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Hawaiians on ships attacked by the CSS Alabama, 1882.

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Alabama Claims.

VICTIMS OF THE ALABAMA.

Here below are the Hawaiian sailors who have rights to the claims from the money plundered by the ship Alabama from ships in the Arctic Ocean [Kai o Arika].

      Ship—John Howland—Keoni Haulani.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Hoopii,                                Estate of Pika Kaeo [Peter Kaeo]
Napuu,                                Manamana,
Maele,                                 Makiki,
Hopu,                                  Kikihale,
Paahao,                               Kapalama,
Hanaike,                              Auwaiolimu,
Kauai,                                  Kikihale.

Ship—Covington—Kawikona.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Leimakani,                          Kaopuaua,
Kalua,                                 Moanalua,
Puhau,                                Halealii [Palace],
Kekahea,                            Halealii [Palace],
Keoni Ohaio,                      Haliimaile,
Kolohai,                              Kepahoni.

Ship—Euphrates—Iupekisi.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Mahiai,                             Kaumakapili,
Kauhikoa,                         Makiki,
Mana,                               Pelekane,
Mahoe,                             Kikihale,
Waihalulu,                        Kikihale,
Kahanu,                            Kapuukolo,
Kaoni,                               Kaopuaua,
Kamai,                              Waikiki,
Kumoanahulu,                  Waikahalulu.

Ship—Nassau—Nakau.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Opunui,                               Kaopuaua,
Kaiawe,                               Auwaiolimu,
Kanikaula,                           Honokaupu,
Kanoho,                              Niolopa.

Ship—Milo—Mailo.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Keaupuni,                          Moanalua,
Namauu,                            Haimoeipo,
Kamaole,                            Pukalale,
Luhilea,                              Kapamoo,
Kimo Kaiwi,                        Kapalama.

Ship—Congress—Konolisa.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Kekuaihehia,                     Puunui,
Nakaneihele,                     Kaopuaua,
Kekoa,                               Kaopuaua,
Hale liilii,                           Keoneula,
Kamaa,                              Lepekaholo,
Kalanihookahu,                 Kakaako,
Hakuole,                            Pauoa,
Keliilelepa,                        Kaopuaua,
Namakaeha,                      Estate of Pika Kaeo [Peter Kaeo],
Kalulu,                               Halealii [Palace],
Kolona,                              Kaakopua,
Kaunu,                               Aala,
Kahumoku liilii,                  Kikihale,
Kemaha,                             Kaakopua,
Kapuniai,                            Kauluwela,
Kaihe,                                 Kauanonoula.

Ship—Favorite—Fewalaiki.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

David,                                 Kapuukolo,
Maihui,                               Kapuukolo,
Kanoa,                                Kapuukolo,
Kahula,                               Kaopuaua,
Kaai,                                   Kikihale,
Kaapa,                                Kapuukolo,
Kaneihalau,                        Kapauhi,
Mauaa,                               Kaakopua.

Ship—Martha—Maleka.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Kainaina,                             Kaopuaua,
Pika,                                    Kaumakapili,
Manuhoa,                           Lepekaholo,
Ikaaka,                                Niupaipai,
Kalama,                              Apua,
Ii,                                         Kapuukolo,
Keliaa,                                 Kaopuaua,
Kalawaia,                             Apua,
Honu,                                  Kikihale,
Kekipi,                                 Apua,
Kilauea,                               Kapuukolo,
Pao,                                     Moanalua,
Alapai,                                 Kaopuaua,
Kaawaloa,                           Kapalama,
Aiamanu,                            Apua,
Hoomana,                           Peleula,
Kapela,                                Apua,
Kapou,                                 Honokaupu,
Kealonui,                             Apua,
Kalue,                                  Lepekaholo,
William Thompson, Uilama Kamikana,
Kahunapau Keala,
Kahananui,                         Kaumakapili,
Kaailaau,                            Kapuukolo,
Kumakauila,                       Kapuukolo,
Mahoe,                               Kapuukolo,
Kauhailama,                       Pukalale,
Kaumaka.

Ship—Nile—Naila.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Naihelua,                          Kepahoni,
Kuakolu,                           Kepahoni,
Kanalu,                             Pauoa,
Kamaka,                           Peleula,
Hoaiki,                              Kapamoo,
Moeino,                            Kepahoni,
Kauhane,                          Kikihale,
Palakiko,                          Palolo,
Kaia,                                Paeaki,
Kaumealani,                    Kaumakapili,
Kalimahelehonua,           Honokaupu,
Kanuha,                           Kikihale,
Pau,                                 Kaopuaua,
Kekahea,                         Halealii [Palace],
Kalua,                              Kapalama.

Ship—Catherine—Kakalina.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Samuel,                             Kaopuaua,
Piko,                                  Kaopuaua,
Kealoha,                            Niolopa,
Epela Waahia,                   Kawaiahao,
Simona Nuole,                  Kaakopua,
Poaeae,                             Niupaipai,
Keawe,                              Kapuukolo,
Hahololio,                         Kapuukolo,
Kanuha,                            Kikihale,
Peniamina,                        Kapalama.

The names above, are the Hawaiian sailors aboard the ships mentioned above, that were pirated by the Shenandoah in 1865.

