing of the last sheet of Ninau hoike has been commenced & some copies of the copies having
been gathered & stitched, the chiefs were each furnished with a copy.
Sabbath March 6th 1831. The congregation this morning was unusually large.
Hoapili having expressed a wish that religious worship should be conducted with him and his people in
the fort I went down in the morning and attended a service. The number of persons present was I judged,
upwards of 50 mostly those who have had their residence in the fort. Awa & Haia were present. I
expounded from the 12 chap~ of the I Epis. Corinthians.
Dr. Judd attended the service in the afternoon.
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In the evening Mr. Clark & I attended the examination meeting.
Monday Mar. 7th. Madam BoH & Paki sailed this morning in the Pakii for Lahaina. Previous to her
embarkation we recd. an invitation from Hoapili to go down to the fort to attend prayers. Mr. Clark & I
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went down and we found the chiefs in the stone house and in the lanai in front on the wall of the fort. Mr.
Clark made a prayer and almost immediately after the close of it, her ladyship set out to go on board. Paki
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was not present he had probably gone on board before. A considerable concourse of people assembled on
the wharf & accompanied her to the boat. Mitchener a foreigner was in the stem of the boat in which she
embarked & held the steering oar probably to be her attendant to MauL He is a man deeply interested in
her cause, and said a few days ago in my hearing that "he expected there would be a revolution here before
long."
I wrote by the opportunity to Mr. Bingham & gave him an account of passing events, and also wrote to
Mr. Andrews.
The letters were deld. to Apii who goes up with Liliha as her chaplain and teacher.
Kamaunu was solicited by Paki to attend him. The invitation being given not long before the vessel
saHd & Kamaunu having no inclination to be of the company declined going & though pressed very hard
to comply persisted in the refusal and the vessel sailed without him his wife however accompanied the wife
ofPaki.
Tuesday March 8th. Mr. Clark & I attended the church meeting this evening. Among the subjects of
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conversation was one respecting retaining in the Poalima those persons who had recently deled with the
Governess & gone into the fort ~ Kawaa the head man of Honouliuli asked the question. We enquired
whether many persons from that place had joined the conspiracy he answered that there were a good many
and they had voluntarily joined this party. We told our opinion that such persons were hewa and that their
repentance ought to be more clear than it could proved to be in so short a time before they were received
again. We also told the church that the people of God were averse to war & bloodshed and that they would
never be of a conspiracy against that which was good and right ~ that they were loyal subjects supporters of
law & good order.
Wednesday March 9th. Dr. Judd & I went to see Keaomahuilani, who has had a violent attack of
vomiting blood, Being informed that he was very low, we made no delay. His house is towards the further
part of the village near the Mulivvai. We find him indeed very low & in great distress. Scarcely able to
speak, his pulse weak & irregular. Dr. Judd gave him 50 drops of laudanum but this potion seemed to have
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very effect. We endeavored to converse with him, but he seemed unable to command his thoughts enough
to give any connected idea of his mind. I asked him whether he thought of God; he answered in the
affirmative; whether he prayed to him: and whether he relied on Jesus Christ for salvation & whether he
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had a desire to see God & Jesus Christ? all of which he answered in the affirmative. To the inquiry whether
he would be glad to have one of us pray with him, he answered Yes with apparent gratification.
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This man is one of those under examination & special instruction with reference to admission to the
church. He is considerably advanced in years and in the time of heathen idolatry here was called a God, &
received religious worship as such. Great respect was paid to him insomuch that no one stood in his
presence when he passed along the road but all fell prostrate. This veneration passed away with the
downfall of idolatry in the islands. Having become acquainted with the words of the true God & the way of
salvation by Jesus Christ he abandoned the old superstition entirely & yielded himself as we hope to God ~
at least this is what he has told us & we have no evidence against his sincerity.
Thursday 10th. Keaomahuilani died this morning about 8 o'ck. Kekuanaoa was present with him at his
decease. He had the use of his reason though he was not able to say much. To the inquiry whether he had
any thought he said, Manao no ~ hookahi no manao io. Jesu. He was asked by Kekuanaoa whether he had
no charge to leave respecting his wife & children & land. Hookahi no manao ia Jew was his reply. The
inquiry was repeated & the same answer given. His mind seemed fixed upon the subject of salvation and
from that it could not be diverted. He died almost immediately after this conversation.
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Friday March 11th 1831. A vessel arrived from Lahaina & brought down Keliiahonui & Kapule & her
husband. By the hand of the former I recd a letter from Mr. Richards, mentioning the arrival of the Pakii at
Lahaina & Liliha's reception. He gives no particulars but expresses his fears for the King.
Kapule told us that the king was greatly affected, that he seated himself in her lap & wept greatly.
. Kaikioewa who was sitting by took hold of the king & pulled him from her. We cannot but feel moved with
this disposition of the king, manifested towards such a person & under such circumstances and in view of it
are constrained to look upon the movements of the governess here as something which would have met the
Kings cooperation and upon the defeat of their plan as a striking interposition of providence & a sort of
pledge that the Lord will suffer nothing to stand in the way of the success of his word in this land.
This is our prayer. Lord vindicate thine own cause. Make the wrath & wickedness & malice of men to
praise thee & the remainder do thou restrain!
Saturday Mar. 12 1831. This morning the Pakii arrived & we had the happiness of welcoming Mr.
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Bingham & family & Miss Ward to this Station, former after an absence of 9 months lacking only 2 days,
the latter of a longer time. Mr. B. brings notice that the chiefs will probably be down next week. We also
learn from Mr. B. that Hoapili's communication from this place by Liliha to Kaahumanu was a positive
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denial of every thing which had been reported concerning warlike preparations at this place. All the things
they had heard, he said, were wahahee loa. In communicating such a sentiment as this the gov. of Maui
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must have given more credit to his daughter & to the foreigners than to Kinau Kekuanaoa & all the good
people of the place. For they & we had the demonstration of our senses to the contrary. We kllow that
warlike preparations were made, for what we have very good data for guessing. Not indeed to oppose the
Kings landing but to promote it sooner than the other chiefs would have it & to get him into their circle &
gain his assent to their plan. This I believe to have been their design.
