The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-05-12


About twenty days before his death. the late Hon.
J. Piikoi dictated the following sketch q his life,
which We translate from the Haze Hacaii.
al Was born in the month Of lkuwa january
1904. at waimea, Kauai. l continued to live there
until Liholiho came to Kauai. ON the I'D OF July.
1922. There was great Tasting on the occasion OF
the arrival Of LihGliho and the chiefs in his company,
ON board the vessel called the I" Okikowali." The
feasting took place in a house known IS "Puilihale."
Amer eating. the King called to Kaumuali.@HOh oh,
Kaumualii, there is plenty of poi and fish at Kauai;
-one thing only is lacking-tobacco." The chief
answered-"Th The tobacco also is ready He then
called me, saying, Piikoi, 8 go and do as | bid you.'
l consented. and a pipe having been lighted, was
given to me, together with q tobacco box and a pipe
lighter, and 1 was directed to take them to Liholiho.
The chief called out,-"Oh, the Heavens, here is the
tobacco, and a servant with it, Then it was that ]
became a pipe-lighter; that was the first mmence
ment of my going with Lihoiiho to live. My rela-
tions and friends made a great lamentation, but some
said, 8 We have no business to vail, for he is given
entirely to the King" I then went round the island
of Kauai with the King and afterwards came to Oahu
with him. At Waianae, l ran away in order to 60
with Kaumualii at Waialua. He ordered me to 60
back, saying that / must look to the King for my
substance hereafter, nor desert him ON any account.
1 accordingly returned, and continued to live with
Liholiho until he went to England, and never wanted
for anything to eat, drink or wear.
After the King went to England 1 lived with
Kahalaia, and on his appointment as governor. of
Kauai, I accompanied him thither. After the rebel
lion of Humehume in 1924, We returned to Oahu,
and on the death of Kahalaia, in 1926, the late King
sent for me, saying You belonged to Liholiho; why
do you not come to live with me!" I said 81 have
oano >, Ill.,. lata K;-~ o,c:Ja~ 20 IN eoOar1 a.
his servants. Several years later, the King gave me
the charge of lands on Oahu. This duty l executed
both to the satisfaction of the King and somewhat to
my own profit. Subsequently. when Haalilio went to
England, 1 received his duties to perform. About
this time l was made a Member of the House of
Mobiles, and soon after, q Member also of the Kings
Privy Council. I also received from the King a very
important duty-that of experimenting the division
of lands between the King and the chiefs at Halii-
MALE. When I undertook this duty, some of the
chiefs said that they did not wish for me to divide the
lands for them. | made reply to them that if they
would not take my division, they must lose all their
lands, from Hawaii to Kauai. These were strong
words, but 1 spoke confidently, we'll knowing that I
had ample authority from the King. I continued to
live pleasantly and happily under the late King un-
til he left US on the 18th December, 1854.
Under His present Majesty, Kamehameha w.,
whom God has graciously placed over US. l have en-
joyed all my former rights of nobility, and my family
and myself have enjoyed the fullest protection. May
God preserve the King, and grant him a long and
prosperous reign.
l have written the foregoing in great weakness, for
the purpose of showing my countrymen how l rose to
my present rank and position, under the protection
of the King, from the humble station of a pipe-lighter.
Love to all, j. PIKoL."
Honolulu, April Z. 1853.