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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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