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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on shore, sensing- the situiation, put off in their boats, and by a
vigrorouis attack overpowered the natives, (Irivingy them, overboard,
The crews immedliately set sail for China.
At this timie Kamehameha, supported in his ambition by the
last words of IKahekili, set out fromi Hawaii with all his (iisposalble
force, sai(l to have numbered sixteen thousand men, to subjug-ate
the neighboringr islands. Mfani, Lanai and Molokai were quickly
overrun cand effectually suibdued. Kamehameha was accompanied
bvy IsaaC D~avis, john. Young, and other foreigner~s, all experts
in the use of firearms. Oahim was his iiext aim. In February,
1795, hie prepared for this expedition, andl landed uipon that island
with one (letachment of his army. leavingr the remaindler undler
colnmandl of Kaiana, with orders to follow without (lelay. KaiaLna, thinking- a favorable opportunity had arriveol to further
his own ambitious, set out, but intending- to crush Kamiehameha.
I [e avoidled Kamehameha and joined Kalanikupuile. Within a
few weeks- K\amehameha met both chiefs at Nuntaunt and ronatel
them.
\'Vithin a short time after the discovery of the harbor the
location was set (lown on the charts of sailing- masters. Captain
1')rotighton, of the Br1itish (liscovery ship JPro7,idcn cc, is accredlitedl
with making the first suirvey of this port on his first visit in 1796.
I iVe, was followed in similar work by Captain 1Kotzebuie, of the
Ru'tssian frig-ate kotrick, and again by Lieutenamt MN/alden of II.
h1. M.'s frig-ate Blondlc, in 1825). Other naval visitors have
fro~m time to time, verified or correctedl the recor(1s of these
IpIMIeers' and since tlhe establishment of the survey dlepartment
of the Hlawaiian governument various suirveys have been made.
After annexation to the U~nited States in 1898, the federal
g-overnment unndertook the wideningy and (leepening Of the channel and harbor, andl todlay it is one of the most adlvantageously
arrangedl commn'ercial harbors of the world, (leel) enoug-h and wvith
adequate concrete (locks andl fueling facilities to handlle the largest vessels plying the Pacific. MNillions of (lollars have been
sp~ent 1by the territorial government Inl conlstructingy wharves a~t