Death Rites and Hawaiian Royalty - Funerary Practices in the Kamehameha and Kalakaua Dynasties, 1819-1953

The bones of Hawaii's King Kamehameha the Great were hidden at night in a secret location. In contrast, his successor Kamehameha III had a half-mile-long funeral procession to the Royal Tomb watched by thousands. Drawing on missionary journals, government publications and Hawaiian and English language newspapers, this book describes changes in funerary practices for Hawaiian royalty and details the observance of each royal death beginning with that of Kamehameha in 1819.
Funeral observances of Western royalty provided an extravagant model for their Hawaiian counterparts yet many indigenous practices endured. Mourners no longer knocked out their teeth or tattooed their tongues but mass wailing, feather standards and funeral dirges continued well into the 20th century. Dozens of historic drawings and photographs provide rare glimpses of the obsequies of the Kamehameha and Kalakaua dynasties. Descriptions of the burial sites provide locations of the final resting places of Hawaii's royalty.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Death of Kamehameha the Great

Death of Likelike and Traditional Hawaii Mourning Practices

An Early Model

Lying in State

Funerals

Processions

Royal Deaths After the Overthrow

1.¿Royal Deaths

Royal Deaths During the Kamehameha Dynasty

Kamehameha the Great (1819) 17; Kauwai (1823) 18; Ke¿p¿olani (1823) 21; George Cox Ke'eaumoku (1824) 25; Kaumuali'i (1824) 28; Kamehameha II and Kam¿malu (1824) 31; Kalanimoku (1827) 36; N¿m¿hana (1829) 36; Kamanele (1831) 38; Keaweawe'ulaokalani I (1832) 38; Queen Ka'ahumanu, Kuhina Nui (1832) 38; David Kamehameha (1835) 40; John Young (1835) 41; N¿hi'ena'ena (1837) 41; K¿na'u (1839) 44; Kuini Liliha (1839) 46; Hoapili (1840) 47; Chiefess Kapi'olani (1841) 47; Keaweawe'ulaokalani II (1842) 48; Hoapili Wahine (1842) 48; Ha'alilio (1845) 48; Kek¿uluohi (1845) 50; William Pitt Leleiohoku, Ka'imina'auao and Moses Kekuaiwa (1848) 51; Keali'iahonui (1849) 53; Ka'¿ana'eha (1850) 55; Kekau'¿nohi (1851) 55; James Young Kanehoa (1851) 56; James Kaliokalani (1852) and Polly Pa'a'¿ina (1853) 57; Kamehameha III (1854) 58; Abner P¿k¿ (1855) 63; K¿nia (1857) 64; Keoni Ana (1857) 65; Joshua Kaeo (1858) 66; Thomas Charles Byde Rooke (1858) 66; John William Pitt K¿na'u (1859) 68; Bennet N¿m¿k¿h¿ (1860) 69; Abigail Maheha (1861) 70; Jane Lahilahi Young (1862) 72; Prince of Hawai'i (1862) 72; Keolaokalani P¿k¿ Bishop (1863) 74; King Kamehameha IV (1863) 74; Robert Crichton Wyllie (1865) 79; Princess Victoria Kam¿malu (1866) 80; Grace Kama'iku'i (1866) 82; Kaisara (Caesar) Kapa'akea (1866) 83; Mataio Kek¿an¿o'a, Kuhina Nui (1868) 85; High Chiefess Keohok¿­lole (1869) 87; Queen Kalama (1870) 88; Kamehameha V (1872) 92; Jane Loeau (1873) 94; King William Charles Lunalilo (1874)

Royal Deaths During the Kal¿kaua Dynasty 98 Charles Kana'ina (1877) 99; William Pitt Leleiohoku Kalahoolewa (1877) 100; Fanny Kekelaokalani Young (1880) 103; Peter Young Kaeo (1880) 104; Ruth Keanolani Kana­hoa­hoa Ke'elik¿lani (1883) 106; Princess Victoria K¿hi¿ Kinoiki Kekaulike (1884) 111; Bernice Pauahi Bishop (1884) 112; Queen Emma (1885) 115; Princess Miriam Likelike (1887) 121; Prince Edward Abel Keliiahonui (1887) 126; King

David Kal¿kaua (1891) 127; John Owen Dominis (1891)

Royal Deaths During the Provisional Government and the Republic of Hawaii 138 Virginia Kapooloku Po'omaikelani (1895) 138; Ka'iulani (1899) 139; Queen Kapi'olani (1899)

Royal Deaths During the Territory of Hawaii 146 Albert K¿nui¿kea (1903) 147; Robert W. Wilcox (1903) 150; Mary K¿nui¿kea (1904) 152; David Kaw¿nanakoa (1908) 152; Archibald Scott Cleghorn (1910) 156; Charles Reed Bishop (1915) 157; Lili'uokalani (1917) 158; Jonah K¿hi¿ Kalaniana'ole (1922) 166; Elizabeth Keka'aniau (1928) 170; Elizabeth Kahanu (1932) 171; Abigail Wahi'ika'ahu'ula Campbell (1945) 172; David Kal¿kaua Kaw¿nanakoa (1953)

2.¿Burial Places

Fort Tomb

Tomb near Halekamani

Moku'ula Tomb

Royal Tomb at Pohukaina, Honolulu (1825)

Mauna 'Ala, Royal Mausoleum at Kaw¿nanakoa, Nu'uanu, Honolulu 184 John Young Tomb 187; Kamehameha Tomb (1887) 187;

Wyllie Tomb (1904) 190; Kalakaua Crypt (1910) 192; Kaw¿nakoa Tomb at Mauna 'Ala 198; Lunalilo Mausoleum (1875)

3.¿Undertakers

Conclusion

Glossary

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

The late Ralph Thomas Kam was the author of several articles in the Hawaiian Journal of History. He lived in Kaneohe, Hawai'i.

Product details

• Authors: Ralph Thomas Kam
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2017
• EAN: 9781476668468
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6846-8
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 322 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Hawaii, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Death & Dying, 20th Century, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Service, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of the Americas, Sociology: death and dying, Sociology: Death & Dying, Funeral services, Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii / Hawaiʻi (State of), Deathcare and funeral industries