CHAPTER I. 



CONTENTS. 



ARRIVAL OF THE KING AT HONOLULU— OUR VISIT TO HIM— KEKAULUOHI— DWELL- 

 INGS AND GARDENS OF FOREIGN RESIDENTS— DWELLINGS OF THE MISSIONARIES- 

 MISSIONARY PRESS — SEAMEN'S CHAPEL— POLITICAL INTERCOURSE WITH FOREIGN 

 NATIONS— MR. RICHARDS ENGAGED AS DIPLOMATIC AGENT-SUPREME COUNCIL OF 

 GOVERNMENT -SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE KING — HISTORY OF THE EVENTS 

 THAT LED TO THE LAPLACE TREATY — FIRST ARRIVAL OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS- 

 THEY ARE HOSPITABLY RECEIVED — THEY ARE SUSPECTED OF PROMOTING A RE 

 BELLION, AND EXPELLED — RUSSELL TREATY — ATTEMPT TO INTRODUCE PRIESTS 

 UNDER ITS SANCTION — UNITED ACTION OF CAPTAINS DU PETIT THOUARS AND 

 BELCHER — MORE PRIESTS ARRIVE — PENAL LAWS AGAINST CATHOLICS ENACTED— 

 THEY ARE REPEALED AT THE INSTANCE OF THE AMERICAN MISSIONARIES— ARRI- 

 VAL OF CAPTAIN LAPLACE-HIS MANIFESTO-HIS DEMANDS— HIS PROSCRIPTION OF 

 THE MISSIONARIES-CONDUCT OF THE FOREIGN RESIDENTS, AND OF THE NATIVE 

 CHIEFS — SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY— LAPLACE DEMANDS AND OBTAINS A COM- 

 MERCIAL TREATY— HE LANDS IN ARMS TO CELEBRATE MASS-CONSEQ.UENCES OF 

 THE LAPLACE TREATY— THE KING'S FEELINGS IN RELATION TO IT— HIS DESIRE TC 

 BE RECOGNISED BY THE UNITED STATES — HIS REMONSTRANCE TO THE FRENCH 

 GOVERNMENT — STATE OF CATHOLICISM — WRITTEN CONSTITUTION OF HAWAII — 

 ADMINISTRATION OF THE L VWS-CRIMINAL PROCESS-ANCIENT LAWS-SUCCESSION 

 TO THE THRONE — FEUDAL TENURES — PUNISHMENTS— TABOOS— PROMULGATION OF 

 LAWS— ORIGIN OF FIEFS— DIVISION OF LANDS— EFFECTS OF THE NEW LAWS— TAXES 

 —REVENUES — EXEMPTION FROM TAX — CRIMES— HAWAIIAN MYTHOLOGY — TRADI- 

 TIONS— ASTRONOMY— CALENDAR— IDEA OF ECLIPSES— KNOWLEDGE OF NAVIGATION 

 —FEATS IN SWIMMING— SOCIAL ATTACHMENT AND TIES— INDOLENCE ASCRIBED TO 

 THE NATIVES — THEIR AMUSEMENTS — HOLUA — PLAYING IN THE SURF— DANCES- 

 CARDS— SEE-SAW— NATIVE PHYSICIANS AND MEDICINE. 