Those who received the aforementioned money, should not come again—as for those who did not receive the money, they must come at once to my office in Honolulu.

Should one of these people have died, then relatives or heirs should come.

A. S. Hartwell.

Honolulu, Dec. 1, 1882.

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Fishing for oopu and wi in Puepaku, Hilo, 1878.

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[Found under: “NA MEA HOU O PUEPAKU, HILO.” by J. Kanaeholo]

Fishing women.—The girls of this area [Pueopaku, Hilo], go fishing often for oopu with small arched nets at the river in the daytime, and at night they go down to pick the famous wi of Hilo. They head down to Papaikou Plantation to sell them, and they come into the cry of the turkey [palahu].¹

¹Whereas the cry of the nene, “unele, unele,” is associated with lacking, the cry of the turkey, “pokeokeo,” is associated with riches.

(Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 10/26/1878, p. 1)

Na wahine lawaia.

Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, Buke I, Helu 43, Aoao 1. Okatoba 26, 1878.

Description of the Nene by Kepelino, 1863.

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THE STORY

—OF—

The Birds of Hawaii nei

NUMBER 5.

Nene Bird.

The Nene is a bird from the high uplands, and it is a big bird; it resembles a Turkey [Pelehu] and it is that height, its legs are long, and its toes are flat, its neck is nicely slim, its head is small, its eyes are like the eyes of a Chicken [Moa], its beak is short, it has a fine loud voice, and its call sounds like, “unele, unele, unele.”

It is said in the old Hawaiian stories, that the Nene and the Fly [Nalo] were deprived of their wealth, and that is why the Nene cries in that manner, “unele, unele” [“without, without”] and the Nalo chose its place to live as Kapalapilau [“Rotting dab of excreta”], and that is still what they do.

The Nene does not eat Rats [Iole] and other things like the Hawk [Io], and the Owl [Pueo], it only eats leaves of vegetation and flowers of grasses. Continue reading →

Nene being cared for by Herbert Shipman, etc. 1941.

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[Found under: “Hunahuna Meahou o Hamakua Ame Kohala” by Mrs. Reinhardt.]

Last week, two men living and working at the Kilauea National Park came to Honokaa School, their names being Gunther Olsen and friend. The school was filled with its 496 students from 1st grade to 6th, to see pictures of the mountains of this island. Olsen described the different birds while his companion showed pictures of the birds on a white cloth. Truly beautiful were the pictures of the mamo, O-o, Elepaio, Iiwi, Apapane, and so forth. The names of the birds of ours were clearly pronounced in Hawaii by that man.

According what was said by this man, in Keaau is being cared for at the home of Herbert Shipman, NENE birds, which are believed to be going extinct, but they are increasing. Our birds were much more beautiful in the olden days before other birds were imported from all over, the birds that are a problem for the crops growing in our gardens. They eat flowers of the peppers [nioi], and that is why the nioi doesn’t fruit as they did in years past.

After the pictures of the birds were shown, pictures were shown of the burning fires of Pele atop Mokuaweoweo last year. These men climbed up Mokuaweoweo on horseback and when they reached a certain point, the horses were left and they went on foot until the crater. Where they were was scorching. While the fires were boiling, snow was seen on both sides covering the ground. Continue reading →

Zero to zero, Kamehameha vs St. Louis? 1926.

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KAMEHAMEHA AND ST. LOUIS TIED.

Before a crowd of spectators estimated to number between twelve and thirteen thousand, the football teams of Kamehameha and Sana Lui stood upon the battlefield for the championship of the year, in the afternoon of this past Saturday, on the Kamehameha School field, without there being a victor between those teams; they were tied with no score on either side.

This game between the two teams were one of the most fierce seen in Honolulu nei, filled with emotion; and there were many behind each team, and the worry of a great many spectator was relieved because neither side took the victory for themselves. Continue reading →

Kamehameha vs Punahou, 1919.

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THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN THE BOYS OF KAMEHAMEHA AND PUNAHOU ON THIS PAST SATURDAY; IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST INTENSE GAMES SEEN; THE BOYS OF PUNAHOU RAN OFF WITH THE WIN FOR THEIR SIDE, AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THAT SPORT WENT TO PUNAHOU THIS YEAR.

(Kuokoa, 11/21/1919, p. 1)

O KE KII KEIA...

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LVII, Helu 47, Aoao 1. Novemaba 21, 1919.

Honolulu High School football team, 1907.

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Honolulu High School Football Team, Champions 1907

Standing on the left—J. Gilliland, G. Dwight. Standing on the right—V. Marcallino, H. Kiyoshi, E. B. Blanchard (coach). Front row, from left to right—S. Pratt, M. Turner (capt.), H. Ingalls, H. Marichie. Middle row, from left to right—W. Rice, D. King, C. Hughes, H. Chillingworth, D. Pali. Back row, fro left to right—A. Akana, A. Nortor, E. Andrews.

[The Honolulu High School would go on to become what we know today as McKinley High School.]

(Sunday Advertiser, 12/8/1907, p. 7)

Honolulu High School Football Team, Champions 1907

Sunday Advertiser, Volume V, Number 258, Page 7. December 8, 1907.