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law。    We   have   done   no   wrong。     And   yet   they   would   put   us   in   prison。 

Molokai is a prison。        That you know。        Niuli�察�there�察�his sister was       sent 

to Molokai seven years ago。           He has not seen her since。          Nor     will he 

ever see her。     She must stay there until she dies。           This is    not her will。 

It is not Niuli's will。     It is the will of the white       men who rule the land。 

And who are these white men�拭�

     ;We   know。      We   have   it   from   our   fathers   and   our   fathers'   fathers。 

They came like lambs�察�speaking softly。              Well might they speak          softly�察�

for we were many and strong�察�and all the islands were ours。                    As I say�察�

they spoke softly。       They were of two kinds。           The one kind       asked our 

permission�察 �our gracious   permission�察�to   preach to us the            word of   God。 

The other kind asked our permission�察�our gracious                 permission�察�to trade 

with us。     That was the beginning。          Today all     the islands are theirs�察�all 

the   land�察  �all   the   cattleeverything   is theirs。    They   that   preached   the 

word of God and they that preached            the word of Rum have fore´gathered 

and become great chiefs。         They     live like kings in houses of many rooms�察�

with   multitudes   of   servants    to   care   for   them。  They   who   had   nothing 

have everything�察�and if you�察         �or I�察�or any Kanaka be hungry�察�they sneer 

and say�察�'Well�察�why don't        you work�拭      �There are the plantations。' 

     Koolau   paused。      He   raised   one   hand�察  �and   with   gnarled   and   twisted 

fingers   lifted   up   the   blazing   wreath   of hibiscus   that crowned   his   black 

hair。   The moonlight bathed the scene in silver。            It was a    night of peace�察�

though   those   who   sat   about   him   and   listened   had   all  the   seeming   of 

battle´wrecks。      Their   faces   were   leonine。    Here   a    space   yawned   in   a 

face   where   should   have   been   a   nose�察  �and   there   an arm´stump   showed 

where a hand had rotted off。           They were men and           women beyond the 

pale�察�the thirty of them�察�for upon them had been              placed the mark of the 

beast。 

     They    sat�察 �flower´garlanded�察     �in  the   perfumed�察    �luminous    night�察  �and 



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their    lips  made    uncouth     noises    and   their  throats    rasped    approval    of 

Koolau's      speech。    They     were    creatures   who    once    had   been   men    and 

women。        But    they    were    men    and    women      no   longer。    They      were 

monsters   in   face   and   form   grotesque   caricatures   of   everything   human。 

They      were   hideously   maimed   and   distorted�察  �and   had   the   seeming   of 

creatures     that  had   been    racked    in  millenniums      of  hell。   Their    hands�察�

when they possessed them�察�were like harpy claws。                 Their faces were        the 

misfits and slips�察�crushed and bruised by some mad god at play                       in the 

machinery of life。       Here and there were features which the              mad god had 

smeared half away�察�and one woman wept scalding tears                    from twin pits of 

horror�察�where her eyes once had been。              Some were        in pain and groaned 

from  their   chests。     Others   coughed�察  �making        sounds   like   the   tearing   of 

tissue。    Two   were   idiots�察  �more   like   huge     apes   marred   in   the   making�察�

until   even   an   ape   were   an   angel。   They      mowed   and   gibbered   in   the 

moonlight�察  �under   crowns   of   drooping�察        �golden   blossoms。       One�察  �whose 

bloated     ear´lobe    flapped    like  a  fan   upon     his   shoulder�察   �caught    up  a 

gorgeous      flower     of  orange     and   scarlet    and     with   it  decorated     the 

monstrous ear that flip´flapped with his            every movement。 

     And over these things Koolau was king。               And this was his kingdom�察�

a    flower´throttled      gorge�察   �with   beetling   cliffs  and    crags�察  �from   which 

floated the blattings of wild goats。          On three sides the grim walls            rose�察�

festooned in fantastic draperies of tropic vegetation and               pierced by cave´ 

entrancesthe rocky lairs of Koolau's subjects。               On    the fourth side the 

earth fell away into a tremendous abyss�察�and�察               �far below�察�could be seen 

the   summits      of  lesser  peaks    and   crags�察  �at   whose     bases   foamed     and 

rumbled   the   Pacific   surge。     In   fine   weather   a   boat   could   land   on   the 

rocky beach that marked the entrance of               Kalalau Valley�察�but the weather 

must be very fine。       And a cool´ headed mountaineer might climb from the 

beach   to   the   head   of   Kalalau    Valley�察  �to   this   pocket   among   the   peaks 

where Koolau ruled�察�but such            a mountaineer must be very cool of head�察�

and he must know the wild´ goat trails as well。                The marvel was that the 

mass of human wreckage              that   constituted Koolau's people should   have 

been   able   to   drag   its helpless   misery   over   the   giddy   goat´trails   to   this 

