EBOOK THE HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF LAIEIKAWAI ***
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THE HAWAIIAN ROMANCE OF
LAIEIKAWAI
WITH INTRODUCTION AND TRANSLATION
BY
MARTHA WARREN BECKWITH
[Illustration: A KAHUNA OR NATIVE SORCERER]
PREFACE
This work of translation has been undertaken out of love for the land of
Hawaii and for the Hawaiian people. To all those who have generously aided
to further the study I wish to express my grateful thanks. I am indebted to
the curator and trustees of the Bishop Museum for so kindly placing at my
disposal the valuable manuscripts in the museum collection, and to Dr.
Brigham, Mr. Stokes, and other members of the museum staff for their help
and suggestions, as well as to those scholars of Hawaiian who have
patiently answered my questions or lent me valuable material--to Mr. Henry
Parker, Mr. Thomas Thrum, Mr. William Rowell, Miss Laura Green, Mr. Stephen
Desha, Judge Hazelden of Waiohinu, Mr.
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