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THE HAWAIIAN JOURNAL
OF HISTORY
VOLUME 25 • 1991
Hawaiian Historical Society
Hawaiian Historical Society
Publishers
EDITOR
Helen G. ChapinProfessor of English and Vice President and Dean for Satellite Programs, Hawai 'i Pacific University
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
Daniel BoylanProfessor of History, University of Hawai 'i— West 0 'ahuLela GoodellCataloger, Hawaiian Mission Children's Society Library, retired
Frances JacksonAssociate Library Specialist, University of Hawai 'iE. Alison KayProfessor of Zoology, University of Hawai 'iMichael E. MacmillanSenior Editor, East- West CenterEleanor C. NordykePopulation Specialist, East- West Population InstitutePhilip F. RehbockAssociate Professor, History and General Science Departments, University of Hawai 'iRobert C. SchmittState Statistician, Hawai 'i State Department of Business and Economic DevelopmentAmy K. StillmanMusicologist, Hong Kong
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Nancy J. MorrisHead of Archives and Manuscripts, University of Hawai 'i Library
BIBLIOGRAPHER
Yasuto KaiharaAssociate Library Specialist, University of Hawai 'i
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Articles are indexed in America History and Life ISSN: 0440-5145
Composition and manufacture of this journal is through the production services programof the University of Hawaii Press. Text design by Barbara Pope. Printed on acid-freepaper.
THE HAWAIIAN JOURNAL OF HISTORY
Devoted to the History of Hawai'i, Polynesia and the Pacific Area
Volume 25 • 1991
ARTICLES
Aftermath: Britons' Responses to News of the
Death of Captain James Cook 1
O. A. BUSHNELL
An Early Hawaiian Vocabulary 21
A. GROVE DAY
Solar Eclipses in Hawai'i 31
WILL KYSELKA
Earliest Ascents of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawai'i 53WALTHER M. BARNARD
Measuring the Mountain: The United States ExploringExpedition on Mauna Loa, 1840-1841 71ROBERTA A. SPRAGUE
Riot, Mutiny, Killing, and Cannibalism:George Brown's Maui Tour 93
RICHARD A. GREER
King Kalakaua: An International Perspective 103
NIKLAUS R. SCHWEIZER
Doctor Georges Phillipe Trousseau, Royal Physician 121
JEAN GREENWELL
A Short History of Hawaiian Executions, 1826-1947 147JOSEPH THEROUX
THE HAWAIIAN JOURNAL OF HISTORY
Financing Revolution: Sun Yat-sen and the Overthrowof the Ch'ing Dynasty 161ALLEN F. DAMON
Pearl Harbor, the Army Corps of Engineers,and Punahou's Cereus Hedge 187
DONALD FITZGERALD
Some Movies W e Missed 197
ROBERT C. SCHMITT
N O T E S & Q U E R I E S
Submittals by Robert C. Schmitt, Liane Ulumealani Stewart and
Robert Campbell Stewart, W. Wilfried Schuhmacher,
Christopher Wood, RhodaE. A. Hackler, and Barnes Riznik 205
B O O K R E V I E W S
A History of the Pacific Islands 211
IAN CAMPBELL Reviewed by Karen M. Peacock
The Wind Gourd of La 'amaomao 212
TRANSLATED BY ESTHER K. MOOKINI AND SARAH NAKOA
Reviewed by Niklaus R. Schweizer
Sacred Queens and Women of Consequence: Rank, Gender,
and Colonialism in the Hawaiian Islands 215
JOCELYN LINNEKIN Reviewed by Nancy J. Pollock
Kona Echo: A Biography of Dr. Harvey Saburo Hayashi 217
J IRO NAKANO, M . D . Reviewed by Sandra Wagner-Wright
Hawai'ika 'oihanahokele: The History of Hawaii's Hotel
Industry 1840S-1990 219
THELMA CHANG, ROBERT W. BONE, AND JOHN M. BLACK
Reviewed by Robert C. Schmitt
Kelleys of the Outrigger 221
J O H N w. MCDERMOTT Reviewed by Charles E. Frankel
Seabirds of Hawaii: Natural History and Conservation 222
CRAIG s. HARRISON Reviewed by John R. Henderson
CONTENTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Hawaiiana in 1990: A Bibliography of Titles
of Historical Interest 225
YASUTO KAIHARA
ON THE COVER
Cover design by Barbara Pope. Photo by Franco Salmoiraghi, of Mauna Loa, withMauna Kea in the foreground. © Franco Salmoiraghi.
© 1991 Hawaiian Historical Society. Printed in the United States of America.
Abbreviations
ABCFM American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
AH State Archives of Hawaii
BH Board of Health, AH
BHL Board of Health Letters, AH
BHM Board of Health Minutes, AH
BPBM Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
BPRO British Public Record Office
CCM Cabinet Council Minutes, AH
DB Daily Bulletin
DPI Department of Public Instruction, AH
EB Evening Bulletin
F The Friend
FO & Ex Foreign Office and Executive File, AH
FOLB Foreign Office Letter Book, AH
HA Honolulu Advertiser
HAA Hawaiian Almanac and Annual; also known as Thrum's Annual
HBC Hawaii State Bureau of Conveyances
HG Hawaiian Gazette
HHS Hawaiian Historical Society
HJH Hawaiian Journal of History
HMCS Hawaiian Mission Children's Society
HSB Honolulu Star-Bulletin
ID Interior Department, AH
IDLB Interior Department Letter Book, AH
IDLF Interior Department Land File, AH
IDM Interior Department Miscellaneous, AH
MH Missionary Herald
P Polynesian
PC A Pacific Commercial Advertiser
PCR Privy Council Records, AH
PP Paradise of the Pacific
RHAS Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society
SIG Sandwich Island Gazette
SIN Sandwich Island News
SSB & A Sunday Star-Bulletin and Advertiser