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VOYAGE TO THE 
Adams, governor of Hawaii; Boki, governor of Oahu; Uru- 
maheihei, governor of Maui; Nahie, national orator, and 
keeper of the records of the king and nation; Kapiolani, 
his wife ; Kalakua, mother of the late queen, and sister to 
Kahumanu; Opua, another sister; Laanii, her husband; 
Kalaia, or Tamehameha, cousin to Karaimoku; Koanoa, 
treasurer; Kekauruohe, &c. 
Several of the chiefs began by speaking concerning the 
general affairs of the state, but the regular business of the 
council was opened by Nahie, who said—“ We have been 
called together, chiefs ! and for what purpose ? Is it not to 
choose a king, and to fix good laws for the state ? Shall 
Kiaukiauli be our king, in the room of his dead brother, 
Riho Riho ? and shall we be his subjects and supporters ?” 
To these questions a unanimous and decisive affirmative 
was given. 
Karaimoku then addressed the chiefs. And after setting 
forth the defects of the laws and customs among them, he 
especially referred to the inconveniences arising from the 
reversion of lands to the king on the death of their occu¬ 
pants, a custom revived under Tamehameha II., but which 
it had been the object of Tamehameha I. to exchange for 
that of hereditary succession. This project of their great 