Sabbath March 13 1831. The house was very full and Mr. Bingham preached a long sermon from I
Timo.1. 15. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ came into the world to save
sinners; of whom I am Chief. Mr. Clark preached in the afternoon. Congregation not so large.
Reed. a call to day from a young man from Boston, son of Mr. Kilham of the Firm Kilham & Mier,with
a letter of introduction from Mr. HilL
Evening attended with Mr. Clark the meeting of examination & instruction for candidates. Conversed
on the subject of the nature & evidences of faith.
Monday March 14. The weather has been so unfavorable owing to frequent showers of rain that the
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work on my building has not been going on.
This afternoon the brethren of this station met in my room and at the request of Mr. Shepard took into
consideration the subject of his duty in reference to his health and adopted the following resolution.
Resolved that while we regret to lost the important services of Mr. Shepard in superintending the
printing department even for a little season, still in consideration of the affection of his lungs and the
apprehension that the trade wind and dust of Honolulu plains will be unfavorable to his cough, we
therefore recommend that he feel himself released from the care of the office and that he seek a more
favorable atmosphere at Lahaina or Kailua as shall appear most desirable to himself; and that he simply
hold himself at the disposal of an aiwise providence and wait for the intimations of the Sovereign and
adorable will of our gracious Redeemer, who directs all our affairs in infinite goodness.
We were gratified with a visit from Cap. Hussey of the ship Cyrus, whom we had the pleasure to lodge
with us last spring in a feeble state of health. His health has considerably improved though it is far from
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being firm. We made him the offer of accommodations with us; but he declined owing to his business.
Tuesday March 15 1831. About 2 o'ck this afternoon a sail made its appearance. We soon perceived
that it was a brig and fancied that it was a vessel from Boston whose arrival is expected every hour. When
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she had got down near enough to render her colors distinct we perceived that they were the national colors
of the islands and the discharge of canon soon settled the opinion in our minds that the King was on board.
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Shortly other vessels made their appearance and not a doubt remained that his Majesty & the chiefs were
all at hand. Not long after the brig had anchored ~ Mr. Bingham) Dr. Judd) Mr. Clark and myself set out to
go down to the landing to pay our respects to his majesty when he should come on shore not doubting that
all his loyal subjects the foreigners would show themselves among the most respectful as they had been
reported by the Governess to be the Kings men to wait upon him: We thought that we would not be
behind them in attentions. On our way we stopped at the stone house where Kinau & Kekauonohi were as
the king had not left the vessel. Here we were told that the foreigners had proposed to Hoapili to go off in
about 20 boats & wait upon the king. This was refused by Hoapili and permission only granted for the
Consuls to go off. And as three boats had been seen going out it was supposed that the official gentlemen
had gone off to meet his majesty & to propose bringing him on shore. We waited an hour & a half perhaps
when noticing boats coming in we walked down. The Sch. Pakii had previously anchored and had been
very respectfully saluted from the fort. Having reached the passage which leads from the landing to the
wood house of Boki we were met by a concourse and we soon discovered Madam Boki & Kehekili walking
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up we respectfully saluted the personages & were as respectfully saluted in return) and then they passed on
& we went to the American Consulate where we were informed Gov. Adams was. A number of gentlemen
had assembled there and we walked up the stairs saluting as we passed along those who stood near us or
who deigned to notice us. Mr. Jones reed. us very politely. Mr. Charlton was one of the gentlemen in the
room. He arose and gave me his hand. Paki & Haia were setting by him & both rose & gave us their hands
& aloha. Gov. Adams seemed glad to meet us. We sat a little while and talked with the gentlemen. Shortly
it was announced that his Majesty was landing and a motion made to go and pay our respects to him. The
foreigners did not second the move. and it was not till then that we learned that offense had been given by
Hoapilfs forbidding boats going out to meet the king. One asked Dr. Judd what was the meaning of the
waters being tabu. Much dissatisfaction seemed to be felt. We bowed to our company and set off for the fort
to salute his majesty. We found him with his Kahu Kaikioewa at the stone house. He appeared pleased to
see us & gave us very cordial salutation as did his honorable Kahn. We staid some time and learned from
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the king that Kaahumanu had been visited with a very dangerous attack of something like the appoplexy
on Saturday night) & that was the reason of their not sailing on Monday night. We were distressed at the
intelligence & could not but feel that it was a kind dispensation by which her valuable life is continued yet
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longer.
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It was proposed to move forward & the King's Kahu set out, & was followed by his Majesty & his
attendants. The other chiefs not having landed Dr. Judd. Mr. Clark & I waited for them, when they landed,
we attended them to the stone house, where a prayer was offered by Mr. Bingham in acknowledgement of
the divine goodness.in the protection vouchsafed to those who had been absent during all the time of their
journeying.
Saturday March 19 1831. The church assembled this morning in the meeting house to attend to the
examination of candidates. About three hours were spent in that business, and then the meeting adj ourned
till after dinner when the ch. assembled again and spent about three hours more in the same employment.
Thirteen persons were examined in reference to their being admitted to the ch. on the coming Sabbath
and about 30 more in reference to being propounded.
Sabbath March 20th. A solemn & interesting day. The meeting house was filled to overflowing in the
morning. Mr. Bingham preached about 50 min. in a solemn & impressive manner suited to a sacramental
occasion. In the afternoon the emblems of the Savior's body & blood were displayed in the presence of a
large number of the professed followers of the Lord Jesus Christ from the four principal islands including
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this. So large an assemblage of communicants I think has never been witnessed in the islands. Most of the
principal chiefs were present. The candidates were seated in front of the table and stood up & made their
confession of faith & solemnly pledged themselves to be the Lord's & received the initiatory seal of baptism
and afterwards sat down and with the elder members united in celebrating the dying love of the Redeemer.
A day I trust long to be remembered. The Lord grant that the Scenes of this day may be sanctified to
the King and to multitudes of others.
