Jul 6   King Kalakaua is forced by the Hawaiian League, a group favoring a more liberalized constitution, to sign the "bayonet constitution" - 1887

E pane'e ka wa'a oi moe ka 'ale    Set the canoe moving while the billows are at rest.    Said by Holowae, a kahuna, to suggest that Kalani'Opu'u return to Hawai'i while there was peace. Later used to stir one to action.

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land

The state of Hawaii consists of 137 islands.

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