Trick or Treat or Treason
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HALLOWEEN
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY – ‘APIKI: Treachery, treason
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “It’s a pig strangling.” (The act of a traitor)
Today: Maui Celebrates Halloween with 30,000 on Front Street. Take the bus to Lahaina …
October 31, 1889: A jury acquits Robert W. Wilcox on the charges of treason for the 1889 rebellion which he led against the “reform government” in his attempt to restore the Hawaiian monarchy to power.Wilcox was born in 1855 on Maui. His parents sent him to Haleakala Boarding School in Makawao. After graduation, Wilcox became a teacher upcountry. In 1880, Wilcox was elected to the Royal Legislature in Honolulu. He represented the citizens of Wailuku and surrounding area.
Wilcox’s political interest grew when he left Hawaii for Italy, where he attended the Royal Military Academy. While there, Hawaiian King David Kalakaua signed what is called the Bayonet Constitution (so-called because it is said Whites forced him to sign).
