[Found in “HE MOOLELO NO KAMEHAMEHA I, Ka Na=i Aupuni o Hawaii”]
There were a great many ships from other lands that stopped here in Hawaii from 1786 to 1790, the year that Kamehameha traveled to war with Maui.
In the month of August 1786, the ship Nootka, commanded by captain Meares, stopped here. And this is the ship that took Kaiana to Kahiki, that being Canton, China. It is said that there were three Hawaiians who traveled with Kaiana on this journey to China, to the city of Canton. It was reported that when Kaiana folks were in the city of Canton, they were welcomed by the British who were living there.
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