Word: kamahameha
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Missionary Judd was more than a spiritual adviser to the Hawaiians. He was one of the first foreigners to foreswear his U. S. allegiance and become a subject of King Kamahameha III (1832-1854). He aided in establishing the first constitutional monarchy on the Islands. He served his brown-skinned monarch as Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of the Interior...
...Judd had been in Hawaiian service one year when the British ship Carysfort, Captain George Paulet commanding, sailed into Honolulu Harbor, prepared to take possession of the Island of Oahu. King Kamahameha, frightened, ceded his kingdom, fled to Maui, left Dr. Judd as his agent to deal with Captain Paulet. The British officer became so oppressive that Dr. Judd, unable to negotiate further with him, withdrew to the royal mausoleum in the palace yard. There by the uncertain light of a ship's lantern, Dr. Judd carried on government business using the coffin of Queen Kaahumanu...
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