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...Today, I, a poor weak girl with not one of my people with me and all these 'Hawaiian' statesmen against me, have strength to stand up for the rights of my people. Even now I can hear their wail in my heart and it gives me strength and courage and I am strong - strong in the faith of God, strong in the knowledge that I am right, strong in the strength of... |
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seventy million people who in this free land will hear my cry and will refuse to let their flag cover dishonor to mine!" In poor health, Princess Kaiulani died in 1899 at the age of 23, suffering the loss of the Hawaii she had come to know and love. Look for writings on Kaiulani by Nancy Webb, Sharon Linnea, and Mindi Reid, among others, both online and at bookstores. |