Monday March 211831. This day a large quantity of kapa avails of books sold at Kailua & Kaawaloa
were landed from the Packet which arrived on Saturday, and were drawn up to the house.
The Portrait of Sophia Bingham which was taken at Edgartown soon after her arrival in America was
recd to day by the hand of Cap. Swain of the ship Susan, by her parents, but they were greatly disappointed
on opening the box to find that the painting had so materially suffered by the voyage that not a feature of
their loved daughter could be recognized. It is hoped however some thing may be found to restore it.
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Monday March 28th. By the Schr. Crusader 176 days from Boston recd. a sm. package of letters &
learned that a considerable shipment of supplies for this mission was made on board the Ship Wilmington
& Liverpool Packet which sailed about the 1st of Sept. Encouragement is also afforded that the mission will
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be reenforced & an establishment made at the Marquesas.
Friday April 1st 1831. By public notification the people assembled at the house of the king to hear a
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declaration of the decisions of the chiefs; ~ foreigners and chiefs as well as the common people were
required to be present. The common people stood outside of the fence which encircles the kings house and
formed a half circle in front many rows abrest. The chiefs & principle persons together with the foreigners
stood or sat in front of the house within the enclosure while a row of armed soldiers formed wings from
each comer of the house to the fence. When the king was ready to deliver his address he walked forth in
front of the door and called for the attention of the people and then pointed to Kaahumanu and said she
would communicate his mind. Kaahumanu arose and opened a paper she held in her hand containing the
will of the King & the result of the councils of the nation. She read the contents very deliberately ~ the
substance of which was that the king in consequence of the departure & absence of Boki (in short,
nalowale ke kiaaina) takes possession of the whole island together with Honolulu & the two forts ~ which
he gives to Kaahumanu to take care of ~ The fort is given to Kuakini to take care of and the laws of God are
taken for the basis of the laws of the land and all the people are called upon to yield obedience to them.
After finishing reading the declaration which is signed by the King Kauikeaouli, Kaahumanu, Kuakini,
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Hoapili, Naihe & Kaikioewa, Kaahumanu made a short speech calling upon all classes to attend & obey to
the law of God & the laws of the King & to serve & fear God worship & honor him as that by which they
would find prosperity, peace & happiness and by which the kingdom would be stable & prosperous.
Kuakini arose & walked from among the company with which he was sitting & addressed the foreigners
~ particularly those who are proprietors of Grog Shops stating that being invested with authority he should
now refuse to receive money granting permission for the sale of spirituous liquors ~ that no more licenses
would be given out for that purpose the sale of rum being-strictly forbidden by law. That he should proceed
to execute the laws in that respect and now prohibitted the sale of that article: ~ and that if after this rum
should be sold the property of the vendor of it should be seized ~ & if any person should be so presumptuous
as to persevere in defiance of law his house should be tom down. He also prohibited gambling houses under
the same penalty. He said these were laws made long time ago but had not been enforced and he was
determined now to put them in execution; and in making this remark cast a reflection upon his predecessor
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for unfaithfulness: ~ a censure he most justly deserved.
The addresses m.ust have been very unwelcome to the foreigners in general & to grog shop proprietors
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Some fellows who passed by the houses in the evening vented their displeasure in very abusive language
saying that they loved rum and rum they would drink; and they cursed both missionaries & chiefs for the
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prohibition.
Saturday April 2nd. We learn that a certain class of foreigners, I should say residents, are exceedingly
angry on account of the kapu on the selling of rum.
Kaahumanu called Mr. Marine and told him he must forbid his daughters to moe kolohe. The Don
relied that he was afraid of having his house pulled down about his head. The old lady said to them, "Do
you forbid their moe kolohe and if you are assaulted for doing right we will defend you". Mr. Jones is living
with one of his daughters, besides having Hannah Holms as a wife, and from Cap. Wood of the Ship
Braganze, who took tea with us, I learned that said Jones was the most bitter of all our enemies though he
ought to be our protector which seemed to Cap. W. quite a strange thing. I also learned from the above
Captain that the masters of the waling ships would be pleased with the regulation making it a crime to sell
rum as thereby the crews of the ships would become more orderly.
Learned from Kapule that the order requiring the French Catholics to leave the islands was to be issued
today.
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The Catholics were sent for by the chiefs who were assembled in the fort; they came & the order for
their departure was read to them; but not given into their hand lest it should be made an ill use of. We
learn that they made some objections Said they had had the permission of Boki & the King to remain, and
asked what evil they had done.
Sabbath April3rd. The meeting house was crowded. Mr. Bingham preached from the words "Thy
children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.- And
kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers." The sermon was listened to with
apparent interest and some parts of it with seeming admiration. A part of the late proclamation of the King
of England which Mr. Bingham has translated was read with good effect, and it was designed to illustrate
the proposition that kings shall become nursing fathers to the church. The late movements too of the
Chiefs here, and the countenance of the King to good order & his proclamation in favor of it & of religion,
were referred to as illustrative of the same, & cited as a fulfilment of the prediction as it respects the cause
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in this land and at this time.
Evening ~ met the candidates for church privileges. Mr. Clark was not present owing to a slight cold.
Mr. Bingham attended. The subject of inquiry and investigation was the nature & design of baptism & to
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whom properly administered?
Monday ApI. 4. By the Brig Active 138 days from Boston, reed. a paquet of letters & two bundles
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containing publications. By the letters reed the information of the purpose of the Board to send us a new
reenforcement expected to sail from the port of New Bedford in Deer. on board a ship called the New
England. The families had an invitation to tea at Mr. Bingham's. Capts. Hussey & Wood were present and
spent the evening and united with the families in the mon. con. prayer meeting.
Tuesday April 5th 1831. Being the appointed season for our chh. meeting the members assembled in
the school house at candle lighting. The meeting was opened by singing & prayer, and Mr. Bingham made
a short address upon the subject of the Christians duty, obligation & responsibility. He then alluded to
some rules he had proposed for consideration about a year ago in reference to an association for suppressing
intemperance and repeated them which were as follows:
1. We will not drink spirits for the sake (stimulus) of the excitement occasioned by them.
2. We will not sell spirits for the sake of gain.
3. We will not manufacture spirits.
4 . We will not offer spirits to our friends, neighbors or strangers unless they are prescribed by a
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temperate physician.
