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

They met with no opposition on landing and marched into the
empty fort. There was, however, one person to welcome them.
"Where are your soldiers.?" asked the French officer.
"They have all been sent into the country," replied Governor
Kekuanaoa.
"Wh\ere are their arms?"
'Each man takes his gun with him."
"I require you to surrender this fort and all the munitions of
x;war."
"You have got everything already," replied the Hawaiian governor. "There is nothing left to surrender."
The Hawaiian flag which was flying over the fort was never
molested by the French, and thus by a quibble it was held that
there was no infraction of the Treaty of 1843, by which Frarce,
conjointly with Great Britain, had agreed never on any pretext
to take possession of any portion of the Hawaiian domain.
The French remained in occupation of the fort and government buildings for several weeks, (luring which time a stagnation of business existed in Honolulu. In the magazine of the
fort were fifty kegs of powdler which the invaders stove in and
(lumlped into the harbor. They also smashed the calabashes of
the governor, who had his official residence at the fort.
During the occupation, the port of Honolulu was strictly blockade(d by the Gasscldi, which lay inside the harbor, while the
Poltrsuti(tantt lay outside. All inter-island conmmunication wvas
stop)ped. No coasters were allowed to depart, and all arriving
froml the other islands were taken possession of and anchored
under the guns of the steamer. Passengers and livestock had a
hard time while being held aboard under such circumstances.
In 1846 the king had purchased a Baltimore-built schooner, a
leautiful craft, for which he paid $11,500. She was called the
KaTinlameha III, and the king took great pleasure in visiting
the other islands in the yacht. Notwithstanding that the vessel
was the king's private property, the French admiral seized her
as she lay at anchor in the harlor and put a prize crew aboard.
W\hen the men-of-war departed, they took the yacht. It was