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Letter Reference:
1836_Jun22_Kauikeaouli-Missionaries
Date of Letter:
June 22, 1836
From:
King Kauikeaouli [Kamehameha III]
To:
Na Misionari [The Missionaries]
Content Summary:
Kauikeaouli responds to the missionaries' request for a ban on liquor.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Iune ^la 22. 1836
Eia hoi kou mau manao ia ou kou ena
Msionari oko Hawaii paeina kehai po
lolei aku nei au i kou manao nokou
ike ana iho nei iko oukou manao nonoi ehoolei i ka rama anolaila kehoi
ke aku nei au kou manao mai manao
oukou aole ou inu rama heinu rama no
au aole nae heinu nuiloa ahei nu kino a
nolaila ea peheala epono aila ina paha
aole ou inu iki ina ua maopopoloa kapo
no oiakou manao ia oukou he aloha no
nae au iko oukou manao malama paha
opau ke ia manao ou alaila hoopau
aku alaila hiki no iau ke hooki aku
ia mau hana pau kou manao
Aloha oukou ena kumu
Na King Kauikeaouli
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Letter of the King
answer to the letter
of the Gen. Meeting
June 1836
[Written in another hand]
Autograph letterNa Kapoe Misionari
O Ko Hawaii Pae aina
Oahu
Honolulu
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
June 22, 1836
Here is my message to you, the missionaries of the Hawaiian Islands. I am directly telling you
my thoughts, having just seen your request to ban liquor. Thus, I am informing you of my
position. Do not assume that I do not drink. I do drink, but not to excess, just personal drinking.
So, then, what would be the right thing? If I did not drink at all, then the proper thing would be
apparent. This is my thought to you folks, I do, however, appreciate your intention. This opinion
of mine may end, and I would quit, at which point I could put a stop to those activities. My
message is done.
Affection to you all, the teachers
From King Kauikeaouli
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Letter of the King
answer to the letter
of the Gen. Meeting
June 1836
Autograph letterFor The Missionaries
Of the Hawaiian Islands
Oahu
Honolulu
Notes:
1. King Kauikeaouli - Kauikeaouli was the second son of Kamehameha I and Keōpūolani
and ascended the throne in 1825 as Kamehameha III. He was the longest ruling of the
Hawaiian monarchs, and was king at the time of this letter. Kauikeaouli reigned during a
time when the sale and consumption of liquor was a highly contentious issue between the
chiefs, the missionaries, and the foreigners who imported and sold liquor.
2. rama - Lit. rum, was a general reference to liquor of any kind.
1836_Jun22_Kauikeaouli-Missionaries
Date of Letter:
June 22, 1836
From:
King Kauikeaouli [Kamehameha III]
To:
Na Misionari [The Missionaries]
Content Summary:
Kauikeaouli responds to the missionaries' request for a ban on liquor.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Iune ^la 22. 1836
Eia hoi kou mau manao ia ou kou ena
Msionari oko Hawaii paeina kehai po
lolei aku nei au i kou manao nokou
ike ana iho nei iko oukou manao nonoi ehoolei i ka rama anolaila kehoi
ke aku nei au kou manao mai manao
oukou aole ou inu rama heinu rama no
au aole nae heinu nuiloa ahei nu kino a
nolaila ea peheala epono aila ina paha
aole ou inu iki ina ua maopopoloa kapo
no oiakou manao ia oukou he aloha no
nae au iko oukou manao malama paha
opau ke ia manao ou alaila hoopau
aku alaila hiki no iau ke hooki aku
ia mau hana pau kou manao
Aloha oukou ena kumu
Na King Kauikeaouli
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Letter of the King
answer to the letter
of the Gen. Meeting
June 1836
[Written in another hand]
Autograph letterNa Kapoe Misionari
O Ko Hawaii Pae aina
Oahu
Honolulu
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
June 22, 1836
Here is my message to you, the missionaries of the Hawaiian Islands. I am directly telling you
my thoughts, having just seen your request to ban liquor. Thus, I am informing you of my
position. Do not assume that I do not drink. I do drink, but not to excess, just personal drinking.
So, then, what would be the right thing? If I did not drink at all, then the proper thing would be
apparent. This is my thought to you folks, I do, however, appreciate your intention. This opinion
of mine may end, and I would quit, at which point I could put a stop to those activities. My
message is done.
Affection to you all, the teachers
From King Kauikeaouli
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Letter of the King
answer to the letter
of the Gen. Meeting
June 1836
Autograph letterFor The Missionaries
Of the Hawaiian Islands
Oahu
Honolulu
Notes:
1. King Kauikeaouli - Kauikeaouli was the second son of Kamehameha I and Keōpūolani
and ascended the throne in 1825 as Kamehameha III. He was the longest ruling of the
Hawaiian monarchs, and was king at the time of this letter. Kauikeaouli reigned during a
time when the sale and consumption of liquor was a highly contentious issue between the
chiefs, the missionaries, and the foreigners who imported and sold liquor.
2. rama - Lit. rum, was a general reference to liquor of any kind.