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     ;Brothers�察─�Koolau began。 

     But   one   of   the   mowing�察  �apelike   travesties   emitted   a   wild   shriek   of 

madness�察     �and   Koolau     waited   while    the  shrill  cachination     was   tossed 

back and forth among the rocky walls and echoed distantly through                      the 

pulseless night。 

     ;Brothers�察    �is  it  not  strange�拭  �Ours     was   the  land�察  �and   behold�察  �the 

land is not ours。      What did these preachers of the word of God and                 the 

word of   Rum  give   us   for  the  land�拭    �Have   you   received   one   dollar�察   �as 

much as one dollar�察�any one of you�察�for the land�拭             �Yet it is   theirs�察�and in 

return they  tell   us   we   can   go   to   work   on   the  land�察�their   land�察  �and   that 

what we produce by our toil shall be theirs。              Yet in the old days we did 

not    have   to  work。     Also�察   �when     we   are   sick�察   �they   take   away    our 

freedom。; 

     ;Who brought the sickness�察�Koolau�拭─�demanded Kiloliana�察�a lean and 

wiry man with a face so like a laughing faun's that one might expect                    to 

see the cloven hoofs under him。           They were cloven�察�it was true�察         �but the 

cleavages      were   great   ulcers   and    livid  putrefactions。     Yet     this   was 

Kiloliana�察�the most daring climber of them all�察�the man who                  knew every 

goat´trail and who had led   Koolau and his wretched                 followers into   the 

recesses of Kalalau。 

     ;Ay�察  �well   questioned�察─  �Koolau   answered。        ;Because   we   would   not 

work     the    miles   of  sugar´cane     where    once   our   horses   pastured�察   �they 

brought     the   Chinese   slaves   from   overseas。      And   with   them   came   the 

Chinese      sicknessthat which we suffer from and because of which they 

would      imprison   us   on   Molokai。     We   were   born   on   Kauai。     We   have 

been to the     other islands�察�some here and some there�察�to Oahu�察�to Maui�察�to 

Hawaii�察�to Honolulu。         Yet always did we come back to Kauai。              Why did 

we come back�拭        �There must be a reason。         Because we love Kauai。           We 

were born here。        Here we have lived。         And here shall we dieunless´ ´ 

unlessthere be weak hearts amongst us。             Such we do not want。            They 

are    fit  for  Molokai。     And     if  there   be  such�察   �let  them   not    remain。 

Tomorrow the soldiers land on the shore。             Let the weak       hearts go down 

to   them。    They  will   be   sent   swiftly   to   Molokai。   As    for   us�察  �we   shall 

stay and fight。      But know that we will not die。           We     have rifles。     You 



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know   the   narrow   trails   where   men   must   creep�察  �one    by   one。    I�察  �alone�察�

Koolau�察�who was once a cowboy on Niihau�察�can hold                     the trail against a 

thousand men。        Here is Kapalei�察�who was once a            judge over men and a 

man with honour�察�but who is now a hunted rat�察               �like you and me。        Hear 

him。     He is wise。; 

     Kapalei arose。      Once he had been a judge。          He had gone to college at 

Punahou。       He     had   sat  at  meat    with   lords   and   chiefs   and   the  high 

representatives of alien powers who protected the interests of               traders and 

missionaries。      Such had been   Kapalei。         But now�察 �as      Koolau had   said�察�

he was a hunted rat�察�a creature outside the law�察            �sunk so deep in the mire 

of human horror that he was above the law                as well as beneath it。        His 

face was featureless�察�save for gaping           orifices and for the lidless eyes that 

burned under hairless brows。 

     ;Let us not make trouble�察─�he began。            ;We ask to be left alone。         But 

if they do not leave us alone�察�then is the trouble theirs and the                penalty。 

My fingers are gone�察�as you see。;           He held up his stumps          of hands that 

all might see。      ;Yet have I the joint of one thumb           
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