A grand feast was held to commemorate the death of Kamehameha and the missionaries were invited to participate....
Missionaries, after arriving in 1820, quickly began teaching reading and writing. Instruction was initially in English, and limited to only...
After a week, Liholiho conveyed his decision that the missionaries could remain in Hawai‘i for a year, though directed them...
The first page of print in Hawaiian was struck on the printing press, transported from Boston on the Thaddeus, and...
Liholiho and his queen, Kamāmalu, sailed for England in November 1823, traveling with Boki and Liliha, James Young Kānehoa (son...
The work of spreading Christianity got an unexpected boost when Rev. William Ellis landed in Hawai‘i in the spring of...
Within two years, the Pioneer Company desperately needed help to achieve their mission: expanding literacy and converting the population....
After a month of teaching chiefs, men, women and children on a day-to-day basis, the missionary wives determined to organize...
On October 23, 1819, the Pioneer Company of fourteen Protestant missionaries, five of their children and four Hawaiian men sailed...
Fragrant sandalwood trees, or ‘iliahi, whose heartwood was used for incense and medicines, had long been abundant in the Hawaiian...