Fire Fountains: The Kingdom of Hawaii, Its Volcanoes, and the History of Its Missions,W. Blackwood, 1883 - Hawaii |
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... chiefess in the isles , grand- daughter to King Kalaniopau , and so a lineal descendant of the ancient kings of Maui and Hawaii . Captain King described Kamehameha as a savage of most sternly ferocious appearance ; but in later years he ...
... chiefess in the isles , grand- daughter to King Kalaniopau , and so a lineal descendant of the ancient kings of Maui and Hawaii . Captain King described Kamehameha as a savage of most sternly ferocious appearance ; but in later years he ...
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... chiefess : consequently , as rank de- scends from the mother , his children possessed blue blood ; and through her , his grand - daughter , Queen Emma Kaleleonalani ( widow of Kamehameha IV . ) , traces her descent from the ancient ...
... chiefess : consequently , as rank de- scends from the mother , his children possessed blue blood ; and through her , his grand - daughter , Queen Emma Kaleleonalani ( widow of Kamehameha IV . ) , traces her descent from the ancient ...
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... chiefess - who thus held the power of life and death over her inferiors , and who had the right of selecting , and repudiating , any number of husbands at her own caprice - was as entirely subject to the iron law of tabu as the mean ...
... chiefess - who thus held the power of life and death over her inferiors , and who had the right of selecting , and repudiating , any number of husbands at her own caprice - was as entirely subject to the iron law of tabu as the mean ...
Page 67
... chiefess Keopulani , urged him at once to break through the laws of tabu , and she set him the example by eating with her younger son ; and Kaahumanu , the great king's favourite wife , who by his will was to retain a large share of ...
... chiefess Keopulani , urged him at once to break through the laws of tabu , and she set him the example by eating with her younger son ; and Kaahumanu , the great king's favourite wife , who by his will was to retain a large share of ...
Page 81
... chiefess to her lowliest vassal , to swim out to sea to welcome the new- comers . " But though on pleasure they were bent , They all had frugal minds , " and were nowise disposed to wet the scanty drapery of tappa which had cost them so ...
... chiefess to her lowliest vassal , to swim out to sea to welcome the new- comers . " But though on pleasure they were bent , They all had frugal minds , " and were nowise disposed to wet the scanty drapery of tappa which had cost them so ...
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