"The greatest scout and rider and one of the best shot and bravest men that ever lived," was a Hawaiian man living in the American West. Read about this Hawaiian who lived abroad, Frank Grouard.

I have begun to add current stories of Hawaiians living abroad that I collected 2 years ago. Click here: Our Mo'olelo to read stories recently added. There is more to come.

**ADDED MAY 29, 2004**
As you can see, it's been quite a while since I've updated this site. Many apologies. I've been real busy lately. For a little over a year now, I've been working on a history page. It's still under construction, but it's currently got some great information and can be viewed by CLICKING HERE. You might be surprised to learn that between Ka'ahumanu and Queen Lili'uokalani, there was another Queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom. While she was literally a Queen for a Day, she nonetheless was a Head-of-State of the Hawaiian Kingdom. Another addition to the site is the, Top 10 Reasons why Hawaiians living abroad should consider going to college in Hawai'i. From here, you can check it out by CLICKING HERE. Lastly, there is finally a Hawaiian scholarships page. Within the last several years, there has been somewhat of an increase in Hawaiian scholarship programs. Newer programs allow non-Hawai'i residents the opportunity to apply for financial aid. So, Hawaiians let's be sure to utilize these resources! Go to www.hawaiiansabroad.com/scholarships.html If for some odd reason you're wondering how could the simplicity of these recent additions to this site have kept me so busy, you can see what I've been up to by CLICKING HERE or going to www.blurty.com/users/hawaiianson. In closing, I hope you enjoy the site, the new additions, and encourage your feedback, comments, etc. Send them to derek@hawaiiansabroad.com.

ADDED 03/29/03
Several years ago, I read in a book titled, Kanaka about aboriginal Hawaiians who left the islands (1811-1875) to work for fur trading companies (ie. Hudson's Bay Company). Here is an excerpt of a story I read in that book as well as on the web at Hawaiian-Roots.com

"On the morning of the 14th of February, while the ships carpenter was replacing one of the davits, two large pulleys fell into the sea. As we had no others, the Captain asked the Islanders (who are excellent swimmers) to dive for them. Two of them volunteered immediately, on the understanding that they should be given four yards of cotton cloth if they succeeded in bringing them up from the bottom. They dived several times and each time brought up shells. We were sufficiently curious to time their dives and were surprised to find that they could stay under for four minutes. At last one of them brought up the two pulleys and received the promised reward. This exercise seemed to exhaust them, to such extent that blood was flowing from the nose and ears of one of them (Franchere 1969: 60)."

Click here to view marriages, births and deaths of Hawaiians at Fort Vancouver and Stellamaris Mission from 1839 to 1853. If you would like to view Hawaiians on the 1824 John Work Expidition; Hawaiians listed on the 1850 Clark County Census, Washington; Clark County Census, 1860; 1880 Census of Skamania County, Washington; 1885 Skamania County Census, then click here.