Riot (Honolulu: October, 1840)

Source: The Polynesian. Honolulu: Saturday, October 10, 1840. Page 71.

On Saturday evening last, it was rumored that a large party of sailors were assembling and arming themselves with clubs, with the intention of attacking the fort, and rescuing such of their comrades as were confined therein for their misdemeanors. The Governor immediately apprised  the American Consul of the circumstance, who, accompanied by Capts. Wilkes and Hudson, succeeded at once to the scene of action, and found the men armed as described, and marching by couples towards the fort. The presence of their superior officers checked them at once, and after disarming them, they were ordered to retire peaceably to their boarding houses-which they did. Parties of soldiers patrolled the streets during the night and succeeding day, but no other symptom of riot was manifested. 

(Honolulu Fort, Circa 1853)