The fires of Pele have disappeared, 1891.

[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”]

The flames of the woman have disappeared, they are not to be seen; there is no smoke, not at all. This is a mysterious omen shown by the night; this has not happened from old times. This is the first time this mysterious omen has been seen.

Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Buke II, Helu 155, Aoao 3. Maraki 23, 1891.

Mosquito introduction

[Found under “KELA AME KEIA”]

Hawaii nei was a place that the mosquito was not seen before. But in the year 1826, there was seen a great many whaling ships arriving. From Mexico there was a ship called Welinekona [Welington] that visited Lahaina, Maui. It was those people who brought this evil one and spread it here in Hawaii.

Ka Hoku o Hawaii, June 13, 1918, p. 2

Schooling fish

[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO]

Nā Iʻa Kū.–Here at Waimea, Oʻahu, there are a lot of fish schooling. 1. Akule, 2. Weke, 3. Nehu. But that of the greatest number is Nuha. And we hear that at Kaiaka as well, it is amazing; this is not something that happened from before; it is the first time. The horse-drawn wagons keep coming; [Kū ka ʻāhua, hana ka hāʻawe] Heaps pile up to be carried away on the back.

J. M. Sirita.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XVII, Helu 23, Aoao 3. Iune 8, 1878

Death of Maraea Brown, Former wife of John Papa Ii, 1876.

[Found under: “NA ANOAI.”]

We are saddened to hear of the death of Mrs. Maraea Brown, on the second of this month, at Hilo. She was ill for a lengthy six months, until the day she died. This is a woman familiar to those of this town from the time she lived here with her first husband, the Alii, John Ii; and familiar to Hilo people because of her new husband, John T. Brown. She was 30 or so years old.

(Ka Lahui Hawaii, Buke II, Helu 36, Aoao 3. Sepatemaba 14, 1876.)

[Found under: “NU HOU HAWAII.”]

At the band assembly given at Emma Square [Ema Kuea] on this past Saturday Monday, it was David Naope Naone who whirled the conductor’s baton [ka laau alakai himeni] with great deft. It is indeed a task that Hawaiians can do.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XXXVI, Helu 50, Aoao 10. Dekemaba 10, 1897.

Lei niho palaoa just like new?

[Found under: “NA MEA KUPONO NO NA HOME” (Things Good for the Home)]

For Hawaiian women’s lei palaoa, or boar tusk, or perhaps elephant ivory fashioned into stick pins, they can certainly be cleaned with turpentine [aila hoomaloo], and dried out in the sun for two or three days; and its shine will be like a new one.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLII, Helu 27, Aoao 5. Iulai 5, 1907.

Kaiana abroad, 1787 (cont.)

[Found in “HE MOOLELO NO KAMEHAMEHA I, Ka Na=i Aupuni o Hawaii”]

Ahuula, the father, the son of Keawe, the King of Hawaii; and Kaupekamoku, the mother. Kaiana sailed for Kauai and his brothers stayed on Kauai, they being Namakeha and Nahiolea.

When Kaiana stopped at Hawaii, he met with Kamehameha, and Kamehameha made Kaiana one of his favorites (as is usual of Kamehameha, who cherished all of the living). Kaiana gave Kamehameha many rifles and cannons. Kamehameha held back Kaiana to remain on Hawaii, saying:

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Kaiana abroad, 1787 (cont.)

[Found in “HE MOOLELO NO KAMEHAMEHA I, Ka Na=i Aupuni o Hawaii”]

On this return of Kaiana from China, the ship did not stop here in Hawaii first, but past all the shores of America, and there the ship went trading for a long period; so all of the animals that were given him died. On the ship’s sail to Hawaii, they heard of Kaeo’s bad intentions toward him, so they sailed all the way and arrived at Hana, Maui on December 6, 1788 and from there they arrived at Kealakekua.

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