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�Letter Reference:
Undated_John Ii-LKulika
Date of Letter:
Undated
From:
J. Ii [John Papa ʻĪʻī]
To:
Dr. L.H. Kulika [Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick]
Content Summary:
John Papa ʻĪʻī asks Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick to relieve him of duties in the church.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 1]
2d an J. Ii Ii
Ln. L.H. Kulika
me oe ke aloha
Ma ko kakou halawai malu iki ana ma nehinei, ma ka hale kuai o Holo no
na dala a Bihopa ma kuu lima. A ma ia hope iki mai ua
loaa mai ia'u ke kaumaha a
me ka oheke maoli nui i loaa
ia'u mai olua mai.
Akahi no a loaa ia'u ua pii
hewa ka wau i ke paimalau e
like me Kamalalawalu ma.
A nolaila e oluolu oe a me
kou mau hoa kahu ekalesia
a pau o kuu mokupuni aloha, e
hookuu mai ia'u mai ka lawelawe ana i na oihana a ka
Haku aloha.
Ina mai ke ^kope a Bihopa mai
o wau no kau kauwa,
J. Ii
Translation:
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Dr. L.H. Gulick,
Regards be to you,
�Our little private meeting yesterday at Holo's store was about Bishop's money in
my hand. Just afterwards, sadness and great embarrassment came upon me, coming from
the two of you.
This is the first time that I have come upon this, having mistakenly climbed onto a
man-o-war jellyfish, like Kamalalawalu and the others.
And therefore I ask you and all your fellow church pastors of my beloved island
to please release me from duties in the services of the beloved Lord.
A copy from Bishop will be forthcoming.
I am your humble servant.
J. Ii
Notes:
1. L.H. Kulika - Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick, born in Honolulu in 1828, was the son of
Rev. Peter J. Gulick, who arrived with the third company of missionaries. He was
a physician and chief organizer of the Hawaiian Mission Children's Society.
2. paimalau - Paʻimalau is called a Portuguese man-o-war today, a small stinging
jellyfish type of sea creature that floats on the ocean surface.
3. Kamalalawalu - Kamalālāwalu, a Maui chief, mistook a paʻimalau as a canoe,
whereupon he and his group climbed up onto it, causing the paʻimalau to sink and
them to lose their fishing gear. ʻĪʻī's reference to that legendary event seems to be
acknowledging that he has made a grave error in judgment.
4. John Ii - John Papa ʻĪʻī began his service in the royal court when he served as an
attendant to Kalanikualiholiho, Kamehameha II. Īʻī later became a trusted advisor
and chief in the court of Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha III and continued to serve the
sovereigns of Hawaiʻi until his death in 1870.
�
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John Papa ʻĪʻī asks Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick to relieve him of duties in the church.
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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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Puakea Nogelmeier
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