Under Hawaiian skies, a narrative of the romance, adventure and history of the Hawaiian Islands, a complete historical account, by Albert Pierce Taylor.

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UNDER HAWAIIAN SKIES

HI-onolulu was named after a stone, which is still extant, that
lay in the district of Palamea.
In November, 1794, the harbor of Honolulu, called by the Hawaiians "Ke Awa o Kou" (the harbor of Kou), was discovered
by Captain Brown of the British ship BatterzWorth, and called
by him, "Fair Haven." It was first entered by the schooner
Jackall, her tender, followed shortly afterward by the schooner
Prbince Le Boo and the Lady Washilngton. This was subsequent
to Vancouver's last visit, and several months prior to Kamehameha's conquest of Oahu by the utter rout of King Kalanikupule
and his army in the celebrated battle of the Nuuanu Pali, in
April, 1795.
The story of the discovery of the harbor is linked closely with
the last campaign of Kamehameha and is worthy of the telling.
On the departure of Vancouver, warlike operations were resumed. The superior equipmenlt and discipline of Kamehameha's
forces, led by chiefs of tried courage, military skill and fidelity,
and headed by the best general of the group, found him ready
for the final trial at arms.
TKaeo, king of Kauai, and Kahekili, the aged king of Maui, the
latter havingi b)een one of Kamneehameha's foremost opponents for
years, united their forces at Oahu and sailed with a large number
of canoes for Hawaii. The naval force of Kamehameha, the
flaFship of which was the schooner Brittania, presented by Vancouver, armed with three brass cannon taken from the schooner
Fair z llicrican when that vessel was seized and the crew, with the
exception of Isaac Davis, put to death, met them off Kohala,
and in an eng,-agemenelt destroyed or dispersed the combined fleet.
The vaqcluished chiefs fled to Maui. Kahekili, worn down with
age and misfortunes, foreseeing the ultimate triumph of his foe,
pleaded for a truce. In a message to Kamehameha, in reply to
a challenoge to battle, he said, "Wait till the black tapa covers me,
and my kingldom shall be yours." His death soon took place.
Kaeo, unmindful of the common enemy, and exasperated by
a plot to kill him, laid claim to Kahekili's dominions, in defiance
of the legal rights of his nephew. Kalanikupule. Kaeo at first