Ka ma’i hookaawale, “the separating disease”, 1881.

FRIENDS WHO ARE AFFLICTED

With fear and sadness, with disgust and grief in my heart, and with the point of  my pen, I report those who have caught the “separating disease” [mai hookaawale], through loving contact between husbands and wives, parents and children; that is leprosy [lebela]; and these are they below.

E Kahao (m)  Hilo, Hawaii,

Kahaka (m)  ” “

Hauli (f)  ” “

Papa (f)  ” “

Kekalalei (f)  ” “

Malie (f)  ” “

Maikini (f)  ” “

Pakalua (f)  ” “

Unini (f)  ” “

Makakau (f) Honomakau, Kohala, “

Pepee (m)  Olowalu, Maui,

Kaina (m)  Kaanapali, “

Kalaauala (m)  ” “

Nakai  ” “

Kupele (m)  Kula, “

Kealohiwa (m)  ” “

Piikawelo (m)  Kamaole, “

Naihe (m)  ” “

Kailiwela  ” “

Mahoe (f)  Lahaina, “

Mauki (f)  Honokohau, “

Puhipaka (m)  Manao, Oahu,

Kaluakini (f)  Kalihi, “

Kahololio (m)  Kapahi, Kauai,

Poohina (m)  ” “

Kuheana (m)  Kapaa, “

Pakaua (m)  Koloa, “

Kanoho (m)  Hanalei, “

Me, with much feeling for my own lahui,

S. W. M. Kawelo.

Honolulu, Oct. 10, 1881.

(Kuokoa, 10/22/1881, p. 1)

 

NA MAKAMAKA ILOKO O KA POINO

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XX, Helu 43, Aoao 1. Okatoba 22, 1881.

A father at Kalaupapa loses a son far away, 1903.

My Beloved Lei, My Child, Has Passed.

Mr. Editor of the newspaper Ke Aloha Aina.

Aloha oe:—May it please your honor to allow me some space of our precious “nupepa” for my bundle of sadness for which the title appears above, so that the friends of my child who live in the wafting Eka wind of that calm land may know.

In the evening of Friday, July 31, 1903, in Kailua, North Kona, Hawaii, the angel of death came to take the soul of my dear son, Jacob Kaleoalii, and he left silently alone on the path of no return, leaving behind his body for his mother and younger siblings to grieve over. Continue reading