The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-08-26
Drove Army Over Precipice.

"This pass is the scene of one of tn II
most memorable battles in Hawaii
history. At the beginning of the nine
teenth century Hawaii IS most famou
monarch, King Kamemeha the First
otherwise known as the Great, console
idated the various tribes of Hawai-
and established his kingdom as the le
suit of a battle fought at this point
The king drove his enemies up the pas
to the steep precipice and then, without
any mercy whatever, drove the entir
army of 5000 souls to 1000-foot drol
1t is said they are still picking up bone
of members of the Inflated army. Thi
marked a great turning point in tn
history of Hawaii and today ther
stands in Honolulu a large statue c
King Kamemeha 1.
"The Alexander Yang Hotel, al
which I stopped in Honolulu, is one
the most prominent buildings in ths
city. 1t is a, huge eight-story structury
covering whole block. Another hote'
Of almost equal prominence is the Roya
Hawaiian Hotel, which is featured witt
its beautiful courts and veranlas EN-
powered in a mass of foliage.
"Hawaii is the scene of many re.
markable church enterprises. TIL.
Episcopal denomination there has 4
bishop and many clergy and a numbe
of churches. The cathedral of Honolulu
is handsome stone edifce with larg,
grounds in which are located a flourish
ing boys school, a priory school TO.
girls, beautiful parish house, recentl}
erected in honor of one of the fathers
A Japanese mission borders on TIA,
grounds, while across the street is /
Chinese church 1t is a picturesaud
sight indeed in the morning when the
cathedral bell sends forth its chime
to see the children in these schools and
missions troop across the spacious court
yard to the services. The most flour
ishing religious body outside of tn,
Episcopal church is the Congregation
alists, who were the first TO commence
mission work in the Islands
Has Good Railway System.
From Honolulu I went to Kauai
where the country is covered with SUI
gar plantations. 1t is a most beautiful
sight to see the large plantations with
thelr acres OF sugar cane and handsome
residences. Every modern device known
- hNNA "a hAN NAiNlN hhAbH bI lHt cane
What impresses the visitor from the
United States most, however, is the al
most perfect network of railway lines
There is an extensive system here with
branches built TO all the plantations
seemingly out of place in an almost saw
age country Sugar Is here truly every
thing. hi addition, there are many
large eanneries putting up pineapples
The Hawaiian pineapples are 80 deli
clous, sweet, juicy and full Of flavor one
hardly cares 10 eat them away from
thoIr native land
From Kauai / Travelled 10 Hil0, tbs
principal port in the island Of Hawaii
which Is also the largest island in the
group Az this seaport tho shipping 4.
enormous running into thousands Of
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