as far as 50 miles to pay their last respects to their princess. Writing in high revolutionary fervor of the days immediately following the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii, Professor William DeWitt Alexander remarked: It is true that the germs of many evils of Kalakaua's reign may be traced to the reign of Kamehameha V. The reactionary policy of that monarch is well known. Under him the "recrudescence" of heathenism commenced, as evidenced by the Pagan orgies at the funeral of his sister Victoria Kamāmalu, in June, 1866, and his encouragement of lascivious hula hula dancers and the pernicious class of Kahunas or sorcerers. Closely connected with this reaction was a growing jealousy and hatred of foreigners. Mark Twain, a spectator to the events, also labeled the acts of the grieving Hawaiians as "pagan orgies." Twain had his letters sent to his newspaper in Sacramento and he later published his observations in the book Roughing It. He didn't understand that for the last years of the Princess' life, she had become disillusioned with Western modernization and retreated to the ancient Hawaiian traditions, and the funeral ceremonies were her brother's way of honoring her dying wishes. Honours Dame Grand Cross of the Most Noble Order of Kamehameha I. References Bibliography Books and journals Newspapers and online sources External links March 27, 1855. New York Times article on her Mark Twain in Sacramento Union – #14 Victoria Kamamalu on a Stamp Hawai'i's Lost Princess: Princess Victoria Kamāmalu Ka'ahumanu IV Victoria Kamamalu "A Worthy Successor" by Julie Stewart Williams 1838 births 1866 deaths Kuhina Nui Members of the Hawaiian Kingdom Privy Council Hawaiian princesses House of Kamehameha Royalty of the Hawaiian Kingdom Heirs apparent who never acceded Heirs to the Hawaiian throne Burials at the Royal Mausoleum (Mauna ʻAla) Royal School (Hawaii) alumni Native Hawaiian women in politics 19th-century women rulers