The pilgrims of Hawaii; their own story of their pilgrimage from New England and life work in the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii; . ,the most decided Christian, the most civilized in hermanners, and the most thoroughly read in her Bible ofany chief this nation ever had, and it is saying no morethan the truth to assert that her equal, in those respects,is not left in the nation. A fourth of these distinguished women was Kinau,a daughter of Kamehameha I and Hoapili wahine,thus making her a half sister of Kauikeaouli (Kame-hameha III). On the death of Kaahumanu, she be-came premier and is
The pilgrims of Hawaii; their own story of their pilgrimage from New England and life work in the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii; . ,the most decided Christian, the most civilized in hermanners, and the most thoroughly read in her Bible ofany chief this nation ever had, and it is saying no morethan the truth to assert that her equal, in those respects,is not left in the nation. A fourth of these distinguished women was Kinau,a daughter of Kamehameha I and Hoapili wahine,thus making her a half sister of Kauikeaouli (Kame-hameha III). On the death of Kaahumanu, she be-came premier and is frequently spoken of as Kaahu-manu II. Her husband was Kekuanaoa, one of thehigh chiefs who went to England with Liholiho. Twoof her sons, Alexander and Lot, were successively kingsunder the titles of Kamehameha IV and V. UponKinaus death on April 4th, 1839, the king appointedKekauluohi or Auhea as premier, thus keeping up thetradition of having a chiefess as Kuhinanui or PrimeMinister. Auhea was the mother of King Lunalilowho succeeded Kamehameha V and reigned one year,until his death in 1874 when he was succeeded by Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, wife of CharlesR. Bishop. She endowed the KamehamehaSchools of Honolulu ILLUSTRIOUS HAWAIIAN WOMEN 51 Emma Rooke, a granddaughter of John Young, wasthe adopted daughter of Dr. Rooke, a physician of longpractice in Honolulu. She married Kamehameha IVand with her husband founded in 1860 the institutionknown as the Queens Hospital in Honolulu. Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the daughter of Koniawho was a daughter of Kamehameha I. She was apupil in the school of Mr. and Mrs. Cooke, founded forthe benefit of the young chiefs. She was a person ofvery attractive appearance and manner and became thewife of Hon. Charles R. Bishop, the first banker ofHonolulu. In the great division of lands by Kame-hameha III one-third of the lands was taken by theking as crown lands, one-third allotted to the severalchiefs of high rank and the rem
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