Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 21, Number 12, 1 December 2004 — Fragments of Hawaiian History Bishop Museum Press [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Fragments of Hawaiian History Bishop Museum Press

Bishop Museum has reissued this classic compilation of writings by John Papa 'Ī'ī, a Hawaiian historian and a legislator during the days of the monarchy. 'Ī'ī was raised under the traditional kapu system and became a eompanion of Kamehameha II at the age of 10. He was among the first Hawaiians to study reading and writing. The articles in this book, whieh 'Ī'ī

wrote for the Hawaiian language newspaper Ka Nupepa Kuokoa between 1866 and 1870, offer a first-hand perspective on the historical and cultural topics that were of greatest eoneem to the Hawaiians of his day.