5. We will not give spirits to our workmen on account of their labor.
Having distinctly stated these rules he proposed that those present who were willing to subscribe to
them should rise which was followed by the whole company's rising. After some further conversation and
remarks it was proposed that Gov. Adams, N aihe, Hoapili & Kaikioewa should stand at the head of an
association to be called a Society for the Suppresion of intemperance and under them as a board of
managers should be appointed twelve persons for the purpose of obtaining subscribers & attending to the
concerns of the Society.
Wednesday ApI. 6 1831. About one thousand people met this afternoon in the meeting house for the
purpose of organizing a Soc. for the Suppression of intemperance.
Gov. Adams read the regulations and then desired those who approved of them to rise which was
followed by a simultaneous movement of the whole assemblage expressive of their assent to the rules &
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readiness to subscribe to them. The names of the president vice presidents & managers were read & the
assent of the meeting called for to their appointment, which was readily signified by the rising up of the
whole assemblage.
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Gov. Adams as President called over the names of the board of managers & gave them books
containing the regulations with blank leaves for the names of members. The Society being thus formed the
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managers began immediately to take down the names of the members.
Saturday April 9th 1831. Since Wednesday evening Mr. Bingham has exchanged communications with
several of the residents in the village respecting a report said to have been communicated to Mr. Bingham
and said also to have been disclosed by him to several individuals and declared publicly in the church some
time in the course of Wednesday the purport of which was that Mr. B. had been told that the white
residents or principal residents had conspired against his ~ Mr. B.s ~ life. The first
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from the following
gentlemen ~ J.e. Jones, Wm. French, Stepn. Reynolds & Hemy A Pierce, requesting from Mr. Bingham an
explicit answer whether he had been thus told. Mr. B. answered explicitly that he had not been told that
the principal residents had conspired to take his life. Next day Friday Dr. Rooke wrote up inclosing a note
from Mr. Jones which he had just recd. requiring him to appear before a com. of gen. to say whether he had
told MI. Bingham that the white residents had conspired against his Mr. B's life for added the note Mr. B.
has stated in public and private that this is the fact & it can be proved & if it be not a fact that you are his
informer he shall suffer for the consequences. This was the exact sentiment of the note though not the
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precise words. MI. B. returned an answer to Dr. Rooke and then penned a note to MI. Jones requiring him
to take back the length & breadth of of the assertion and that if he did not he should feel at liberty to
complain of him to the Sand. lsI. Government & to the Govt. of the u.S.
MI. Jones very soon returned an answer, and was followed by an another from Mr. Bingham and a third
from Mr. Jones in which he declined any further controversy.
As Mr. Jones in one of his communications said that his Mr. B's reply to the first communication was an
evasion of the question proposed by the gentlemen and that Mr. Reynolds had twice put the question to
Mr. B. whether he had circulated the report which had occasioned so much excitement he gave no answer;
MI. B. addressed a note to the authors of the first letter & another to Mr. Reynolds requesting an explicit
answer to the questions whether the ansI. of MI. B. was evasive and whether Mr. B. had addressed the
inquiries as above stated. To these answers were recd the first was that the answer was evasive only ~ and
from Mr. Reynolds something of a long reply, but a denial that he put the question directly though he
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mentioned the subject to MI. B. who made no reply.
It is very certain that no small excitement exists in the village and it is not improbable that threats
have been made touching the life of Mr. Bingham. This Mr. Reynolds thought not unlikely.
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A communication has been sent to the King from the principal residents petitioning for a redress of
grievances. The paper was sent to Mr. B. this afternoon by the King, to be translated.
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Wednesday ApL 13th. The members of the different families of the station and all the principal chiefs,
including the King, and not excluding Liliha, took tea at the house of Mr. Bingham and spent part of the
evening ~ all the company appeared to be in good spirits and the chiefs notwithstanding some political
changes, to the disgrace of one, & the lessening of the possessions & authority of another, seemed to
entertain a good degree of kind feeling towards each other. The King was perfectly easy and sociable joined
in singing a hymn or two and made the room ring as often as anyone with his laugh & pleasantry. Mr.
Bingham proposed prayer in which all seemed willing to join and Laanui in a reverent & becoming manner
addressed the throne of grace.
Soon after the prayer part of the company took leave & part remained to enjoy further conversation &
social intercourse. Kapiolani was very pleasant in their remarks respecting the conduct of the foreigners
since the late restrictions. One day last week she road out with Mr. French who had a good deal to say
against the restrictions on riding out on the Sabbath. She gave some account of a conversation she had
held with Mr. Jones respecting keeping holy the Sabbath. He requested to be informed who had told the
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people the Sabbath was to be sanctified & kept holy She said God He said Indeed? Did God tell you
so? No ~ Mr. Bingham told you. ~ No, she said, that is what God says in his law. Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy. He said the day was designed for rest & relaxation. The conversation was stopped by
the entrance of the king to the place where they were conversing together & the gentleman immediately
turned & went to another part of the room. We were gratified with the firmness of Ka piolani & readiness to
answer & confute the cavils of the enemies of religion. A striking fact this and worthy of note that one who
but a little time ago was a heathen should undertake to defend the institutions of religion against the cavils
of persons brought up under the light of the gospeL Surely this is a fulfIlment of what Christ said: the last
shall be first & the first last.
Saturday April 16th. By the Ship Ann Capt. Brayton a very friendly man, we recd. letters from Hilo
from Mr. Green & Mr. Goodrich. An accident happened on board this ship soon after she came to anchor
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While in the act of furling up the main top sail, one of the men on the yard lost his balance and pitched
over it ~ in falling he caught hold of another man & drew him along & this other man caught hold of
another so that three men were precipitated from a height of thirty feet. Two of them struck the deck &
one of those who struck the deck was very badly hurt & the other less so and the one who fell overboard
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the least.
