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

them in preservilng records of history, genealogies, the intricate
rules of the feudal government, and the tabus and tenets of their
religion, had to (lepend entirely upon their memories. Their
minds were the libraries of the Hawaiian nation. Genealogies,
intricate as they were, could be told by most of the chiefly families with ease. It is practically so today. State the name of a
person, and mention that of his or her father or mother, and
ilnmeliately a H'awaiian, versed in history, will verbally trace
back the ancestry through many generations, sometimes almost
back to the time when Juan Gaetano, the Spanish explorer,
visited Hawaii.
Christians the world over owe a tribute to the able and powerful chiefs and chiefesses of the Kamehameha era in the early
Christianizing of the Hawaiian Islands.
In the cause of education. and as an example of moral force,
the incident of the defiance of the dread goddess Pele, goddess
of all volcanoes, who dwelt in the living crater of Kilauea, on
the island of Hawaii, is probably one of the greatest acts of
moral courage ever perforned.
Klapiolani, daughter of the great chief Keawe-mauhili, was
one of the noblest characters of her time. Her husband, Naihe.
was called the national orator. Kapiolani lived through tle
feudal and tabu periods, and after the missionaries came, she became a Christian and an exanlple to all her countrywomen by
her virtues and refinement. In December, 1824, she determined
to break the spell of the belief in Pele, whom the Hawaiians
feared. In spite of strenuous opposition by her friends she made.a journey of 150 miles, mostly on foot, from Kealakekua Bay to
H-ilo, visiting the crater on the way, in order to defy the wrath,of Pele and to prove that no such thing existed. On approaching tlhe volcano she met the priestess of PIele who warned her
not to go near the crater, and predicted her death if she violated
the tabus of the goddess. "Who are you?" demande d Kapiolani.
"One in whom the goddess dwells," she replied. In answer to.a pretended letter from Pele, Kapiolani quoted passages from tlle
Scriptures, setting forth the character and power of the true