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��Letter Reference:
1826_Oct28_Kalanimoku-Bingham
Date of Letter:
October 28, 1826
From:
Kalaimoku [Kalanimoku]
To:
Mr. Bingham [Rev. Hiram Bingham]
Content Summary:
Kalaimoku writes to Rev. Hiram Bingham dismissing the blame placed on the
missionaries for other foreigners' misconduct. He encourages their goodness and their
teachings and professes his own faith in God.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
(Copy of Kalaimoku’s letter to Mr. B.)
Honolulu, [Oahu] (Okakoba 28th. 1826.
Aloha oe e Mr. Bingham
Eia kau manao ia oukou e
ka poe Misionali kumu a makou, ke
hai aku nei au ia oukou, aole au e ike
i ko oukou hewa, ^i na la i ike au i ko oukou hewa hai aku no la wau
ia oukou, aole e pono wale no oukou
e haawi mai oukou ia makou i ka
palapala ao aku no ^hoi makou, a haawi mai
oukou i ka olelo a ke Akua ^ia makou,
a malama no hoi makou ua kapu no ko makou wahine, Ua ao no i ka olelo a ke Akua ^a kii mai
nei no ka haole hana ino iho nei i ko
makou aina, ka haole o Maleka a me
ko Beritania, o huhu mai oukou
auanei, na makou ko oukou hewa.
aole na oukou haole no. Eia no kou
manao ma ka olelo a Jehova Ua haawi au i kou naau i ke Akua, a me
kou kino, a me kou uhane. Ua hoolilo wau i’au iho I Eke Esalehia
no Jesu Kraist. he nana iho oukou
e Mr Bingham ma i kou manao, a
i ike oukou, a i makemake oukou e palapala oukou i kou manao ma Maleka
ike alii o kakou, a ia oukou aku ia.
�[Page 2 of 2]
Aloha ke alii o kakou ma Maleka. aloha ia
Na Kalaimoku
[Letter Cover]
Copy of a letter
From Kalaimoku
(to M Loomis)
To Mr. Bingham.
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
(Copy of Kalaimoku’s letter to Mr. B.)
Honolulu, Oahu October 28, 1826
Greetings to you, Mr. Bingham,
Here is my message to all of you, our missionary teachers. I am telling you that I
do not see your wrongdoing. If I should see you to be wrong, I would tell you all. No,
you should all just be good. Give us literacy and we will teach it; and give us the word of
God, and we will heed it. Our women are restricted, for we have learned the word of
God. Then foreigners come, doing damage to our land, foreigners of America and
Britain. Do not be angry, for it is we who are to blame for you being faulted, and not you
foreigners. Here is my message according to the words of Jehovah. I have given my heart
to God and my body and my spirit. I have devoted myself to the church for Jesus Christ.
Have a look at my message, Mr. Bingham and company, and if you see it and wish to
send my message to America, to our chief, that is up to you.
[Page 2 of 2]
Greetings to our chief in America. Regards to him.
From Kalaimoku
[Letter Cover]
Copy of a letter
From Kalaimoku
(to M Loomis)
To Mr. Bingham.
Notes:
1. Mr. Bingham – Rev. Hiram Bingham arrived with the first company of
missionaries.
2. Kalaimoku – Kālaimoku, also known as Kalanimoku and William Pitt
Kalanimoku, was a trusted advisor of Kamehameha I. During the travels of
Liholiho and Kamāmalu to Great Britain, he co-ruled with Kaʻahumanu,
maintaining a leadership role during the first reigning years of the new king,
Liholiho's younger brother, Kauikeaouli.
�3. ke alii o kakou ma Maleka – Literally, "to our chief in America," could be a
reference to the President of the United States or to the head of the A.B.C.F.M.
�
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Kalanimoku, William Pitt - Ali`i Letters - 1826.10.28 - to Bingham, Hiram
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Kalaimoku writes to Rev. Hiram Bingham dismissing the blame placed on the missionaries for other foreigners' misconduct. He encourages their goodness and their teachings and professes his own faith in God.
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Hawaiian Evangelical Association Archives, 1853-1947. Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives
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Kalanimoku, William Pitt
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Puakea Nogelmeier
Translated by Awaiaulu Foundation
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1826-10-28