By this vessel Mr. Goodrich sent down 44 plank & half barrel ofkukui oiL The plank by the kindness of
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the captain were rafted ashore this afternoon.
Sabbath April 17th. Have learned that by order of the Gov. two or three persons who were riding out
for pleasure were stopped & their horses taken from them. One other person had set out in defiance of the
kapu which had been proclaimed publicly by the crier last week; but when assailed as he was about to leave
his own yard he thought it prudent to retreat. Some of the natives were disposed to pursue him into his
yard & seize his horse; but he drew a pistol & swore he would shoot the first one who attempted to do so, &
the natives thought it prudent to withdraw.
Kaahumanu & Kapiolani attended Sabbath School this afternoon. They seemed pleased with the
remarks & conversation upon the 7th chap. of Acts which was the lesson. The conduct of Stephen & the
character of his peresecuters attracted their attention. And they made a very just comparison between the
conduct of those certain of the Synagogue of the Libertines Cyrenians &c. who assailed Stephen & the
English American & others who in this land set themselves against the truth & suborn men to bear false
witness against its propagators.
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By the Ship Wilmington & Liverpool Packet which arrived to day recived letters & an invoice of a
valuable shipment of supplies on board that vessel.
Attended with Mr. Clark the meeting for the instruction of candidates the subject of conversation was
experimental religion.
Monday ApL 18 1831. Reed. a call from Cap. Alexander Russell of Ship W. & L Packet which has
supplies for the mission. He appears a pleasant man, hope he will prove truly friendly.
Learn that the excitement in the village is greater than it ever has been before in consequence of the
seizure of the horses for violation of the Sabbath.
Tuesday April 19 1831. Ann. examination of the schools commenced. The schools of Honolulu
exhibited.
Mrs. C. reed. a box to day from Pequea landed form the ship Wilmington & L Packet.
Friday April 22. Yesterday morning the Ship having our supplies on board came into the harbor and in
the afternoon the people began to land them. I borrowed a scow for the convenience of getting the articles
on shore ~ and I find greatly facilitated the landing of them. This afternoon the last of the articles was
landed. I have not been able to get them all up to the establishment ~ the lath & some of the shingles I left
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on the wharf. Part of the barrels I lodged in a house belonging to Kaina and he was kind enough to remove
by the aid of his own men all the joist into his yard for safety.
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This afternoon the Examination of the Schools close. The whole number who have exhibited and who
are all readers is 5443. The examination upon the whole is the most interesting of anyone we have ever
had and certainly it has been the most laborious & thorough.
Monday May 2nd. Monthly Concert; met in the evening at the house of Mr. Bingm. By invitation
some of the chiefs who are soon to leave took tea with us viz. Hoapili, Naihe, Kapiolani & Kekapuohe.
Tuesday 3rd. The Paki said for Lahaina by which Hoapili ma took passage for their homes. I had put a
few articles on board for the Station.
Have learned that 20 or thirty foreigners combined to have a rout in the village on the Sabbath, having
armed themselves with clubs & knives; about one half of the number were mounted on horse back; The
object of the rioters was to set at defiance the kapu & to intimidate the natives. When Gov. Adams was
informed that foreigners were riding through the village he sent some of his people to seize the horses: his
people were opposed and one of them received a blow with a club & was considerably hurt. The foreigners
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supposed they had gained their point because they drove the men despatched to seize the horses. But they
were far from being victorious in the end, for yesterday the Gov. called them to an account and seized a
number of the horses eight or nine I have been told & took possession of the house of the foreigner who
wounded the native.
One of the men who lost a horse went to the King to recover it but the king told him to pay what the
horse cost.
Thursday May 5th 1831. Naihe & Kapiolani and the other Hawaii chiefs left this morning in the
Keokoi. Kia one of our native woman the wife of Harry our cook has left us to go up with the chiefs to visit
her friends. She will return after she has finished her ue i ke aloha.
Sabbath, May 8th. The number of those who come out on Sabbath morng to attend worship having
become so great that the meeting house is not sufficient to contain them it has been thought desirable that
those who are not able to get into the house should be recommended to assemble in the school house and
that one of our number should meet with & address them. A fortnight ago word was given out that a
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service would be conducted for the benefit of those for whom there was room in the house; Last Sabbath
Dr. Judd made a beginning & the school house was filled; the number present was probably not less than
one thousand.
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This day I undertook to conduct the services. The number present was about the same as last Sabbath. I
read a chapter from the Gospel of Luke & made remarks from the words ~ Strive to enter in at the strait
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gate &c. Gov. Adams was one of the congregation and he was invited to offer one of the prayers.
Tuesday May 10th 1831. The Waverly sailed for KauaL I wrote a hasty letter to Mr. Gulick and sent a
few articles. Kaahumanu was kind enough to detain the vessel to enable me to send the things on board.
Mr. Bingham & I have reed. a piece of land from Kaahumanu this day: it is situated at Koolau. It was
given to us in connexion with a grant made to the school committee or poe Kaahele ike hale kula ~ The
place is Kaluanui my land is called Halawa & I have given the care of it to Ehu.
Mr. Bingham reed. a call from Capt. Cole yesterday & another today. He is very much dissatisfied with
the regulations of the Chiefs forbidding riding on the Sabbath, sports &c. Says riding on the Sabbath is in
no other country forbidden & wished Mr. Bingham to go with him to the king to interpret some things he
desired to say to him respecting a hors'e which Gov. Adams had seized for a violation of their kapu against
riding.
Friday May 13th 1831. Taken with a pain in my left foot ~ seemed like a sprain though not conscious of
having wrenched it. The pain increased till I could scarcely bear to put my foot to the ground and I could
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not move about with any comfort.
Saturday 14th. Early this morning I was attacked with pain in the bowels & diarrhoea. Sent for Dr.
Judd, and he gave me medicine ~ pain continued through the day & evening ~ I have experienced a very
uncomfortable day. The Dr. gave me more medicine which operated well but did not remove the pain. My
complaint appears to be billious and I have very little doubt but my liver is affected.
