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                  <text>��Letter Reference:
1831_Mar24_Laanui-Chamberlain
Date of Letter:
March 24, 1831
From:
Gidiona Laanui [Gideon Laʻanui]
To:
Mi Kamelani [Mr. Levi Chamberlain]
Content Summery:
Gideon Laʻanui writes to Mr. Levi Chamberlain regarding ʻAikake's request to rejoin the
Poʻahā.
Transcription:
[Page 1 of 2]
Aloha oe e Mi Kamelani
Ke makemake nei o Aikake e hoi a
ku i ka poaha ua nana i ho nei a'u ia ia
ua nawaliwali kona noho ana e noho nei
Na Gidiona Laanui
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Laanui
March 24
Na Mi Kemelani
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Greetings to you, Mr. Chamberlain,
Aikake wishes to return to the Poaha. I have observed him and the lifestyle he is
maintaining is rather feeble.
From Gideon Laanui
[Page 2 of 2]
[Letter Cover]
Laanui
March 24
For Mr. Chamberlain
Notes:

�1. Mi Kamelani - Mr. Levi Chamberlain was a member of the second company of
missionaries. He was the superintendent of secular affairs for the mission and
served as a missionary teacher.
2. Aikake - ʻAikake is a person who has made a request to return to the Poʻahā,
about which Gideon Laʻanui is uncertain.
3. poaha - The Po‘ahā, lit. Thursday, is a reference to the Bible study meetings, held
on Thursdays, that prepared one for baptism and membership in the church
congregation.
4. Gidiona Laanui - Gideon Peleiōhōlani Laʻanui was a native of Waimea, Hawaiʻi
who was partly raised in the court of Kamehameha I and married Nāmāhana, a
sister of Kaʻahumanu. He was an early Christian convert and became an active
member of the church, living in Waialua, Oʻahu.

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