Kahuna man clothed in a holoku.—This past Thursday, Kealakaa, a student from Lahainaluna, possessed by an evil spirit, practicing medicine in the uplands of Nuuanu without a license, was arrested. Continue reading
DELIGHTING IN THE BEAUTY.
(Written by the Hon. J. Nawahi for the Kuokoa.)
O Kuokoa Newspaper, Aloha oe:—
I give my thanks to you for your kindness in taking my presentation of the things I saw during my travels to San Francisco. But before I begin to tell of the story of this trip, I ask for your kind graciousness in letting me tell of my reason for going to this place, for perhaps some people are mistaken or unclear, according to what I have heard, like what some who seek to deceive have published in a Newspaper while I was in foreign lands. Continue reading
Mataio Kekuanaoa passes on a hundred a fifty years ago.
The Kawaiahao Choir:—We heard that tonight, this choir will go to the grounds of Iolani Palace [not the one standing today], where they will mourn for Kaimihaku who silently passed on:
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On Thursday evening last week, the yearly meeting of the Young Hawaiians’ Institute was held. Elected were George H. Huddy as President; George L. Desha, vice president; I. H. Sherwood, Secretary; Continue reading
The entertainment at the Y. M. C. A. Hall last night was a great success. The Young Hawaiians Institute is a most deserving organization. The concert with which the boys inaugurated their club was greatly appreciated and proved the abilities of the members of the new society, and their friends. The following is the list of the officers: Continue reading
Through the kindness of the Hui Hoonaauao Hawaii Opio of this town, the Editor of this paper has acquired the Agenda of that Institute for this year forth, it being topics being read monthly (except for September) by those who were given the subject. It begins this like this:
February—Old Hawaiian History.
Solomon Meheula.
March—The Origin of the Hawaiian Archipelago.
J. M. Poepoe.
April—The Profession of Kahuna.
J. K. Kaulia.
May—The Crusades.
J. N. K. Keola.
June—The Profession of Farmer.
S. M. Kanakanui.
July—The Profession of Fisherman.
M. K. Nakuina.
October—The Origins of the Hawaiians.
J. M. Poepoe.
November—The State of the Native Hawaiians of Today.
Charles Wilcox.
December—The Old Religion of the Hawaiians.
S. M. Kanakanui.
Following the reading of the topics, the members of the Institute will consider the true value within the topics. The Committee that organized this Agenda is, S. M. Kanakanui, Chairman [Lunahoomalu]; J. K. Kaulia, J. N. K. Keola, M. K. Nakuina, Charles Wilcox.
(Kuokoa, 1/10/1896, p. 3)
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Haalilio was born in 1808, at Koolau, Oahu. His parents were of respectable rank, and much esteemed. His father died while he was quite young, and his widowed mother subsequently married the Governor of Molokai, an island dependent on the Governor of Maui. After his death, she retained the authority of the island, and acted as Governess for the period of some fifteen years. Continue reading
The Montreal, from Boston, arrived off our harbor on Sunday last, at day break.—Her ensign was noticed to be half-mast, and various conjectures began to circulate through the town, when William Richards, Esq., H.H.M.’s Commissioner to the U. States and Europe, whose arrival has been so long and anxiously awaited, landed and proceeded directly to the palace, where he immediately made known to their Majesties the melancholy news of the death of his fellow Commissioner, Mr. T. Haalilio, who died at sea on the 3d Dec. ult. Continue reading
Ka la nui kamahao, 1893.
E Hawaii e, E Hawaii e
E Hui hauoli pu kakou
Ma keia La nui kamahao
La Kuokoa nou e ka Lahui.
Hui:
La Kuokoa nou e Hawaii
La hauoli no ka Lahui
E ka I, e ka Mahi, me ka Palena
Hui hauoli nui ae kakou.
E Hawaii e, E Hawaii e
Nou keia la me ka ilihia
Na kualono ou e hooho mai
Na kula uli e hauoli pu.
E Hawaii e, E Hawaii e
E Mau ke Ea o ka Aina i ka Pono
Na na Mana Lani e kakoo mai
I kou Kuokoa a mau loa.
Haku ia e
S. K. Kaunamano.
Makapala, Hamakua, Dekemaba 18, 1893.
[Independence Day Song
O Hawaii, O Hawaii
Let us unite in happiness
On this great wonderful day
Independence Day for you, O Lahui.
Chorus:
Your Independence Day, O Hawaii
Joyous day for the Lahui
O I…
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