Sabbath 15th. My health is better to day but have not felt able to attend divine service ~ did not go to
my Sabbath SchooL
Monday 16th. Employed a new workman to day ~ a glazier to set the glass of my house. So I am obliged
to go about my work again though I am quite feeble and it would be much better for me to be confined to
my room.
This afternoon the Packet arrived from Kauai and we had the pleasure of receiving Mr. Whitney to this
station. He has come up with the translation of a Geography to go on to Lahaina to review it with the
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brethren of that station. He will lodge in the chamber over the printing room.
Saturday May 21st. This afternoon, Mr. W. embarked for Lahaina on board of the Waverly, which by
direction of Kaahumanu sails to the windward & will bring down as many of the brethren & sisters to
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attend the Gen. Meeting & choose to come.
Sabbath 22nd. Dr. Judd attended the meeting in the School house & conducted the services. The house
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was filled.
In the evening I attended with Mr. Clark the meeting with the candidates ~ The subject of inquiry &
remark was the Judgement.
Tuesday 24th. The King, Kinau and some others of the chiefs set out to make a visit to Koolau to be
absent several weeks. They passed by towards Waikiki with a numerous train early in the morning. Dr. Judd
accompanied them and perhaps he may go as far as Maunalua.
Wednesday May 25th. The Brig Crusader commanded by Cap. John Meek sailed today for Norfolk
Sound.
Finished painting the roof of the store & dwelling house. The material which I put on is a sort of
cement and is such as the roof of Mr. Whitney's house is covered with. I think it will be a good preservative
of the shingles and some security against fire. The receipt for the cement is as follow.
Take one measure of find sand, two of wood ashes & three of lime mix them together with such a
coloring as may be fancied and let the materials be combined with as much oil as will allow of the
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substance being put on with a painters brush.
Thursday June 2nd. A ship, called the Milo of New Bedford, came to anchor this evening. The state of
things on board is very singular. At Lahaina where she first stopped the officers and crew except the third
& fourth mate deserted the vesseL The cap. came down here for help. Mr. Reynolds, who is in the absence
ofMr. Jones the Agent of seamen, went up. The men were taken & secured carried on board the ship &
have been brought down here. There appears to be no very specific or sufficient charge made by the
deserters as a justification of their conduct, they declare that they do not like the captain and say they will
not go in the vesseL Mr. Reynolds it seems was a good deal perplexed with the business, and when he
arrived here made a sad complaint against Mr. Richards that he had not treated him civilly mearly because
Mr. R. had not invited him to his house though he acknowledged that he had not met with Mr. R. til a few
moments before he left the shore to embark for this place. He also remarked very severely on the conduct
of Mr. Whitney for not speaking to him.
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Saturday June 3 1831. This morning a Cap. Hill who arrived in the Milo called upon Mr. Bingham
having a letter of introduction from Mr. Evarts: Cor. of the A.B.GEM. The gentleman appears to be well
informed and has acquaintance with some in Am. and Eng. high in office. He professes to have taken
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passage into the Pacific for a benevolent purpose. His plans for doing good he has not fully developed.
This afternoon the Waverly arrived from the windward and we had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Bishop
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& Mr. Ruggles who have come down to attend the Gen. Meeting having left their families at Kuapehu. Mr.
Thurst~n & family started to come down but Mrs. T. was overtaken by labor before the vessel arrived at
Lahaina & on the arrival there she & the family were landed there & took up their quarters with Mr.
Richards.
Sabbath, June 5th. Mr. Bishop preached in the morning to a full congregation of natives and Mr. Clark
preached in English to a larger number of foreigners that usually attend at this place upon the preaching of
the GospeL Mr. Bingham preached to the native congregation this afternoon a sermon adapted to the
solemn occurrence of Friday afternoon; the sudden death of Hawanawana the wife of Kahananui who fell
of a appoplectic shock while relating her experience in reference to being propounded to the Church.
Monday June 6th. Monthly concert. Mr. Bishop preached to or rather addressed those who assembled
this afternoon.
Tuesday June 7th. this afternoon we were cheered by the arrival of the ship New England with a third
reenforcement consisting of three ordained Missionaries & their wives & one secular man and his wife who
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are named as assistants in any department. Their names are as follows:
Dwight Bladwin [sic Baldwin]
Reuben Tinker
Sheldon Dibble
Andrew Johnstone secular
Three of the Gent. came on shore and we had the happiness in uniting with them in thanksgiving to
God for his kindness in bringing them to these shores in circumstance of great mercy & comfort.
Wednesday June 8th. The new missionaries have all come on shore and this afternoon they have been
introduced to the King & chiefs; the interview was a pleasant one; it took place in the afternoon at the
Kings house.
Saturday June 11 tho The New England has not yet been got into the harbor owing to an unusually
strong trade.
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Monday June 13 1831. The N. England got into the harbor this morning and the landing of the supplies
was commenced in the forenoon, Mr. Johnstone & Mr. Bishop received them at the wharf & Mr. Johnstone
took the account. The cart was occupied in bringing them up. Most of the articles were landed during the
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day & all that were not drawn up were lodged safely in Kaina's house & yard. A large boat obtained by the
Captain & a scow by myself were kept constantly occupied during the day and the greatest dispatch was
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made into the landing of the supplies. The whole amt. of which could not be much less than 40 tons ~ and
perhaps it was more & all except a few tons were landed this day & all suitably taken care of. I had about
12 natives employed besides the assistance rendered by Kaina & Ehu.
Tuesday 14. Two carts employed this day in drawing up supplies & all except 2 cart loads of the articles
designed now to be brought to the store house were drawn up. All the goods brought up have been lodged
in the cellar of the new stone house which is found sufficient to contain the whole of the shipment by the
N. England.
The Pahi arrived from Lahaina & the brethren from the windward have come down to attend to the
business of a Gen. meeting. Viz. Messrs. Thurston, Richards, Andrews, Green & Goodrich & Mr. Whitney.
Wednesday June 15th 1831. The brethren convened to organise the Gen. meeting, present all the older
missionaries of the different stations except Mr. Gulick.
