CONSTELLATION, frigate, reaches Islands, 84. Constitution, Liliuokalani's, provisions of, 178.
Cook, Capt. JAMES, discovers Hawaiian Islands, 1, 2, 5, 6; worshipped as God, 7; sails from Islands, 8; returns, 8; is killed by natives, 8; monument to memory of, 8.
.COOPER, HENRY A., chairman of Committee of Public Safety, 181; proclaims Hawaiian republic, 186. CORWIN, United States cutter, arrives with secret des- patches, 221.
DANIEL, ship, ruffians from attack missionaries, 26.
Danish West Indies, acquisition of urged by President Grant, 46.
DAVIES, T. H., guardian of Kaiulani, 173; returns to Islands in her interests, 174.
DAVIS, ISAAC, captured by natives, 12; leads force against Kamehameha, 14.
DEWEY, Commodore, destroys Spanish fleet, 245. Diplomatic relations begun, 53 et seq.
DISCOVERY, ship, arrives with Cook, 3; arrives with Van- couver, 16; council on board of, 17.
DOLE, SANFORD B., recognized as President of Pro- visional Government by President Cleveland, 201, 202; receives Minister Willis, 208; addressed note of in- quiry to Willis, 214; receives evasive reply, 214; addresses second note of inquiry to Willis, 216, 217; receives no reply, 217; remonstrates forcibly to Willis, 219, 220, 221; evasive reply of Willis to, 221; transfers sovereignty of Islands to United States, 249, 250; takes oath of allegiance to United States, 251. DOLPHIN, United States schooner, arrives at Honolulu, 58; crew of attacks missionaries, 58.
DOMINIS, JOHN O., 37; his marriage to Liliuokalani, 37, 166; death of, 166.
DOUGLAS, Capt., 13.
DOWNES, Commodore, 68.
DUBLIN, British ship, reaches Islands, 84.
DWIGHT, Rev. EDWIN W., 22.
EAMES, CHARLES, appointed United States commissioner to Hawaii, 106; meets Judd at San Francisco, 106; negotiates a treaty, 106.
ELEANOR, Snow, arrives, 11, 16.
ELWELL, ROBERT, 37.
EMMA, Queen, her marriage, 118; strengthens British influence, 121; her sympathies with English resi- dents, 125; candidate for throne, 137; her claims urged, 138; her adherents form mob, 138; her resi- dence protected by British forces, 139; accepts ad- vice of American minister, 140.
EMMELUTH, JOHN, 181.
EVERETT, EDWARD, 81, 82.
FAIR AMERICAN, ship, arrives, 11; captured by natives, 12, 13, 16.
FILLMORE, President, agrees to employ his good offices in matter of French aggressions, 94.
FISH, HON. HAMILTON, Secretary of State, 133; letter of to Minister Pierce, 135.
Flag of United States is raised permanently at Hawaii,
Foreign aggressions, 86 et seq.
Foreign representatives acknowledge Provisional Govern- ment, 187.
FOSTER, JOHN W., Secretary of State, drafts treaty of annexation, 188; his letter to Minister Stevens, 199; commends provisional protectorate, 199.
France, treaty with forced from king by Laplace, 68; con. cludes new treaty with Hawaii, 89; continues hos- tile, 95; "surprised" at attitude of United States, 104; jealous of increasing United States influence, 104; protests against annexation of Hawaii to United States, 115; minister of at Honolulu delays recogni- tion of Provisional Government, 187, 189.
FRELINGHUYSEN, Secretary, protests against possible French and British aggressions, 145.
French frigate Shoal, Great Britain applies for liberty to lease, 236, 238.
GARNET, British war vessel, enters harbor of Honolulu, 190; her presence increases tension, 190; officers
neglect to pay courtesies to Provisional Government, 190; encounters of crew of with those of American vessel, 190; fears of interference from, 190.
GASSENDI, French steamer, arrives at Honolulu, 92. GEORGE IV, 54.
GRANT, President, urges acquisition of Danish West Indies and San Domingo, 46, 47; sends Minister Pierce's letter to Senate, 133.
GRAY, ROBERT, Capt., 30, 31.
