https://hmha.missionhouses.org/files/original/83a7d7655e74510a7082e85f644e26f7.pdf ac3d06c4c7940cd2c36ae54d08c24861 PDF Text Text ��������Letter Reference: 1829_Feb21_Ii-Unknown Date of Letter: February 21, 1829 From: John Ii [John Papa ʻĪʻī] To: Unknown Content Summary: John Papa ʻĪʻī recounts the actions of drunk foreigners who, blaming the missionaries for the ban on prostitution, destroyed property of the chiefs and attempted to attack Rev. Hiram Bingham. Typescript: [Page 1 of 8] Oahu Honolulu Feberuari 26 1829 Eia hoi ka hana ana a ka poe wawahi hale a makou i ike ai e wawahi ana lakou. I ka la sabati i ka iwakalua a kumamaono o na la o Feberuari Feberuari ia a haha ahiahi ae i ka ha o ka hora, hiki mai la lakou ma ka pa o ka hale o Kalaimoku, ike aku la makou ia lakou e holo holo mai ana me ka ona o lakou i ka rama, a komo mai la lakou iloko o ka hale pohaku o Kalaimoku a pii aku la lakou iluna o ua hale pohaku la me na laau hahau ma ko lakou mau lima a pau. A komo mai la au mahope mai o lakou nana aku la makou ma lalo ia lakou e wawahi ana i luna ma ka puka o ua hale la, a nahaha iho la na pani aniani o na puka makani a ekolu ia lakou a me ka puka komo nui aha, helelei liilii iho la i lalo ia lakou. He nui no na kanaka i hele mai ia hora no ka pule ahiahi no ka mea, ua manao lakou e hoolo he i ka olelo a ke Akua, aole i pule makou hiki e no hoi ke ua poe kolohe la, noho malie iho la na kanaka he nui loa me ka nana malie aku no i ka lakou kolohe ana a o ko'u manao aku la ia Poki e hana paa kakou ia lakou me ka pepehi ole iho no ka mea aohe pono o keia kanaka kolohe, pela ka'u i ana aku ia Poki. No ia olelo ana aku au ia ia papa koke ae la �oia i na kanaka a pau loa e noho ana mai kolohe aku ia lakou ua nani no pela, aia o Kahalaia kekahi alua alii, lohe ae la na kanaka o Honolulu, mai o a o, hele mai la lakou me ka manao he kaua wale no, no ka mea ua loheia aku mamua ke kii mai o lakou nei e wawahi i ka [Page 2 of 8] hale o ka poe Misionari a me ka pepehi ia lakou, o ka wahine no ka hala, ua kuhi lakou na ka Misi onari ke kapu, aole na na alii no ke kapu no ka mea ike ana o lakou i ka olelo a Akua ka pono i ka i ana mai a mai moe kolohe oe a mai hookamaka ma, no laila i kapu ai aole na ka poe Misionari. A pau keia wawahi ana a lakou, iho nui mai la mai luna mai o ua hale la, a ku iho la me na kanaka me ka pane mai o ko lakou waha penei ia makou, aole pono o ka Misionari, he poe hoopunipuni lakou aole hoi pela o Beritania a me Amerika he poe wahahee ka misionari, pela no ka pane ana mai a ko lakou waha. O ki aela keia olelo ana a lakou, hiki iho la i ka lima o ka hora, hele nui aku la lakou mai ia wahi aku, kii aku la e wawahi i ko Bingham hale, hahai aku la oia ma hope o lakou ma kekahi ala e ae mai loko aku ia o na kanaka, aole nae kekahi poe kanaka i hahai iki aku ma hope ona, piha iho la ia wahi i na kanaka me ka noho malie, a o kana wahine o Bingham, ua ike e mai ia i na haole kolohe me ka laau ma ko lakou mau lima e hele aku ana ilaila, papani koke mai ia i ka puka a paa, hiki koke iho la lakou ma ka puka o ia hale wawahi aku la ilaila, alua hale a lakou i kolohe ai nahaha ae la ke pani aniani o ka puka makani o ia ia lakou helelei liilii iho la ilalo, ike mai lakou ia Bingham e hele aku ana mai o makou aku. No laila hoi, mimiko mai la lakou e pepehi ia ia me ka laau ma ^mai ka puka mai o kona hale, loaa e oia i ke kahi haole no ke okohola i hele pu mai me ua poe haole kolohe [Page 3 of 8] la, pakele iho la oia ia haole no laila i hoi koke mai la oia me ua haole la nana ia �i hoopakele, ^alaila hahai aku la makou e malama ia ia, hele mai la o ia a ku pu me makou a me kekahi alii wahine o Lidia Piia, he haumana no hoi oia nana, a ku iho la ia ma kona alo owau no kekahi ma laila, hahai loloa mai la no ua poe haole kolohe la ia ia me ka makau ole mai ia makou i ka nui loa, a ku iho la lakou me makou o kekahi o lakou me ka laau o kekahi me ka pahipelu a me ka olelo ino i ko lakou waha, a e kamailio ana ana o Bingham me kekahi Haole haole. Alaila ^hahau koke mai la kekahi haole kolohe o lakou i ka laau ia ia ma luna o kona malumalu, pale ia'e e Lidia ka laau, ma luna ae o ua mamalu la, alaila lalau aku la au i ka laau ma ka lima o ua haole la, kailiia mai la e au no ia mea makau iho la ua poe haole la auhee aku ^la lakou ama iho la na kanaka e hopuhopu ia lakou a pau, no ka mea akahi no makou o kolohe ia lakou no ko lakou kolohe ana mai mamua i ko makou mau alii aole hala, a pela no i pepehi aku ai lakou i ke kumu aohe hala, no laila i hopuhopu ia ai lakou a pau ^i ka paa, Ike mai la o Kaahumanu ia makou ua pau ka haole i ka paa ia e makou, hea mai la ia maluna iho o ua hale la, mai pepehi oukou i ka haole e malama iho oukou ia lakou, lohe ae la na kanaka i kona leo noho malie iho la na kanaka oia ko'u manao ke hoike aku [Page 4 of 8] nei ia oukou a pau loa i kela aina o Amerika i ike oukou i ka hana hewa ana a kekahi poe oukou ma anei o ua poe haole la. John Ii [Pages 5 through 8 is an English translation that was part of the original file. Annotation and translation from original not included here as part of the Awaiaulu MHM Project 2016] Translation: [Page 1 of 8] Oahu, Honolulu February 26, 1829 Here are the actions of the house wreckers that we saw carrying out destruction. �On Sunday, the 26th of February in late afternoon, about four o'clock, they arrived at the yard of Kalaimoku's house. We saw them running this way, drunk on rum, and they entered the stone house of Kalaimoku and climbed atop that stone house with clubs in their hands. I entered after them and we looked from below at them doing damage above the door of that building and the glass panes of three windows were smashed by them as well as that of the