The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-04-02

dulged in cockfghting and the minor
sports He sent me to the Royal
School which was attended by the
princes and chiefs and several OF the
missionary children. w. n. Armstrong
was one Of them. One day in playing
baseball. or a variation OF II called
aipuni. / caught the ball hot on the
bat and as Prince Alexander came
down the stretch l hit him with II III
the pit of the stomach. 1t laid MN
out and 1 was arrested and put IN a
dungeon. When the king heard OF II
he sent for me to be brought before
him and gave me a lecture, 1 suppose
on the Divine Right of kings 10 be re-
spected and let me go.
The chiefs were very fond of gam
bling, especially in game called ''noa,'
something of the order of three she'll
monte. The trick was to hide shell
under one of five kapas and for the
player to guess under which of them
it was concealed. He had three guesses
and if one was right the banker paid,
otherwise the player. Some were very
expert and could tell by watching the
muscles of the arm at what time the
opihi shell was dropped
1 think the ruins of the house where
the chiefs assembled at Luakaha still
remain. at least they did until recently
1 was Informed by my grandfather
that the first cannon was used in pat
tie in Nuuanu Valley at a place called
Noniakapueo a little above our place
of Ahipuu. Also that Kuakini Adams
was the gunner This was in 1873
when Kalanikupule, king of Oahu. was
slain and so many of the Oahu forces
We're driven over the pail
Waimanalo was an ahupuaa which
belonged to the king and was a favor
lite resort of his. BY his orders Ma
una Rose was cleared off and planted
with rose bushes. He wished to give
that land to my mother but my father
was averse to accepting it except as
a tenant and it was there that our
cattle ranch and horse breeding farm
was esta blished. In early days that
country was covered with forest,
breadfruit trees being numerous and
reaching down to the sea. The cattle
have killed off the whole of it.
A vessel passed Honolulu on her way
to Japan with a stallion and some fine
mares for the Emperor of Japan and
the king entertained the gentleman in
charge of them so well that he gave
called "Kekai," from having come from
the sea, and which proved to be the
parent of much of the fine stock for
which Waimanalo obtained its reputa-
ton When Senior Don Vida came
from Chill he brought a magnificent
black stallion and fine saddle and
bride with silver ornaments which
the king bought and which proved
to be a valuable addition to the stock.
l used to ride our horses against the
kings racers.
l have said that Kauikeaouli was
much beloved by the people, the main
reason for which was that he SYM
pathized with their lowly subservient
condition and endeavored to make
them independent. Although the
chiefs lands had been declared in
alienable in their families in 1926 the
king induced them to consent to
granting to the people such lands out
of their ahupuaas as they claimed to
have cultivated, or to have been in
possession of their parents Naturally
many of the chiefs did not wish to do
this and some of them persuaded their
vassals to refrain from applying for
lands. Royal Patents were issued to
the chiefs for their ahupuaas or other
divisions of lands excepting therefrom
such lands as were granted to the peo-
pie, Sand Royal Patents were issued to
the people for their lands. Prior to
that the chiefs were lords paramount
of the different ahupuaas and their ko-
nohikis. or men in charge of their af-
fairs frequently treated the people very
harshly, taking almost what they
pleased of the products of the land
helped Mr.. Thurston by carrying the
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