The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-07
FIRST REBELLION AGAINST
CIVILIZED RULE IN HAWAII

ter l had received and asked his Min
listers what steps should be taken in the
matter. The Minister of the Interior
asked me what had to suggest 1 said
that as the steamer Kilauea would be
due in Lahaina the next day, a sailing
vessel should be chartered to take the
necessary troops there and intercept the
steamer, that the troops should then be
transferred to her, leaving the chartered
vessel to take the steamers cargo to
Honolulu. This plan was discussed, and
finally agreed upon. Governor Dominis
left to make arrangements for the troops:
while Major Prendergast, the Kings
Chamberlain. was sent for, and ordered
to engage a suitable vessel and provide
provisions for the expedition. All this
was done early in the morning; and at
s o'clock a. m. we met again at the Pal
ace, when the Chamberlain reported that
ne had chartered the two schooners
Prince and Kaimaile, and Governor Dom
inis said that he had selected the sol
diers who We're to go.
At o'clock that afternoon the expedi-
ton sailed from the end of the Espla-
made, under command of Governor Dom
inis, accompanied by His Excellency Ste
phen H. Phillips, Acting Secretary of
War; by myself, Major Charles H. Judd,
Captains ]. A. Hassinger and Won Coz
nitz and Lieutenant Allan w Judd The
lSiSC SOHolStSd VI iilly IutIl lfOin the
Household troops under command of
Captain Kahoohuii and Lieutenant Ka-
hananiu, sixty-five men of the Light Ar
tillery, as infantry, with one gun, I'M
der command of Capt. J. A Hassinger
and Lieutenant Judd.
After a rough night we reached La
haina at 2 o'clock the next afternoon,
and came to anchor just as the Kilauea
was coming in. i boarded her at once
telling the captain of my orders, and di-
rected him to anchor between the two
Schooners: the work of transferring the
cargo was begun, the soldiers helping
| At o'clock that afternoon we started
for Hawaii-this was on Friday-and on
| the following day reached Kealakekua
/ Bay, our destination and began to
| land the troops at Kaawaloa. AS we
passed along the coast before coming to
cur anchorage, We could see that the
camp of Kaona was in d state of COM
motion; and at the landing we were met
| by Sheriff Coney, who had been sent for.
Credit is due him for his promptness in
| coming to the scene of trouble from Hilo
riding night and day in order to arrive
| as soon as possible. We found Kaona
and his followers in Mr.. Todd's yard, un-
der the guard of the foreign residents,
who had been on duty since the capture
of the fanatics. The residents were re-
lieved by the soldiers, who were placed
under the command of Captain Hassin-
ger 1t rained all that night, and both
soldiers and prisoners had to make the
best of it, as there was no building to
put them in.
During that evening consultation
was held as to the disposal of the pris-
oners; it was decided to take them the
next day to Kaflua, as there were better
accommodations there. / was ordered to
take number of men and disinter the
bodies of Mr.. Neville and the native con-
stable, and give them suitable burial.
found both of the bodies horribly man
gled; both had been buried in a sitting
posture, their arms bound to their sides
with ropes. After some difficulty the
bodies were placed in collins, and taken
home for decent interment. The Rev
Alexander Mcintosh was then in Kona
and OBLIGATED at the funeral which was
a very sad one After the services were
over, the steamer left for Kailua, arriv.
ing there that afternoon at 4 o'clock, and
the prisoners were landed the next day
Attorney General Phillips conducted the
prosecution for the preliminary exami-
nations, which were begun Immediately
Some of the women among the prison
ers were sent home, having taken nc
part in the assault.
In all sixty-six men and twelve women
were committed for trial, and sent to
released few days afterwards from the
Oahu prison by order of the Attorney
General, and twenty men and one WON
an were returned to Hawaii for trial al
the May term of the Supreme Court in
1869, when all but eight men were dis
charged. The woman was not tried I'M
til the November term in the same year
but she was not returned to Honolulu.
Notwithstanding the fact that officials
had been foully' murdered in the dis
charge of their duties, not one of the
prisoners was convicted of murder. Ka-
ona, the leader, was tried for manslaugh-
ter in the second degree, and was SEN
fenced to ten years Imprisonment. None
of the terms of Imprisonment exceeded
sixteen years, which was slight punish
ment for such a deed. OF the prisoners
three served their time and were dis
charged; three died in prison, and one
was pardoned. AS to Kaona himself
there is no entry in the record as to
lwhat became of him.
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