THE HISTORY OF HAWAII.
By S. M. Kamakau.
NUMBER 97.
Pertaining to the Reign of Kauikeaouli over the Nation, he being called Kamehameha III.
Pertaining to the arrival of Catholicism, in the year 1827 [1837].
In the month of September, in the year 1836. A Catholic priest [kahuna katolika Roma] arrived, the Rev. Aresaniao R. Walsh [Rev. Arsenius Robert Walsh], from Britain. He were not expelled, but was forbidden by the Chiefs, that he should not proselytize amongst the Hawaiians. But he went and argued with some Protestant priests [Kahuna Hoole Pope]. He indeed converted Hawaiians and secretly Baptized some people. Continue reading
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