https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/abda92ca2ee4cedebd45e97768e09198.pdf 180e2e31c2c2c04306322f05ea68c664 PDF Text Text ����Letter Reference: 1831_Jan08_Kauikeaouli-French Priest Date of Letter: January 8, 1831 From: King Kamehameha III and other ruling chiefs of the government. To: Ka poe kahuna mai Palani mai [The priests from France] Content Summary: Kauikeaouli and other chiefs gave official notice to French priests in the kingdom that they must leave the islands within three months. Typescript: [Page 1 of 4] Hawaii Detember Jan. 8 1831 Auhea oukou, e ka poe kahuna mai Palani mai. Eia ko makou manao no ke kipaku aku ia oukou. E hele oukou pela, mai keia aina aku, aole oukou e noho ma keia pae aina o Hawaii nei. No ka mea ua ku e ka oukou olelo, a ua okoa ka makou olelo e malama nei. A no ka oukou hoike maopopo ana, i ka oukou oihana i kanaka o Hawaii nei, nolaila ua huli no ma oukou la, ke kahi poe o makou. A ke hooikaika aku nei makou i kanaka ma ka makou olelo e malama nei; o ka olelo a makou i ike maopopo aku ai he pono, oia ka makou olelo makemake loa. A i ko oukou hiki ana mai ma e nei, aole makou i kaohi aku ia oukou, na oukou no i noho wale mai, no ia mea ke hookuke wale aku nei [Page 2 of 4] makou ia oukou. Ua ike nui aku no makou i ko oukou pono ole. No ia mea ke hookuke aku nei makou. E hele oukou pela. �Ke haawi aku nei makou ia oukou i ekolu malama o oukou e hoomakaukau ai i ko oukou hele, i ole oukou e hele i na malama ekolu, ea, alaila e pau ko oukou waiwai i ka haoia e makou, a hele ko hana oukou, ai noho oukou i ka ha o ka malama, a ike aku no makou e noho ana oukou, alaila e paa oukou i ka hao, a na makou no e hana hou aku ia oukou e like me ka hana a na lii o na aina a pau ke malama ole ia ka lakou, pela no makou e hana mau aku ai ia oukou. Kauikeaouli Kaahumanu Aberahama Kaikioewa William Hoapili Naihe Kuakini [Page 3 of 4] Copy of a document sent from Hawaii on Maui to be Communicated to the French Catholics. The original is supposed to have been presented to them at this place Levi Chamberlain [Page 4 of 4] This I suppose to be the original of a document forwarded from the windward, as I took this, at the time, as a copy of the decision of the chiefs; and the original I suppose was shown to the persons who were by it proscribed. Translation: [Page 1 of 4] Hawaii January 8, 1831 Heed this, all of you, O priests from France, These are our thoughts regarding your expulsion. Leave at once from this land. You shall not stay here in the Hawaiian archipelago because your doctrine opposes and is different from that which we observe. And because you have clearly presented your ministry to the people here in Hawaii, some of our people have converted through you. �We are encouraging people with the doctrine that we maintain; the doctrine we clearly understand to be proper is the doctrine we most desire. When you arrived here, we did not invite you to stay, you just took up residence and for that we are expelling you. [Page 2 of 4] We have seen ample evidence of your impropriety. For that we are expelling you. Be gone, all of you. We are giving you three months for you to prepare for your departure. If you are not gone within three months then your assets shall be seized by us and you shall go stripped of everything. If you stay a fourth month, and we note your presence, you will be imprisoned, and we will again treat you in the same manner as rulers of all lands when their rule is not respected. Thus will be our dealings with you always. Kauikeaouli Kaahumanu Kaikioewa Hoapili Naihe Kuakini [Page 3 of 4] Copy of a document sent from Hawaii on Maui to be Communicated to the French Catholics. The original is supposed to have been presented to them at this place Levi Chamberlain [Page 4 of 4] This I suppose to be the original of a document forwarded from the windward, as I took this, at the time, as a copy of the decision of the chiefs; and the original I suppose was shown to the persons who were by it proscribed. Notes: 1. Detember - Lit. December, may have been the original date of this letter. December, crossed out was replaced with "Jan. 8," but there is no alteration of the year, 1831. It is possible that this was written at the end of 1831 and not sent until January 1832. 2. ka poe kahuna mai Palani mai - "the priests from France" refers to the Catholic priests who settled and established a ministry in the islands. They did not ask permission of the government and were expelled in 1831. This is the first official expulsion of the Catholics. �3. Kauikeaouli - Kamehameha III was the second sacred son of Kamehameha I and Keōpūolani. He took the throne in 1825 upon the death of his older brother, Kalanikualiholiho, and ruled until 1854. 4. Kaahumanu - Kaʻahumanu was Kuhina Nui, or regent, of the Hawaiian Kingdom until her death in 1832. She was a convert to and a strong advocate for the Protestant religion. 5. Kaikioewa - Kaikioʻewa was the governor of Kauaʻi at the time of this letter. 6. Hoapili - Hoapilikāne, also known as Ulumeheihei, was a chief in the royal court of Kamehameha I, and ruled as the governor of Maui after the conqueror's death. Because of his close kinship with Kamehameha, Ulumeheihei was dubbed Hoapili, or close friend, as a title of endearment. 7. Naihe - Nāihe was a counselor to the chiefs in the Hawaiian Kingdom and an early convert to Christianity. 8. Kuakini - John Adams Kiʻipalaokū Kuakini was an adviser of Kamehameha I and brother of Kamehameha's favorite wife, Kaʻahumanu. He was governor of Oʻahu at the time of this letter, and in his later years moved to Hawaiʻi Island. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kauikeaouli - Ali`i Letters - 1831.01.08 - to French Catholics Description An account of the resource Kauikeaouli and other chiefs gave official notice to French priests in the kingdom that they must leave the islands within three months. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hawaiian Evangelical Association Archives, 1853-1947. 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