On the morning of this past Sunday, the Princess Regent [Kahu Aupuni] returned from the island of Kauai aboard the steamship C. R. Bishop, accompanied by Her Royal Younger Sister [Likelike], Miss Sophia Sheldon, and her attendants. When the ship entered the harbor, guns of salute were shot from Puowaina. When the ship landed, the two of them immediately boarded a car for the Palace. The Alii was in fine health. The royal excursion was welcomed warmly all around Kauai.
This past Wednesday, the Regent did a circuit of this island accompanied by Her Royal Younger Sibling, Hon. J. M. Kapena, and her attendants. They had breakfast in Maunawili, had lunch at Waimanalo, and spent the night in Maunawili.
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At perhaps 45 minutes past the hour of 9 on the morning of this past Thursday, after the royal excursion left Maunawili for Kaneohe, an accident befell the Mother Regent, when her carriage was descending a cliff road, she was thrown backwards along with her driver, and tumbled for a short time. The Alii was somewhat bruised in the fall, and was brought back to Honolulu aboard the Waimanalo, and she is being treated by Doctor Webb. But we are happy to see that she is improving.
[Perhaps the newspaper is playing down the severity of Liliuokalani's injuries. In "Hawaii's Story," she sounds like she is in quite a lot of pain.]
(Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 10/8/1881, p. 2)
Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, Buke IV, Helu 41, Aoao 2. Okatoba 8, 1881.
Filed under: Accident, Alii, Aloha Aina Tagged: "Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen", C. R. Bishop (ship), E. Cook Webb, John M. Kapena, Liliuokalani, Miriam Likelike Cleghorn, Sophia Sheldon, Waimanalo (ship)
