Ka Ulu Hoi

E ka mea heluhelu, kamaʻāina paha ʻoe me nā moʻolelo o ka hakakā ʻana ma waena o ka Mōʻī Kamehameha a me Kaumualiʻi, akā, kamaʻāina ʻole paha ʻoe me nā hana o ka Hui Kālepa Lūkia-ʻAmelika me lāua. I kēia lā, ma Hawaiʻi nei, hiki iā kākou ke hele wāwae i nā wahi a me nā kia hoʻomanaʻo i pili me kēlā hui kālepa. He aha kēia mau mea? E heluhelu mau i mea e loaʻa ai ka manaʻo. ʻAʻole nui nā moʻolelo i kēia lā e haʻi ana i nā hana o kēlā hui kālepa, a mōakāka ʻole kēia mau moʻolelo no ka mea ua haʻi liʻiliʻi ʻia a kākau ʻia  i nā palapala, no laila, he mea nui ka haʻi hou ʻana i nā moʻolelo i mea e hoʻohaliʻa ai i ka hana maikaʻi o ke aupuni o Hawaiʻi. I kēlā manawa, nui nā pilikia mai nā aupuni ʻē mai i komo i loko o ke aupuni o Hawaiʻi, akā ua lanakila mau ke aupuni o Hawaiʻi.  

Ua loaʻa ka manaʻo o kēia moʻolelo i loko o ka puke A Military History of Sovereign Hawaiʻi, i kākau ʻia e Neil Bernard Dukas. I ka makahiki 1816, ma kēia pae ʻāina nei ʻo Hawaiʻi, ʻo Kamehameha I ka Mōʻī o nā mokupuni o Hawaiʻi, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, a me Maui a ʻo Kaumualiʻi ka Mōʻī o nā mokupuni koe o kēia pae ʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mokupuni ʻo Kauaʻi a me Niʻihau. ʻIʻini lāua e lanakila i mea e noho aliʻi ai i ka pae ʻāina holoʻokoʻa. No laila, noʻonoʻo nui a hana nui lāua i nā mea e lanakila ai.  

Ma waho o kēia pae ʻāina, nui nā mea i loli i nā aupuni ʻē aʻe o ʻEulopa. I ka makahiki 1812, pau ke kaua lōʻihi ma waena o nā aupuni ʻEulopa me ka lanakila ma luna o ka ʻEmepela o ke aupuni o Palani, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Napoleona. No laila, me nā kumu waiwai i hoʻohana ʻole ʻia no ke kaua, ʻimi kēia mau aupuni, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo ʻEnelani, Lūkia, ʻAukekulia, Pelukia, a me Farani, ma waho o ka ʻāina ʻo ʻEulopa i loaʻa ai nā waiwai o nā ʻāina hou. Kamaʻāina paha ʻoe me nā moʻolelo e pili ana i kēia mau ʻiʻini ʻana. Eia nō nā laʻana i ʻōʻili mai ma Hawaiʻi nei: no ka ʻāina ʻEnelani, ʻo George Paulet i ka makahiki 1843, a no ka ʻāina Farani, ʻo Louis Tromelin i ka makahiki 1849.

I ka makahiki 1800, e kālepa ana nā lāhui ʻē ma Hawaiʻi. Ua komo ka Hui Kālepa Lūkia-ʻAmelika i loko o Hawaiʻi i kēlā wā. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia hui e ka ʻāina Lūkia. I ka makahiki 1816, ua hoʻouna ʻia ʻo Georg Anton Schaffer e kēia hui i ka moku ʻo Kauaʻi i mea e loaʻa ai ka mea waiwai mai ka moku o ka Hui Kālepa Lūkia-ʻAmelika mai i ili ma kēlā moku. I kēlā wā āna e noho ana ma Hawaiʻi, ua hoʻolauna ʻo Schaffer me nā Mōʻī ʻo Kamehameha a me Kaumualiʻi. Ma muli o ka paio ʻana ma waena o kēia mau Mōʻī, makemake lāua i ke kōkua ʻana o Schaffer me kona mau lako, nā waiwai, nā manaʻo, a pēlā aku. Ma Oʻahu, hāʻawi ʻo Kamehameaha iā Schaffer i kahi māhele ʻāina i mea e noho a kālepa ai ma laila. ʻAʻole mōakāka ke kumu o ka pilikia i ulu ma waena o Kamehameha a me Schaffer.  Ua kauoha ʻo Schaffer i nā kānaka mai ka moku ʻo Myrtle mai e kūkulu i hale kokoke i ke awa ʻo Honolulu, a laila, hāpai ʻia ka hae o ka hui Lūkia-ʻAmelika ma laila. I kēia lā, maopopo ʻole ke ʻano o kēia hale, no ka mea ʻaʻohe kiʻi a ʻaʻohe palapala i kākau ʻia.  Maliʻa he pāpū a i ʻole he hale no ka hoʻāhu wale ʻana nō i ka ukana. Ua ʻike ʻia, ma hope o kona lohe ʻana no ka welo ʻana o ka hae, hoʻouna ʻo Kamehameha i kona mau pūʻali koa, me kona Kahu ʻo Kalanimoku, mai ka mokupuni Hawaiʻi mai, i Oʻahu i mea e kūʻē ai iā Schaffer.