Great Britain, Vancouver declares protectorate of, 17; fails to ratify protectorate, 17; protests against reci- procity treaty, 49, 50; objects to Pearl Harbor grant, 51; concludes treaty with Islands through Lord Edward Russel, 69; Islands ceded to, 80; in posi- tion of having acted in bad faith, 83; disavows act of Paulet, 83; disclaims sovereignty over Hawaii, 83; agrees with France for independence of Hawaii, 84; flag of removed, 85; concludes new treaty with Hawaii, 89; consul of protests against French aggres- sions, 92; jealous of increasing American influence in Hawaii, 104; Oregon controversy with, 110; corre- spondence with asked for by Congress, III; protests against annexation of Hawaii to United States, 115; influence of in Islands at its height, 122; places high estimate on value of Islands, 123; examines Islands with reference to cotton-growing, 123; interchanges commissioners with Hawaii, 143; protests against cession of Pearl Harbor, 154; object of in making protest, 156; failure of effort of, 156; minister of at Honolulu delays recognition of Provisional Govern- ment, 187, 189; takes interest in Islands, 235; at- tempts to get foothold for submarine cable station, 236; Senate resolution of non-interference of foreign powers, 236; attempts to secure control of Neckar Island, 236; applies to Hawaiian government for ces- sion of island, 236; its application referred to the United States, 237; President Cleveland recom- mends that request be granted, 238; Congress re- fuses, 239, 240; plans seizure of Neckar Island, 240. GREGG, DAVID L., commissioner to Hawaiian Islands, 113; empowered to negotiate treaty of cession, 113, 116.
GRESHAM, Secretary, letter of Stevens to, 198, 200; his attitude criticised, 207; instructs Minister Willis to demand restoration of queen's authority, 210; urges Cleveland to restore queen by force, 212; his antago- nism toward Minister Thurston, 229; causes American war vessels to be withdrawn from Islands, 231. HAALILIO, TIMOTEO, 71.
HANCOCK, JOHN, entertains officers of Hawaiian commer- cial expedition, 30.
HARRIS, C. C., Hawaiian minister at Washington, 42; concludes treaty of reciprocity, 42.
HARRISON, BENJAMIN, President of the United States, 170; gracious in attitude toward Hawaii, 170; recom- mends raising rank of American representative in Islands, 170; calls attention of Congress to need of cable, 170; recommends improvement of Pearl Harbor, 170, 171; receives credentials of annexation commis- sioners, 188; transmits treaty of annexation to Senate, 196; refers to Liliuokalani, 196; regards her restora- tion as undesirable, 197; advocates annexation as de- sirable, 197.
HATCH, Capt. CROWELL, 29.
HATCH, FRANCIS M., minister at Washington, 230. "Hawaii Ponoi" played at annexation ceremonies, 250. Hawaiian Islands, settlement of, I; discovery of, I; pre- historic works on, 3, 5; rent by civil feuds, 9; first visited by American ship, II; brought under sway of Kamehameha, 15; importations from, 36; cattle im- ported into, 38; commerce with increasing, 53; Ameri- can agent at appointed, 53; first visited by American naval vessel, 55; whale-fisheries at, 110; Kame- hameha III contemplates cession of to United States, 112; desire to be admitted as a State, 116; annexation of in abeyance, 122; annexation of dis- cussed in, 128; seizure of suggested, 130; regarded as one of American family of nations, 162; invited to send delegate to International American Conference, 162; reach a crisis in history, 163; revolution of 1893, 173. Hawaiian national anthem played at annexation cere- monies, 250.
Hawaiian people, origin of, 3; population at time of dis- covery, 4; social and political system, 4; reject idol-
worship, 19; social condition of, 19; religious cere- monies of, 19; their deliverance at hand, 21; first spelling-books printed for, 25; work of civilizing be- gun, 26; organized as a civilized nation, 27; first see a horse, 33; fond of iron, 34; first treaty negotiated with, 56; President Jackson sends friendly message to, 59; decreasing rapidly, 115.
Hawaiian Question becomes a political factor, 208; not forgotten at Washington, 231; assumes partisan po- litical aspect, 233; discussed throughout administra- tion of Cleveland, 235; lies dormant for a time, 241; is settled, 250.
Hawaiian Republic formed, 230; royalists visit Washing- ton in interest of queen, 231; formally claims Neckar Island and raises its flag, 241; makes practical alli- ance with United States in entertaining Philippine expedition, 245; regards United States as its best friend, 245; its hospitality accepted, 246.
HONOLULU, native fort built at, 18; a beautiful city built, 27, 28; becomes important whaling point, 40; annexa- tion discussed in, 128; harbor of, 148; landed prop- erty in owned by Americans, 173; in turmoil of excitement over attempts of queen to abrogate con- stitution, 178; slumbers over a volcano, 181; troops landed in, 185; quieting effect upon, 185; Blount arrives at, 203; tension intense in, 212; terror in, 221; quiet is restored in, 224; attacked by epidemic of cholera, 235; visited by Philippine expedition, 246. HONOREE, JOHN, 23, 25.
HOPU assists to organize missionary party at Boston, 23; descries his native country, 24; announces the fall of idolatry, 25.
Horses first imported into Islands, 33.
HUNNEWELL, JAMES, establishes commercial house at Islands, 38.
International American Conference meets at Washington, 162; Hawaiian Islands regarded a member, and in- vited to send delegate, 162.
Investigation, Senate, of President Cleveland's Hawaiian attitude, 232; report of Morgan committee, 232, 233; Minister Stevens exonerated, 232, 233.
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