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TRAVELS IN THE CALIFORNIA S. 
ehored. But a little after the time of our national holidays, 
which occurred in the latter part of the Christians’ Decem¬ 
ber, he came to Kealukekua Bay. There I first saw him. 
Kamehameha also visited him at that place. The flag¬ 
ship, brig and store-ship, appeared to be under the general 
command of a man whom we called Pukeki; the captain 
of the store-ship we called Hapilinu. 
66 While this squadron remained in the bay, myself and 
thirteen others went aboard. They were Kamehameha, 
his three brothers and one sister, myself, my aunt, and two 
other women. The remainder were chief men. After 
being at sea four days, we anchored in Kealukekua Bay in 
which Cook was killed. 
“ Kamehameha was very friendly to Vancouver-—according 
to our old rules of hospitality, he furnished him with a concu¬ 
bine. He gave me to him. I passed nine days on hoard his 
ship. Kamehameha presented to him a great many hogs and 
bananas, and received trifling presents of old iron in return. 
At the end of nine days I left the ship, in company with some 
other chiefs, to visit my sick brother, and did not return. 
iC On another occasion, Kamehameha, his chiefs, and two 
Englishmen who had been adopted by some old chiefs and 
made a part of the king’s counsel, named John Young and 
Isaac Davis, were passing the day on board the flag-ship, 
when Kamehameha addressed to Vancouver these words: 
6 E nana mai ea u, eia ka aina,’ which being interpreted, 
means, 4 Look after us, and if we are injured, protect us.’ 
To this Vancouver assented. An instrument in writing, 
which he said would bind his sovereign to keep the pro¬ 
mise he had made, was framed and presented to the king. 
I do not know whether Kamehameha understood what was 
written ; nor do I know whether or not the king signed it. 
But until the French captain, La Place, came, and abused 
us, we thought the English would protect us ; because Van¬ 
couver promised to do so. Kamehameha always said the 
English were our friends—that the islands were his, and 
