The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-21
HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY.
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case was for John Domiris whose native
name was similar to mine. | had many
of my own people with me and made
them care for the goods. AT 8 p. m.
all sat down TO one of the best dinners
| ever saw. After the Queens table was
over another was set and so on all
through the night. OF course the hula
kept UP and was as noisy as it could
be- Owen and John Holt helped very
much in arranging for the comfort of
this great crowd. The Queen had a
head steward who had twenty men I'M
der him, ten of whom guarded by day
and ten by night. My torch bearers re-
newed their stock of kerosene at every
Chinese store throughout the route and
looked after their work well. From
Waialua | took the opportunity to ship
by the schooner f'Luka" 10 barrels poi.
ten sacks sweet potatoes, eight bundles
dried amaze, three dozen turkeys, four
dozen fowl. eleven LARGE hogs, eleven
Small pigs, four sheep and I dozen white
geese to be delivered at Her Majesty's
house in Honolulu, directing that there
should be given from these to the King
and each of the chiefs share of each
commodity shipped. The hookupus kept
on coming in during each day of our.
stay. The inhabitants of Waialua dis
trict were exceedingly kind to the
Queen and her party. Bundle after bum
die of MALE leis and leis of male laulii
o Iloiahi Four days in Waialua seemed
to me to be too much but it did not seem
that way to the people as they appeared
to enjoy themselves very much. Every
meal was crowded with them Bathing
parties were in the sea at all times as
we'll as fishing coteries, while some par
ties were visiting the uplands. 1t was
curious to me to note that | had no
trouble with this army of friends, but
they were we'll disciplined and polite.
Assuredly Waialua never saw such a
sight before and never will again. Every
surf board in the vicinity was in use and
there were some rare actors amongst this
mass of people who hailed from all parts
of the island. On the morning of the
fourth day, after another great breakfast
the cavalcade was formed for the ride
towards Honolulu. 1t was one of the
most beautiful sights ever seen to look
back on the procession from the uplands
and Her Majesty was continually look
ing back at the bright co1ored procession
which followed us. four abreast. There
were three hundred women with gaudy |
leis of bright flowers and MALE wreaths, |
their horses also being deck out with |
evergreens. The horses pranced and |
looked well, the women looked fat and |
smiling and everv face was wreathed IN |
smiles Only the Hawaiian language can
describe the Joy of the return pilgrimage.
1t was a long ride to Waipio but we got I
there safely and put up at the house of
one of the Queens retainers. He also
had suficiency to eat but there was
no rest as the quarters were limited and
the noise fearful After breakfast the
cavalcade pushed on to Moanalua to Her
Highness Keelikolani's house where
great preparations had been made to en-
terrain so vast a multitude which had
still farther swollen by numbers who
had come out from Honolulu to escort
us home. An immense lanai had been
of cocoanut leaves, a beauti-
full structure Here all the Hawaiian
uxuries were ready for a final luau on
an exceedingly grand scale. | never saw
such an abundance of leis made of lehua
blossoms and cannot imagine where they
,ame from. Just as the party were ready
% partake of the viands a very heavy
shower of rain fell which drenched every
one to the skin Still we determined to
it through it. I should state that we
we're here joined by about two hundred
people on horseback from town After !.
own, the Queen on Observation-Disclosures
kanahele" and l on "Taiehu which was
beautiful white horse with red spots
he size of a dime Her Majesty and
he horse were covered with leis of lehua
nd pikoki and every one of the seven
r. Ni"ht hundred were likewise bedecked !.
With 1eis. We led the procession follow
d by the whole cavalcade along King i
treet up Richard and along Beretania i
0 Her Majesty's house. All dismount- H
d and babe Her Majesty farewell and I
took my men home to Waimanalo, /
aving been fifteen days on the merriest, !
widest jaunt of my life | am sure I .
ave neglected to tell much of the fun
hat went on at each resting place but
ne whole was an Hawaiian holiday ac-
ording to the ancient custom of enjoy
lent and it is unlikely that such could
yer be repeated. E