Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 27, Number 4, 1 April 2010 — Here is an English translation for the article, in box, below. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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By Puakea Nogelmeier Here is a document whieh the King proclaimed publicly on the day the land was taken; this document was not, however, jointly agreed upon by the chiefs and the officers of the British man-of-war. This was done by just the King and the Kuhina of Hawaii; their thoughts are clear from this document that the government has been seized without cause, and they assume that it is not completely lost, but will, indeed, be restored. Attention, Nobīes, people, and subjects from my grandfather's time, as well as those offoreign īands,

Pay heed to this. I say to you all that I am in distress, besieged without cause; therefore I have surrendered the sovereignty ofour land, so all ofyou may know. My reign over all ofyou and your rights, however, wiīī continue, because I am hopefuī that the sovereignty ofthe īand wiīī yet be restored, onee my actions have been justified. Recorded at Honoīuīu, Oahu, on this 25th day of February 1843. Witness, JOHND. PAALUA. KAMEHAMEHA III. KEKAULUOHI.

The original article as it appeared in Ka Lama Hawaii, May 9, 1 834. - Phoio: Courtesy of Ho'olaupa'i