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Just another place that posts random articles from the Hawaiian Newspapers! It would be awesome if this should become a space where open discussions happen on all topics written about in those papers!! And please note that these are definitely not polished translations, but are just drafts!!! [This blog is not affiliated with any organization and receives no funding. Statements made here should in now way be seen as a reflection on other organizations or people. All errors in interpretation are my own.]

Hawaiian missionaries William Kaulehelehe and Merelina Kaulehelehe go to Oregon, 1845.

Hawaiian Missionaries.—On this past 15th of May, Kaulehelehe and his wife, Merelina, sailed to Komilewa, that being the land called Oregon; they went to live as teachers for the Hawaiians there; they will live under the British governor there. He [the governor] wrote, requesting for a Hawaiian teacher to go there to teach those who are living there without a teacher. This is the annual salary, two hundred dollars ($200). It is not a big salary, because the cost for supplies there is expensive. Continue reading

A son born to Phoebe and Lyons Kakani, 1891.

[Found under: “NU HOU HAWAII.”]

At Hana, Maui, on the 30th of October, Poipe, the wife of Lyons K. Kakani, gave birth to a son, after they were married for just twelve months. These married ones are young, and they are blessed to have their first born while the parents are in their youth. Blessed be the heavenly Father, for giving a grandchild to the home of our friend, J. K. Hanuna. Continue reading

Phoebe Hanuna weds Lyons K. Kakani, 1890.

THE KAWAIAHAO BOARDING SCHOOL.

On the first days of this week, the examination of the students of the girls’ boarding school of Kawaiahao was held in the school. The examinations began and there was a break on Tuesday. There were things for sale prepared by the students, they being decorations and desserts made by the students themselves. It was something they learned outside of book learning. Continue reading