The Hawaiian gazette., 1893-07-04
THE WAIALEALE SAILS
WITH FORTY-FIVE
GOOD MEN.
She Carries Arms, Proclamations
and Authority.

OF IDe 0aIOOF NJ = O'CLOCK TlOay
afternoon with sufficient military and
police force to arrest the lepers at
Kalalau, Kauai At $50 PM. a dray
arrived at the wharf with a large
number of mattresses for the use of
the expedition. The provisions for
the force being put on board the Wal
aleale half-hour before.
The soldiers arrived at the steamer
at $50 PM. The body consisted of
twenty-three men belonging to Com
pany A, H. n. G. Auxiliary, under
Captain Pratt as gunner, and Lieut..
G. w. c. King. Three men headed
the column drawing a small mounted
B. L. Krupp gun. The men were
where they shook hands freely with
their numerous friends. They all ap-
peared hopeful of their success, and
none showed any dependency at the
danger to which they were 10 be eX-
posed. They all seemed determined
to do their duty and the business.
Their equipments consisted of rifle
with cartridge belt each. On their
backs were their knapsacks and over
coats, and at their sides hung their
canteens. The officers carried pistols
and rifles.
At 5 o'clock the men were marched
on board. Police officers Kamana and
Kauhane, and about ten specials, also
went with the expedition, which was
under the command of Captain VIM.
Larsen, who is thoroughly acquainted
with the topography of Kalalau, and
has been commissioned deputy mar
shall for the occasion. Deputy Sheriff
Deverill, of Hanalei, and Constable
Peter Nowlein, who was at Kalalau
during the shooting, also went 1t
was Nowlein who went alone to the
leper Koolau after the shooting and
demanded that the murderer deliver
up to him the dead body of Stolz,
which was refused, accompanied by a
threat of death if he came within
twenty feet of the deceased.
DR.. c. B. Cooper went as army sur
geCn and f. L. Hogs, of the ADvER-
TIsER repOrtOrial force, as staff cores
pOndent. "Princen Albert K. Kunui-
akea accompanied the party at his
own request, as he believed he could
influence the natives, who had been
friends of Queen Emma.
A few minutes before the steamer
left Kunuiakea addressed the people
on shore, saying: 4" Ke hele nei au e
xii ma lepera, lobe ae Oukou ua
make au, mai uwe." 1 am going to
bring the lepers and if you hear l am
dead, do not weep.
Upon hearing his words, an old ma
tive from Niihau pushed his way to
the front and asked to see the "Princeu
who re-appeared and leaned over the
railing of the steamer with barred
head.
The old native then spoke very
pathetically, 80 Honolulu no keia,
noho iho"-'tThis is Honolulu, stay"
The ex-prince then replied that he was
determined to go no matter if it should
cost him his life.
The old native then bowed his head,
and silently murmured, "Aloha, thou
toolhardy eX-prince, the last of the
Kamehamehas, / don't expect you
back alive.n
The old native has made many trips
overland to Kalalau by the narrow
mountain passes, and he seems to
think that the Krupp howitzer will
not do the least injury to the lepers,
as they are safely located in the woods
and have command of the only access
to the valley.
OF the twelve natives who came by
the steamer Waialeale from Kalalau,
seven returned to go ashore at Hama
lei. They have no desire to go again
to Kalalau, as they are afraid OF their
lives. Five remain in Honolulu,
Kaumeheiwa and his wife among
them. Kaumeheiwa, the youth who
took the report of the shooting from
Kalalau to Mana, thinks that he is
not safe in Kauai until the lepers are
removed.
AS stated yesterday, the steamer
will first touch at Hanalei, where
communications will be made with
Sheriff G. \. Wilcox and his men,
who hold the passes into the valley.
After consultation and distribution of
the men to their separate duties the
valley will be closed in upon and the
steamer will land the main force of
about forty-five men at Kalalau. The
entire force by land and sea will num-
Der eighty odd men.
The expedition goes fully supplied
with the proper proclamations and
authorities, which will be proclaimed
under instructions accompanying, be-
fore the final movement is made. 1t
is expected and hoped that the re-
mOval of the lepers. who have so long
terrorized Kalalau will be eff
ected without bloOdshed, but
should sterner measures be necessary
they will be carried out promptly and
efficiently. Strict orders have been
issued to avoid bloodshed until every
other means has been exhausted;
then the order becomes imperative to
remove the lepers, dead or alive.
The steamer Waialeale left at 800
p. NJ, amidst the cheers given by the
members of Company A to Captain
Zeigler, who did not go.
There was an enormous crowd pres
ent at the wharf to see the expedition
Off Among those present were Pres
ident Dole, Chief Justice Judd, Mar
shall Hitchcock and Attorney General
Smith.