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Thread #62742 Message #1015221
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
09-Sep-03 - 01:26 AM
Thread Name: Use of Kanaka in Germany
Subject: RE: Use of Kanaka in Germany
Nice story, Open Mike. Needs a song. Very doubtful, however.
The rank of prince applied only to the Royal Family. Their histories are a matter of record, from the unification of the islands by Kamehameha I at the beginning of the 19th century to the present family descendants. The few princes and princesses, especially from 1850 on, were well-rounded in education and their musical compositions survive. They (Kalakaua? have to look it up) brought in a director and started the Royal Hawaiian Band; Kalakaua had a Royal Glee Club, instituted coinage (1880s), and travelled far, eventually becoming ill and dying abroad. The family was intermarried with the American entrepreneurs of the day. At one point some departed from the faith brought by the New England missionaries and became Anglicans. The trust of one of these intermarriages, the Princess Bernice Bishop trust, is estimated at roughly 10 billion dollars and owns many enterprises in Hawai'i as well as funding education for Hawaiians.