https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/d8e4a9635e8ef2cd1f04b32d9970fdec.pdf b0ce41f1080698b8f3e55c87eea41de6 PDF Text Text ��Letter Reference: 1820_July28_Kaumualii-Worchester Date of Letter: July 28, 1820 From: Kaumualii To: Samuel Worchester Content Summary: Kaumualiʻi expresses his gratitude to Samuel Worchester for a book and to the American people for taking care of his son. Typescript: [Page 1 of 2] 282 Atooi July the 28th 1820 Dear Friend I wish to write a few lines to you to thank you for the good book you was so kind as to send by my Son. I think it is a good Book one that God gave for us to read. I hope all my people will soon read this and all other good Books. I believe that my Idols are good for nothing and that your God is the only true God the one that made all things. My gods I have hove away. They are no good they @d me they do me no good. I take good care of them. I give them Coconuts Plantains hogs and good many things and they fool me at last. Now I throw them all away. I have none now. When your good people learn me I worship your God. I feel glad you good people came here to help us. We know nothing here. American people very good kind. I love them. When they came �here I take care of them. I give him eat I give him clothes I do every thing for him. I thank you for giving my Son learning. The man [Page 2 of 2] he go with bad man, he fool me, he tell me he take good care of my Son he speak lie he no speak good. I think my Son dead. Some man tell me no dead. I tell him he lie. I suppose he dead. I thank all American people. I feel glad to see you good folks here. Supose you come I take good care of them I hope you take good care of my people in your Country. Suppose you do I feel glad I must close. Accept this from - your friend King Tamoree Samuel Worchester, D.D. Notes: 1. Atooi - An early spelling of the island name, Kauaʻi. 2. Son - G.P. Tamoree - George "Prince" Kaumualiʻi Humehume was the son of King Kaumualiʻi of Kauaʻi. In 1804 his father paid Captain James Rowan to take his son aboard to get an education in America and he returned to Hawaiʻi in 1820. 3. Tamoree - An early spelling of Kaumualiʻi, which the king used until learning the new spelling conventions, at which point he spelled his name Taumuarii. 4. Samuel Worchester - Samuel Austin Worcester was affiliated with the A.B.C.F.M. and known for his work with the Cherokee nation. He was a fellow missionary and friend of Jeremy Evarts. � 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 Kaumualii - Ali`i Letters - 1820.07.28 - to Worcester, Samuel Description An account of the resource Kaumualiʻi expresses his gratitude to Samuel Worcester for a book and to the American people for taking care of his son. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions Pacific Islands Missions Records, 1819-1960 (ABC 19.1-19.7). Houghton Library, Harvard University. Used by permission of Wider Church Ministries Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kaumualii Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Puakea Nogelmeier Translated by Awaiaulu Foundation Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource If you would like permission to publish or reproduce this material, please send your requests to archives@missionhouses.org Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1820-07-28