main door, a fourth, which they scattered down in pieces. Many people came at that time for evening prayers, for they intended to hear the word of God, but before we prayed those troublemakers arrived so a great number of people sat quietly and calmly watched their mischief. My thought to Boki was that we should hold them without beating them, because these scoundrels had no right, and that is what I said to Boki. Because of that statement that I made to him, he ordered all the people sitting there to not make trouble to them, that it was fine as it was. Kahalaia was there, another chief, and the people everywhere in Honolulu heard so they came thinking that it was just a battle, for it had been heard that they were coming to tear down [Page 2 of 8] the house of the missionaries and to beat them. Women were the offense, for they guessed that the missionaries had made the sanction, but that was not so; the chiefs had laid the sanction for they knew that the word of God was right saying not to commit adultery, not to commit prostitution and that is why they forbade it. It was not done by the missionaries. When their destruction ended, they all came down from that house and stood with the people, saying to us, ["]There is no goodness about the missionaries, they are deceitful people. It is not that way in Britain and America. The missionaries are liars.["] And that is how they spoke to us. Their statements having ended, it had reached five o'clock and they all left that place, going off to destroy Bingham's house. He followed after them on a different path, coming from among the people, but none of the people followed along behind him. The place was filled with people sitting quietly. His wife, [Mrs.] Bingham had seen the rogue foreigners with sticks in their hands headed there so she closed the door and locked it. They quickly reached the door of the house, it being the second house they attacked, and wreaked damage there. They shattered the glass panes of the windows which scattered down. They saw Bingham going there from where we were. So they gathered together to beat him with the wood from the door of his house, but he was caught by a foreigner from the whaling fleet who had come with the scoundrel foreigners, [Page 3 of 8] and he was saved by that foreigner. So he quickly came back with that foreigner who had saved him and we followed after to take care of him. He came and stood with us and with a chiefess, Lidia Piia, she being a student of his, and she stood in front of him. I was there as well. The foreign scoundrels followed him all the way with no fear of our great numbers, and then stood with us, some with clubs, others with jack knives, with evil statements coming from their mouths, and Bingham was talking with one of the foreigners. Then one of those foreign scoundrels suddenly struck at him with a stick, hitting his umbrella. The blow on that umbrella was fended off by Lidia and then I grabbed the stick from the hand of that foreigner. I seized it, and because of that the foreigners were afraid and they fled. The people talked of seizing them all, for finally we should make trouble to them for their �prior mischief to our chiefs for no reason, and that is the same way that they attacked the teachers, who had made no transgression. Because of that, they were all seized and held. Kaahumanu saw us and that the foreigners had all been seized by us, so she called down to us from up on the house, ["]Do not beat the foreigners; you should take care of them.["] The people heeded her words and sat quietly. That is my message. I am reporting [Page 4 of 8] to all of you in that land of America so that you know the wrongdoings of some of your people here, those foreigners. John Ii [Pages 5 through 8 contains an English translation that was part of the original file. Annotation and translation from original not included here as part of the Awaiaulu MHM Project 2016] Notes: 1. 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. 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. Poki - Boki Kamāʻuleʻule was a high chief in the court of Kamehameha and a sibling of Kālaimoku. Boki served as a governor of Oʻahu at the time of this letter and was an entrepreneur. 4. Kahalaia - Kāhalaiʻa Luanuʻu was a chief in the royal court and a husband of Kalani Pauahi. 5. Bingham - Rev. Hiram Bingham arrived in Hawaiʻi with the pioneer company of missionaries in 1820. He was the leader of the Mission and was the pastor of the first church, Kawaiahaʻo. 6. Lidia Piia - Lydia Nāmāhāna Piʻia, a high ranking chiefess, was a wife of Kamehameha I and daughter of Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi, also being Kaʻahumanu's sister. Nāmāhana was an early convert to Christianity and wife of Gideon Laʻanui, another early supporter of the missionizing effort. 7. Kaahumanu - The favorite wife of Kamehameha I, Kaʻahumanu was the first Kuhina Nui, or regent, from 1819-1832. She was a convert and a strong advocate for the Protestant religion. � 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 Ii, John Papa - Ali`i Letters - 1829.02.21 - to unknown recipient Description An account of the resource John Papa ʻĪʻī recounts the actions of drunk foreigners who, blaming the missionaries for the ban on prostitution, destroyed property of the chiefs and attempted to attack Rev. Hiram Bingham. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hawaiian Evangelical Association Archives, 1853-1947. Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library at the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives 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 Ii, John Papa 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 1829-02-21