Sabbath 19th. Reception of new missionaries to the ch. & also of native candidates.
Tuesday 28. The business of the Gen. meeting closed having been continued from day to day till the
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present time.
Much amity & good feeling have existed through out all the deliberations & the brethren are now
about ready to return to their stations.
Thursday 30th. This day the brethren left for their different stations ~ The bre. for the windward took
passage in the Becket which has been sent by the chiefs for our accommodation & Mr. Whitney took
passage in the packet for KauaL
July 2nd 1831. The Gent. of the Mission & family have reed. a polite invitation from the foreign
residents to a dinner on the 4th inst. which the Mission family saw fit to decline and an answer was
returned to the Com. of arrangements to that effect couched in as polite terms as could readily be done.
Wednesday Augt. 3 ~ 1831 ~ After long waiting for a conveyance to Hilo for Mr. & Mrs. Dibble who
have been appointed to that station, the Missionary Packet which has been undergoing some repairs, is at
length at our disposal & every thing we have to send together with the effects of Mr. & Mrs. Dibble being
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on board, she is ready to saiL
After prayer at the Mission house in reference to the departure of our friends, we walked to the village
and at about 10 o'ck embarked. As the secular affairs of the station, it is thought may be promoted by a visit
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from me, it has been determined that I should accompany the new helpers. Gen. Miller, a gentleman in
military command in the PelUvian army, now on a visit to these islands for the benefit of his health, being
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desirous to visit the volcano & no opportunity offering for a passage but the one presented by the
Missionary packet, and having recd. an invitation from us to be of our company, embarked with us. Shortly
after we had got on board the vessel set saiL
Friday Septr. 2nd 183 L This morning I have had the great happiness of meeting my family & the
brethren & sisters of the station after an absence of 30 days.
Our passage hence to Lahaina was unusually long just 5 days ~ and our passage from Lahaina to Hilo
still longer in proportion & tedious, being 12 days including 2 1/2 during which we stopped at Wailuku,
having put in there on acct. of bad weather. There also we left Kaiana Mr. Green's native assistant & one of
our most useful chh. members who was seriously ill on board and who died about a week after we had left to
prosecute our voyage to Hilo.
We arrived at Hilo on the 22nd. of Augt. and after attending to the business for which I made the visit,
left on the evening of the 29th. Arrived at Lahaina on our return, in the night preceding the 1st inst, and
towards evening of the 1st went on board to return to the island where we arrived about 10 o'ck this
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morning.
Saturday Septr. 3rd. The articles put on board the Packet at Hilo for the Mission, consisting of about 12
barrels of Arrow root a few koa plank & about 1~1/3 cords wood were landed and drawn up under the
superintendence of Ehu. The Arrow root was lodged in the store of Capt. Hinckley who it is expected will
purchase it.
Monday 5th. Monthly concert.
Tuesday 6th. Church meeting which I attended in comp.y with Mr. Bingham.
Wednesday 7th. Meeting of the temperance society.
Commenced the foundation of a native house to be built of dobies.
Thursday, Septr. 8th. Mr. Johnstone who has been connected with my family ever since his arrival has
completed his removal into the house of Mr. Ellis, where he expects to reside with his family for the
present.
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This afternoon the brethren of this station met to consult in reference to the Marquesas subject. The
Chiefs have come to the conclusion to send the Catholics from the islands on board one of their vessels
and Captn. Hill thinks the sailing of the vessel will afford an opportunity for a deputation from this mission
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to go to the Marquesas islands on a visit for the purpose of a survey. The question with us in reference to
sending a deputation on board the same vessel with the Catholics, was that of expediency. The opinion of
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each brethren being asked separately the result was that the conveyance is a very undesirable one and the
duty of the mission not clear. It was thought best that one of our number should have an interview with
Capt. Kelly master of a Brigantine now in port & bound to the South Sea islands, and ascertain whether he
would on reasonable terms afford two of our number a conveyance to those islands. Mr. Tinker improved
the opportunity of our being together to ask the advice of the station as to his present duty ~ whether to go
to Lahaina to labor there in connexion with Mr. Richards & with a view to preach this fall to the seamen
who may stop at that port, or to remain here. An opinion was expressed that his duty would be affected by
the result of the question whether a survey of the Marquesas Islands should be immediately attempted or be
posponed ~ if attempted, it would be proper for him to remain here, if deferred, he might follow his own
inclination whether to go to Lahaina or to stay here.
Friday Sept. 30th 1831. This morning Mr. Whitney and family arrived from Kauai. Their object is to
seek a passage to the U.S. for their two sons. They will remain here till their object is accomplished or till it
is evident that a suitable opportunity will not be presented this falL
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Monday Octr 3rd. Kaahumanu took a very decided stand to day with regard to Capt. Hinckley to him
Kaikioewa had given a deed of a lot of land, which was not legal & which she insisted on being given up,
but which Cap. H. refused to do . He was just ready to leave the islands in a ship to sail to day, Kaahumanu
gave orders that he should not sail till he had given up the writing. This order had the effect to bring the
matter to a crisis. He inquired of Kaahumanu "Who is King" ~ She said "Owau ~ The King is the head; but
it is with me to direct". He then turned to Kaikioewa and asked Who is he ~ She replied he is he kanaka
malalo iho ou ~ The Consul on hearing this declaration said to Capt. H. you must give up the paper ~ and it
was given up. The foreigners have now been informed very distinctly who is Regent and whom they have
to do the business of government with.
Tuesday Octr. 11 ~ Mr.. Goodrich and family arrived to day from Hilo on board the Warren, Capt. Rees.
They are accommodated with lodgings in the house now occupied by Mr. Shepard.
Friday Octr. 14th. 1831. I have been occupied most of to day in arranging the rooms of the store &
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Dwelling house into which I have caused to be removed the articles & furniture which was lodged in the
room over the printing office, as Mr. Shepard needs the room for the accommodation of his family, his
house now being occupied by Mr. Goodrich & family, and which he wishes to vacate entirely to their use.
