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Samuel Kipi (1825 – 1879) was a politician and statesman in the Kingdom of Hawaii who served as Royal Governor of the island Hawaii from 1874 to 1879. ==Life and career== Kipi was born May 9, 1825 at Hilo, Hawaii, although his gravestone state he was born in 1829 instead.〔〔 In 1853, he entered the service of the Hawaiian government as a member of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Hawaiian legislature. Kipi would serve as a representative from 1853 to 1874. Kipi also served many other positions being appointed Land Appraiser for the island of Hawaii in August 22, 1873 and Boundary Commissioner for the 4th Judicial Circuit in October 29, 1878. On April 15, 1878, he was elevated to the position of a member of the House of Nobles, the upper house of the legislature traditionally reserved for the chiefs On March 2, 1874, he was appointed by the newly elected King Kalākaua as Governor of Hawaii Island, replacing Princess Keʻelikōlani, representative of the Kamehameha dynasty, as the administrative head of the island.〔 On April 3, 1874, Governor Kipi greeted Kalākaua, his wife Queen Kapiolani and other members of the royal party, while they were in Hilo on their royal tour around the kingdom. The King was welcomed by the burning of the kukui torches at the midday, which the new dynasty had adopted as its symbol. The King addressed the large crowd assembled, saying, "these people of the Big Island are among my most beloved children, being of the land of my ancestors," which prompted, Governor Kipi to state, "We give our full hearts unto you, O Chief." Kipi was considered "highly esteemed, and (man ) who commanded the respect of the foreign community as well as from his own people."〔 In 1876, Max Buchner, a German physician and ethnographer, met Princess Keʻelikōlani along with Governor Kipi, whom he described as "an extremely worthy and proper-looking sturdy old gentleman in impeccable European clothing." On their trip back to Hilo from Honolulu, Buchner found it strange that the Governor didn't dine at the table with him, below deck, but chose instead to sit "above on the deck with the princess and chomped away at raw fish and poi." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Kipi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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