May 22, 1843: Regarding the Non-Enforcement of Fornication Laws

The letter below was issued during the five-month British occupation of Hawaiʻi. Addressed to Kauikeaouli, the letter explained that the British had no intention of rescinding the order to the governors to not enforce the laws involving fornication. Apparently, once the British flag was placed here in the islands, no disgraceful practices defiling that flag would be tacitly condoned.

Available in Chronological File, 1790 – 1849, Series 402-9, Folder: 1843 May 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 22.

Hale o ko Beritania poe luna *
Mei 22, 1843

Makua,

Ua kauohaia mai au e ka poe luna e hai aku ia oe, ua loaa mai nei kau palapala, a e hoike aku hoi i ko lakou manao, Aole manao lakou e hoole i ka palapala a lakou i hoouna aku ai i na kiaaina no ka hooko ole i ke kanawai no ka “hookamakama.”

I ka wa e kau ana ko Beritania hae ma keia pae aina, aole loa lakou e ae malu i ka hoohaumia ana ia hae ma na hana hewa, hilahila, i hanaia mamua a hiki i ka wa i haawiia ʻku ia palapala; ua hoikeia mai ka oiaio o ia mau hana i ka poe luna, (ma ka hoohiki) e kahi poe haole a me kanaka maoli, kekahi poe mea kuleana malaila. E haiia ʻku ia mau mea i na ʻlii o Beritania e hai ia hoi ia oe, ke alii, a hiki ka poe luna ma Maui.

Available in Chronological File, 1790 – 1849, Series 402-9, Folder: 1843 May 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 22.

Ke hoike aku nei ka poe luna ia oe, i ke alii, Aole loa lakou e ae hou aku ia Kauka Jada, aole i kekahi mea manao like me ia e hui pu me ka poe luna Beritania, no kona ae ana i na mea i ikeia he ku e loa i ke ano maoli a kanaka, a ku e loa hoi i ka makemake o ka poe mea manao hanohano loa.

O wau no kau
ka ke alii kauwa hoolohe,
H. _ea
Kakauolelo.

Na ke alii
Na Kamehameha III