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Wednesday 19th. Quarterly examination of schools in Honolulu commenced. Mr. Tinker & family left
this afternoon for Lahaina where they go to reside for the present. They took passage in the Becket with all
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their effects.
Thursday 20th. Examination of schools closed. Whole number brought forward & presented as scholars
3133 ~ a greater number by more than 1000 than has ever been presented before as the scholars of
Honolulu.
Friday 21st. It is certain that Satan is very busy ~ the intelligence received last week from Lahaina
respecting the Princess having been intoxicated is one evidence of it, and another has come to our
knowledge this evening. It is this ~ Kekuanaoa for some reason having become jealous of his wife gave her a
beating. Whether he has good ground for suspicion is what we do not yet know; but the person with whom
he accused her of having had improper intercourse is no less a person than the King. It would seem strange
that he should risk so much as to accuse groundlessly the King ~ It is said that both the King & Kinau were
so much ashamed that they did not attend meeting on the Sabbath.
Saturday Octr. 22nd 1831. Dr. Judd made inquiry today respecting the unpleasant occurrence which
was communicated to Mr. Whitney last evening ~ namely that of Kekuanaoa's beating his wife, and he
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learned that the story had been very much exaggerated; the affect was that he was displeased with her and
wrenched her hand so severely as to cause her to cry out. From this the story was told that he had inflicted
blows. We learn that the difficulty is settled and that Kekuanaoa has confessed himself in fault.
Sabbath Octr. 23rd. Mr. Whitney preached both parts of the day to the native congregation which was
as large as usuaL Mr. Clark went about 8 miles to preach to the people ofWaialae. Mr. Bingham preached
at Manoa where he is now residing with his family. Kaahumanu attended worship there.
lyir. Baldwin preached in English to a congo of about 50 seamen & residents. In the evening he
conducted a service for the benefit of seamen at the house of Mr. Johnstone.
My Sabbath school is better attended than it has been for many months past ~ a new excitement seems
to exist for the study of the Scriptures; the Lord grant it may not only continue but increase.
I met the candidates in the evening and conversed with them respecting the effects of the falL
Monday Octr 24th 1831. Mr. Johnstone informed me that he walked to the village yesterday and as he
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was passing by one of the grog shops a man by the name of Strong addressed him in a manner far from civil
& wished to know the reason of his sending him the tract entitled the Swearers prayer. Mr. J. assured him
that it was not a fact that he had sent the tract named.) how suitable soever it might be to his case, that the
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person who handed it to him had stated what was not true. He however did not seem to credit the
statementi but the man who gave the tract happening to pass by while they were engaged in conversation
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he was appealed to and he frankly confessed that he had given the tract in Mr. ].'s name regarding Strong a
greater swearer than himself ~ this explanation ended the controversy and Mr. J. left.
Another man said to Mr. Baldwin today that it is reported of the missionaries that they are growing rich
from the sale of books perhaps. These are old stories and it is not strange to hear them told ~ worse things
than these are told of us. The Rambler probably carried to the U.S. a statement that Mr. Bishop had been
engaged in selling rum or spirituous liquors. A mulatto fellow by the name of Martyn made a statement in
the presence ofMr. Jones that Mr. B. had sold him 2 gallons of spiritsi this was written down & handed to
Capt. Hinckley in order to be carried home with him to Am. ~ no doubt to make use of against the mission.
The fact is that upwards of 2 years ago Mr. B. gave this fellow & his partner who were at work for him an
order on Mr. French's dealer at Kailua to pay for 2 Galls Gin, upon condition that the spirit should be
brought to the house of Mr. B. & that he should deal it out 1 glass per day.
Tuesday, Octr. 25 1831. Kaahumanu has had a conversation to day with Boki's creditors and has told
them that his debts are not debts which it belongs to government to paYi but are his own private debtsi he
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having been charged by the Gov. not to contract debts on its account and Boki having himself said that it
was not his wish that govt. should pay his debts. To this declaration of Kaahumanu the foreigners were not
able to reply. Mr. Shepard has come to the decision of removing to Lahaina & has begun to make
preparation to embark in the New York which is expected to sail on Thursday to carry back Hoapili, who
came down here on acct. of the illness of his daughter.
Thursday 27th. We have been called today to part from a valued brother not indeed to go back to his
native land, nor, as we hope, for a final separation; but to go to another station in hopes that his health
may be benefited by relaxation from his ordinary labors. Mr. Shepard embarked just before noon on board
the schr. New York with his family for Lahaina. It is our prayer that his movement may be blessed to the
improvement of his health, if it should not he will be as favorably circumstanced to be comfortable as he
would be here.
Sabbath 30th. Mr. Whitney went yesterday to Ewa where the Chiefs now are and he conducts worship
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with them today. Mr. Clark preaches all day to the congregation at this place. Mr. Bingham is at Manoa .
Monday, October 31st. Mr. Whitney returned from Ewa today. With the assistance of Ehu I cleared out
the cellar of the new store and dwelling house and it is my hope the carpenters will have done their work in
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a fortnight, and that in about 1 month we shall be able to move into the house permanently. I now attend
to business in the house, but am not conveniently situated.
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Tuesday Novr. 1st. The Becket arrived this forenoon from Lahaina, and letters came to hand from the
brethren & sisters.
Mr. Tinker had a comfortable passage & appears to be pleased with Lahaina & his associates as are also
his associates with him.
Mr. Shepard arrived Saturday morning and was gratified with the reception he reed. from his brethren.
Mr. Andrews writes respecting his operations ~ he seems to be taking hold with spirit & his scholars are
exerting themselves to build a school house, in which they have made desirable progress. Some of the
scholars are in want of food not having reed. as much support from the chiefs as was expected.
Miss Ogden in a letter to Mrs. C. states that on sabbath before last the princess made public confession
of her fault & the last week appeared better than usuaL The br. & sisters hope with trembling respecting
her. The Lord restore her to repentance & keep her from the paths of the destroyer. It is our prayer that she
may prove to be a true convert and be used as an instrument of greatly advancing the cause in the islands .
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