Daily Archives: February 14, 2016

George Vancouver arrives once more on February 14, 1793.

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[Found under: “He Moolelo Hawaii”]

Vancouver Returns

In the month of February, the 14 day, 1793, Vancouver [Vanekouwa] returned to Hawaii nei, from the northwest of America, and landed at Kawaihae.

The men pleaded for guns and powder from him. Vancouver refused and would not sell those sort things to them. There was great desire of Hawaiians for those things during those days, because it was a time of war, and Kamehameha was conquering the nation then; Oahu and Kauai remained.

And from there, Vancouver landed at Kealakekua, on the 22nd of that month and met with Kamehameha.

At that time, he gifted Kamehameha with two cattle, a bull and a cow. The cattle that Vancouver brought were from Monterey, a land in America.

These animals were greatly appreciated by Hawaiians because they were unusual, and they were called puaa pipi. It is from those pipi that the cattle which roam these days at Waimea and Maunakea and the other forests of Hawaii proliferated.

Kamehameha treated Vancouver kindly; Vancouver was facing hardship without water and took his water barrels into the uplands, and Kamehameha commanded his men to carry the barrels and to fill them with water. Continue reading →

Recalling the death of James Cook, 1896.

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[Found under: “He Moolelo no ka HOOKUMUIA ANA O HAWAII”]

PERTAINING TO THE DEATH OF LONO.

On the 24th of January 1779, Kalaniopuu returned from Maui; Lono was at Kealakekua in Kona, and Kalaniopuu met with Lono, and Kalaniopuu the chief treated Lono kindly and donned a ahu ula upon Lono, with kahili, and Kalaniopuu did a great many good things for Lono.

And on the 4th of February 1779, Lono leaves Kealakekua and his ship sails directly outside of Kawaihae and Kohala; it is noticed that one of the masts of his ship is rotten, so he returns to Kealakekua to build a new mast for his ship. Continue reading →

Thrum’s Valentines ad, 1887.

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Valentines. Valentines.

The finest variety of Valentines ever opened up in Honolulu, are now on sale at

Thos. G. THRUM’S,
Book and Stationery Store, 106 Fort Street,
At prices ranging from

Five Cents up to Five Dollars

—EACH.—

Representing—PRANG’S Valentine Novelties, HEILDSHEIMER’S Fringed goods, MARCUS WARD’S Cards.

McLOUGHLAN’S Sentimental and Comic Supplies, and THOMPSON’S Comicalities, Slim Jims and Double Folders.

—ALSO—

VALENTINE PAPETERIES

First comers have choice of selection. Quick or you lose them.

Valentine’s Day February 14. Monday Next.

[Five dollars???]

(Daily Herald, 2/12/1887, p. 3)

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The Daily Herald, Volume I, Number 140, Page 3. February 12, 1887.

Happy Valentine’s Day, 1897.

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Yesterday [2/14/1897] was the day of lovers and jokers, and it is called by the haole, St. Valentine’s Day (La o Sana Valenatine), or maybe it is Sana Valekino. It is a day that gifts are given between lovers with affection or perhaps with fun or humor.

(Makaainana, 2/15/1897, p. 1)

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Ka Makaainana, Buke VII—-Ano Hou, Helu 7, Aoao 1. Feberuari 15, 1897.