The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-09-27
HI WAR OF BARRAx.


htANtffAN~ TIT HISTORIAN.
Now il came 10 pass ia the days If LuualIlo. when
lie sat upon the Throne Of His Kingdom. which was
in Iolaui the Palace; in the first year Of Ills rpign.
He was sick nigh unto death and lay in His summer
house which is by the great SEA. in the place called
Waikiki And behold upon a certain Sabbath day
certain soldiers Of the King who occupied the tower
Of Barrax nigh unto Iolani the Palace. being pun
ishei severely by their Captain Jak Fay, revolicd
from him, and refusing to obey his commands did
grievously beat him and essayed TO choke him 50 that
he was glad to escape from their hands with his life
Then did he report 10 Charleyjud. the Chief Captain.
the doings Of these sons Of Belial. the men Of the
tower of Barrsx. And Charleyjud. the Chief Captain,
came unto the tower and sought to command the
soldiers as was his won't, but they would not hear
him. but did rush at him. beat him and drive him
from the tower. And Jonodominis. the Ruler Of the
Island Of Oahu. went also TO the tower and called on
the other soldiers who had no; joined tho men who
had revolted. to seize them and hold them fast and
no, let them 60. but they would not obey. but joined
themselves Immediately to those who had revOlted.
And upon the next day, the Ministers Of the King.
the Rulers and the Generals were sore perplexed. and
they did meet together and consult long in order that
they might devise a way to get possession Of the
tower Of Barrax and reduce the men Of Belial who
had set themselves against the King 10 obedience
And it came TO pass while they consulted together,
the men from the tower gat themselves forth aud
marched over into the ground OF Iolani the Palace.
and took the cannons that were there and drew them
over TO the tower, and placed them at the gate
thereof looking outward. and dill load them heavily
with iron balls and chains and with powder. COM
pounded of birthstone and nitre. And when the
Rulers and the Generals heard Of IL, they became
enragei with the men of the tower Of Barrax and
certain of them went TO the tower and scofed at the
men of the tower calling them rebels, and threatened
that if they did not submit, the Riphles should be
sent against them TO subdue them. Now the Riphles
are all men of war and skilled in the use Of the gun
and the bayonette, and every man Of them smelleth
the battle afar of and delighteth in the odor OF the
smoke Of the powder of birthstone and nitre. But
the men Of the tower did not care for the words Of
the Rulers, but held them in derision. And others of
the Rulers and the chief men came TO the tower and
spake softly unto the rebels and besought them 60
submit 10 the commands Of their Captain. and they
said if the King would remove Jak Fay. their Cap
tain, and Charleyjud, the Chief Captain, from over
them, they would become obedient 10 the King and
Ills officers.
Now upon the next day, near unto the hour Of
noon. certain Of the Kings officers and Ministers
brought a letter to the tower in the name Of King
Lunalilo was it written, and read il 70 the men Of
Belial in the tower Of Barrax; and the purport Of
the letter was thus and so, that they should 60 their
way and give up the tower TO the Kings officers.
Then certain of them when they heard the letter said,
behold it is the command of our Lord the King. And
they went out from the tower and gave themselves
up, but the greater part remained and cared not for
the Kings letter. Then were the Ministers Of the
King and His officers and His captains exceeding
wroth, and they put their heads together and swore
that the remnant that remained in the tower should
be given over unto slaughter. And Immediately
commands were issued TO the Captain Of the Riphles
To assemble his force and prepare Immediately to
fight against the men of the tower. And Charleygulik,
the Captain Of the Riphles, gathered together his
men of war and marched against the tower, and
coming nigh unto it they arrayed themselves against
it, and prepared for the battle. Bnt the men Of the
tower when they looked about and saw the small
force that had come out against them they defed the
Riphles and cursed them and did not fear. And the
Riphles were incensed and wished for the battle to
begin. Now it was known unto the officers Of the
King that the men in the tower were armed with the
Shass-poe gun, n very deadly weapon, and that they
were all skilled men of war, therefore they put their
heads together and Sere in doubt whether the
Riphles would be able to take the tower, for those IN
the tower were more than the numbers Of the Riphlee,
and they sent a force Of horse-soldiers armed with
swords to join the Riphles. And ii was about the
going down Of the sun; aud the counsels Of those
who were in doubt prevailed so it was decided that
the tower should be besieged and surrounded with
soldiers who should prevent supplies from being car
ried unto the rebels, and thus they should be con-
quered by famine. And they sent for the Chief Of
the Aqueducts and commanded him to shut OF the
water from the tower, but those sons Of Belial, being
full Of their father, the evil one, did conduct a
leathorn pipe from an bydrant which was nigh unto
the tower, into one Of the PORTFOLIOS thereof, and SO
they stored up much water against the siege to the
confusion Of the council Of war. Now il came 70
pass when the council Of war saw that they were
Knocked Of the rebels, they said, some one thing and
some another, and after the second watch began they
suffered the Riphles and the horse-soldiers 20 return
unto their quarters, and no gun was fired and no
man Of them or Of the men Of the tower was slain.
And lest the rebels should take possession Of the
store-house Of provisions Of war which is over against
the hill which is called Punch Bole in the tongue of
the men from beyond the sea, certain mighty men OF
the Riphles were sent to aid in the defense thereof.
But the rebels continued 10 hold the tower and TO
defy the King; and they waxed exceeding wroth and
said that if their demands were not received they
would 60 to and fro through the streets Of the city Of
Honolulu and burn and destroy. Now about the
fourth day Of the revolt, certain Of the Ministers
went unto the King and they said, the revolt Of the
troops still continues, and 1t is not for the Kings
profit to suffer it, for they threaten to issue from the
tower of Barrax and go to and fro through the
streets of the city and burn and destroy; therefore if
it please the King let it be written that they may be
disbanded with all their officers and captains and
that they shall depart, each one to his own habitatiou,
and let them be assured, o King, that they shall not
be hurt nor harmed, or else they will not depart from
the tower, but will continue 70 defy the King and fill