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33: 739: 253:. Poor Lizzie—sat thinking of her all evening and writing Music.” On March 1, 1888, Kapoli was admitted to Kakaʻako Branch Hospital for inspection. She successfully petitioned the governmental Board of Health for her father ʻUmi to accompany her to the colony as her kōkua (helper) on April 27. On May 1, she and 28 other individuals departed for the 280:
about building a home (at his own expense) for female patients in the colony. Through the intercession of Bishop, the government built the Bishop Home (also sometimes called the Pauahi Home) to allow Kapoli and other young women and girls to reside away from the other patients. A "comfortable home"
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Mrs. Eveline Wilson from her childhood had professed a great fondness and love for me, and with two other young ladies, Lizzie Kapoli and Sophie Sheldon, had made my home theirs. Bright young girls, with happy hearts, and free from care and trouble, they made that part of my life a most delightful
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Researcher Colette Higgins noted that Liliʻuokalani visited Kapoli at Bishop House during her official tour of the islands as monarch on April 27, 1891. This was Liliʻuokalani's third time visiting the settlement but first as reigning monarch and the first after Kapoli's exile. The
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was built for Kapoli on the ground of the property while the construction began and Bishop wrote to Meyer that he was glad she was satisfied with the arrangement. In 1889, Mother
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reported, "The queen went down to see Kapoli... There was affection and tears falling onto the cheeks of Kapoli, since the queen was a close friend of hers a long time ago."
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Between Kapoli's admission to Kakaʻako and departure for Kalaupapa, Charles Reed Bishop, whose household Kapoli was once part of, wrote to Superintendent of Kalaupapa
213: 249:. Writing on January 22, 1888, Liliʻuokalani noted, “Recd letter from Kapoli telling me that she had been reported to board of health & perhaps will be sent to 286: 237:'s residence, for her lifetime. After the 1884 death of Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Kapoli was also provided with a monthly allowance of 40 dollars in her will. 294: 793: 179:. Liliʻuokalani referred to her as Lizzie. A member of the Kaohuokalani Singing Club founded by Liliʻuokalani, she helped compose numerous 783: 208: 673: 618: 587: 538: 509: 773: 199:, in honor of Liliʻuokalani, and shared the lyrics and music notes with the then-princess while she was traveling to the 152:
Kapoli was born in either 1851 or 1852. Her father was ʻUmi Kukaʻilani (1833–1899). ʻUmi would later marry a patient at
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Under Hawaiian Skies: A Narrative of the Romance, Adventure and History of the Hawaiian Islands
191:(Thou Art the Never Fading Beauty). After the death of Likelike in 1887, she composed kanikau ( 128:(r. 1891–1893). She was a member of the singing club organized by Liliʻuokalani and her sister 557: 330:. She was buried at Kalaupapa. Her father and his second wife were later buried next to her. 758: 273: 160: 763: 691: 117: 8: 164: 163:, a high chiefess and member of Hawaiian royalty, and her husband, American businessman 277: 720: 701: 679: 669: 624: 614: 593: 583: 544: 534: 515: 505: 310: 226: 69: 315: 290: 234: 132:, and wrote music compositions with the two royal sisters. In 1888, she contracted 113: 77: 212:, Liliʻuokalani wrote of her relationship with two of her other Hawaiian protèges 172: 125: 714: 695: 663: 577: 528: 499: 250: 176: 121: 180: 109: 641: 548: 752: 628: 597: 282: 183:
with the two royal sisters. One of her first collaborative compositions was
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Liliʻuokalani recorded the event leading to Kapoli's exile for
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The Betrayal of Liliuokalani: Last Queen of Hawaii, 1838–1917
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Index

Sepia photograph of Hawaiian woman in western dress
Kalaupapa
Molokai
Hawaiian Kingdom
Hawaiian composer and musician
Hawaiian Kingdom
Hawaiian royal family
lady-in-waiting
Liliʻuokalani
Likelike
leprosy
leper colony
Kalaupapa
Kalaupapa
Bernice Pauahi Bishop
Charles Reed Bishop
Likelike
Liliʻuokalani
lady-in-waiting
songs
dirges
Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
Eveline Townsend Wilson
Keʻelikōlani
Honolulu
Joseph O. Carter
leprosy
Kalawao
leper colony

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