The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-12-21
:" This is the Truth

Ma. EDIToR A circular in Hawaiian. with the
above heading, printed At the Government press,
aud distributed through the streets Of Honolulu. on
the night Of the 18th. endeayors to prove that II. X
Prince William c. Luaalilo IS Of NO higher rank
than other chiefs now living. AMI therefore has no
superior claims TO the throne now vacant.
The ancestry Of Hawaiian chiefs Is veiled in con-
siderable obscunty. owing in part 10 the fact that
the ehiefesses Of high rank were. at different times.
the wives Of different chiefs The rank Of the mother
gave rank TO the offspring The chiefesses were
therefore sought afer as wives, when their former
husbands died or forsook them.
The author Of the circular. who Is evidently a for
eigner. seems TO have taken Dibble's History As his
authority respecting the geneaiogy Of the Prince.
mother. Now IL IS well known that Dibble's History
Is simp'y a compilation from the historical compost
lions written by the young students Of Lahainaluna
Seminary. The narrative is chiefly interesting as
traditions gathered from natives. and tends TO mislead
the reader by not giving the facts in full. Ga this
account, il Is not wholly reliable Dibble, in his
record Of the chiefs, says;
William Charlie. LanAinO, sSa Of KekauluOai and KAnAina,
born January So, ISIS" page $50.
"kskAalaohl. or AaheA, OF Kaahamsnu III, the present
premier Of Government, a wife OF Ltholiho, daughter Of ksiei-
nAmAhu by KAheiheimaliA," page 2o
There seems no doubt that Kekaulnohi was the
| eldest daughter Of kaheiheimalia, alias kslakua,
alias Hoapili- wahine, wife first Of kamehsmeha the
Great, who had some twenty wives. and afterwards
of Kaleimamshu, and lastly Of Hoapili, Governor of
Maui. The facts that Kaheiheimala was one Of the
wives of kamehameha l.. and that kekaulnohi was
her eldest daughter, are strong evidence that the
C4tlku "a Il tlC hhAA ~ 0CiuK kut Anl %
Kamehsmea /. is a legitimate one, and in the absence
Of positive conflicting evidence, should be admitted.
All admit that kinau was the daughter of Ka-
mehamesa |. Now both Jarves and Bingham say
that kinau and kekauiuohi were sisters. Conse-
quently, il must be admitted that Kamehameha was
the father of kekauluohi and grandfather OF Prince
William.
In a conversation with the late ARENAS Bishop,
only last week, he warmly maintained that Prince
William was the highest chief now living, uniting in
his veins the highest chiehain blood Of the Maui and
Hawaii royal families, and that since thu death Of
Kauikeaouli (Kamehameha III }, he has outranked
all the chiefs. not excepting the late King aud his
predecessor Liholiho.
Yours, Sc, u. NJ. WHITNEY.
The following is a translation of the pertinent part
of the circular above referred to, which was anony-
mously issued from the Government Press ON Thurs
day last, and distributed around the streets in small
packages sometime during the night by an employee
Of that office
"THIs Is THE TRUTH
"On the 10th day of the present December, a
proclamation was issued in this city, commencing as
follows:
".I, William C. Lunalilo. the son Of Kekauluohi,
the daughter of Kamehameha l., TO the Hawaiian
nation, greeting"
LET the genealogists see, and they testify this
Kekauluohi was not a daughter of Kamehameha i.
as asserted in the publication. But her line is after
this manner
ssKaleimamahu lived with Kaheiheimalia, and
Kekauluohi was born thence and Kekauluohi lived
with Charles Kanaina, thence was born the chief
VIM. C. Lunalilo.
o the other side, this Is the real truth
"Kamehamehs 1. (after the birth of Kekauluohi)
lived with Kaheiheimslia. thence was born Kinau
Kinau lived with Nj. Kekuanaoa, thence was born
the two kings now deceased.
"But in regard to the relationship Of Kameha-
meha I. to K~aleimamahu, it is as follows:
"Keoua lived with Kekuiapoiwa, thence was born
Kamehameha L afterwards the chief Keoua lived
with Kamakahaikuli, thence was born Kaleimamahu, !
the father of Kekauluohi.
This also is the truth: Kamehameha I. lived
with Kanekapolei, thence was born Kaoleiohoku,
a male, the frst-born Of KamehamehaL
"KaOleiohoku lived with Keoua female, thence
was born Pauahi, which female chief lived with
NJ. Kekuanaoa, thence was born the sister of the
late King, Ruth Keelekolani.
"Kaoleiohoku further lived with Luahine, thence
was born Konia Konia lived with Paki, thence was
born Kalani Pauahi.
80 people, you here have the truth. and the re-
lationship of these chief families to Kamehameha.
by the skillful GENEALoGIsTs.
. N B. By the foregoing genealogical accounts it
will appear that the chief w. c.. Lunalilo is not a
descendant of KamehaIaeha l."