. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. craters of the Hawaiian volcanoes. It was in this year, 1840, that the Royal School foryoung chiefs was founded and conducted by Mr. Amos and wife, American teachers. The ex-queen ofHawaii, Liliuokalani, gives some interesting reminis-cences of her experiences at this school.^ It was a boarding school, the pupils being allowedto return to their homes during vacation time, as wellas for an occasional Sunday during the term. Thefamily life was made agreeable to us, and our instruct-ors were especially particular to teach us the prope
. Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm. craters of the Hawaiian volcanoes. It was in this year, 1840, that the Royal School foryoung chiefs was founded and conducted by Mr. Amos and wife, American teachers. The ex-queen ofHawaii, Liliuokalani, gives some interesting reminis-cences of her experiences at this school.^ It was a boarding school, the pupils being allowedto return to their homes during vacation time, as wellas for an occasional Sunday during the term. Thefamily life was made agreeable to us, and our instruct-ors were especially particular to teach us the properuse of the English language. But when I recall theinstances in which we were sent hungry to bed, it seemsto me that they failed to remember that we were grow-ing children. 1 Hawaiis Story by Hawaiis Queen, 1898. HAWAIIS FIRST CONSTITUTION. 237 A thick slice of bread, covered with molasses, wasusually the sole article for our supper, and we weresometimes ingenious, if not over-honest, in our searchfor food. ... I was carried there (to the school) on. KAWAIAHAO CHURCH, HONOLULU. the shoulders of a tall, stout, very large woman, of afamily of chiefs of inferior rank. As she put me down at the entrance of the school-house, I shrank from its doors with that immediate and 238 HAWAII AND ITS PEOPLE. strange dread of the unknown, so common to child-hood. . Several of the pupils who were at schoolwith me have subsequently become known in Hawaiianhistory. There were four children of Kinau, — Moses,Lot, Liholiho, and Victoria,—Lunalilo and others. . .Our family was represented by Kaliokalani, Kalakua andmyself, two of the three destined to ascend the throne. Besides these, I must mention Emma Rooke, whomarried one of the Kamehamehas. . We neverfailed to go to church in a procession every Sunday, incharge of our teachers, and occupied seats in the imme-diate vicinity of the pew where the king was seated.(In this school General Armstrong, of Hampton Insti-tute, began his school life.)
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