Ma hope o ka hōʻea ʻana o Kalanimoku mā i Oʻahu, ua holo ʻo Schaffer i ka mokupuni ʻo Kauaʻi me ka waiho ʻana i nā mea kaua he nui ma Oʻahu. I kēia lā, ma ka pāka i loko o Honolulu, kau ʻia ka pū kuni ahi ma laila. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo kēlā pū kuni ahi kekahi o ua mau mea kaua nei i koe. Kapa ʻia kēlā pāka ʻo Walker Park, aia i kahi kokoke i ka hale ʻo Aloha Tower ma uka ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui Ala Moana.

Ma hope o ka holo ʻana o Schaffer i Kauaʻi, kūkulu ʻia ka pāpū e Kamehameha i mea e pale ai i ke awa ʻo Honolulu. ʻO ke aliʻikoa mua o kēia pāpū, kapa ʻia ʻo George Beckley, a kapa ʻia kēia Pāpū ʻo Honolulu. Ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Pāpū Honolulu a hiki i ka makahiki 1857.

Ma Kauaʻi, me ke kōkua ʻana o Kaumualiʻi, kūkulu ʻia kekahi mau pāpū ʻē aʻe e Schaffer. Ua kapa ʻia kekahi ʻo Pāpū Elizabeth e ka poʻe Haole, a ʻo Pāpū Hipo e ka poʻe Hawaiʻi. Ua ʻokoʻa ʻo Pāpū Hipo, ʻokoʻa ʻo Pāpū Honolulu. Ua kūkulu ʻia ma nā ʻano o nā heiau o ka poʻe Hawaiʻi a me nā ʻano o ka mea kaua o ka poʻe haole. Ua hiki iā ia ke pale aku i ka lele ʻana mai o ka lima nui mai ke kai mai a mai uka mai.

Ua kauoha ʻo Kaumualiʻi iā Schaffer a me ka poʻe Lūkia e haʻalele iā Kauaʻi i ka makahiki 1817. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā pāpū e nā pūʻali koa o Kaumualiʻi ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o Schaffer mā. I ka makahiki 1864, hoʻohana ʻole ʻia, no laila, hoʻouna ʻia i Kaleponi he 36 o nā pū kuni ahi he 38, i mea e kūʻai aku ai.

I kēia lā, ʻaʻohe mea o ka Pāpū Honolulu i koe, akā, ke kū nei nō ka Pāpū Hipo. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi Pāpū e ke aupuni ʻAmelika ma ke ʻano he Wahi Kaulana o ke Aupuni. Hiki iā kākou ke kipa ma laila i mea e ʻike ai i nā mea koe o ka wā o ke komo ʻana o ka hui Lūkia-ʻAmelika. I ulu aʻe kou hoi e aʻo hou ai, e heluhelu i ka puke ʻo Hawaiʻi’s Russian Adventure: A New Look at Old History i kākau ʻia e Peter R. Mills.

He hana maikaʻi ka haʻi hou ʻana a me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana nō hoʻi i ka lanakila a me ka waiwai o ke aupuni o Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki 1816. Akā, minamina no ka mea,  ʻaʻole mōakāka nā moʻolelo o kēlā wā no ka mea liʻiliʻi nā palapala i kākau ʻia. Ma hope o ka heluhelu ʻana i kēia moʻolelo pōkole, e noiʻi mau ʻoe a kākau i nā moʻolelo like, a i ʻole, e haʻi hou i nā moʻolelo maikaʻi e hoʻolaulea i ke aupuni o Hawaiʻi.

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