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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.]

Captain P. Cummings, 1866.

[Found under: “HUNAHUNA MEA HOU O HAWAII NEI.”]

MISSING.—The past week, a haole named Kapena (Capt. P. Cummings) went missing in the town of Honolulu. He is a well-known haole from Napoopoo, South Kona, Hawaii; but when he became weak, he came to Honolulu to find a cure for his body here. However during the week stated above, he disappeared from his residence in Honolulu nei. We hear that he wrote his wife and his family that they would not see him again. It is being advertised and he is being searched for, but there has been no sign of him. Perhaps he has wandered off in the mountains or cliffs, but no news has reached us.

Kapena Found.—In the evening of this past Tuesday, the dead body of Kapena (P. Cummings) was found mauka of the hill of Puowaina by a Hawaiian man. This man will probably be paid $100.00, as was advertised.

(Kuokoa, 1/13/1866, p. 2)

Ua Nalowale.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke V, Helu 2, Aoao 2. Ianuari 13, 1866.

A beautiful Figgs composition for his brother Leleiohoku, 1872.

Kuu Lei Lilia.

Melody—Lordly! Lordly! Swell.

Oi ala kuu Lei Lilia,
O nei ano ahiahi,
He nanahe ke pili ia,
Me ka lau lahilahi.

Oia ala ka’u kaunu,
I ke kai wa malino,
He welo na ka hae kalaunu,
E kohu ai nei kino.

A he wai kapi i ka pali,
Wai kili huna a ka manu,
Na ka iwi polena i hali,
Wai laahia o ka hanu.

E ke anu koni nei,
E ka hau kololio,
Owau ka i punihei,
I ka ia la hokio.

Auhea wale ana oe,
Ke oho maiewa o ka palai,
Ua pulu i ka ua noe,
Ke luhe nei la i ka wai.

He iniki olu ka ia ‘la,
E lokuloku i ka ili,
He meheu no ka io, a mala,
Lehiwa wale hoi ke pili.

Nawai oi ala e piliwi,
He kale na ka ale loa,
He pipi kaulua na kiwi,
He uli na ka heepuloa.

E hoi no au e pili,
Me ka lai o ke kaona,
I wai kilihe i ka ili,
Ka wahine o Kaiona.

(He inoa no Leleiohoku.)  Figgs

(Au Okoa, 1/25/1872, p. 1)

Kuu Lei Lilia.

Ke Au Okoa, Buke VII, Helu 41, Aoao 1. Ianuari 25, 1872.

Name song for Leleiohoku by William Luther Moehonua, 1867.

No William Pitt Leleiohoku Kalahoolewa o Kaleiopapa.

He inoa keia e Hoku—e,
Pua lei aloha a Anoiu—e,
Nani wale kuu ipo Anolani—e,
Ua nohi uli wale i ka la—e,
Ka maka mohala o ka lehua—e,
Ka nonohi ukulii o ka pua—e,
I pu-a i ka uka o Malama—e,
Ahi awela no Heeia—e,
Kohaihai pua i ka uka—e,
O ke oho laulii o ke koa—e,
Maholehole wale oia la—e,
Ka awihi lihilihi a ka maka—e,
O ka maka kai ike hauna wale—e,
O no no e ka puu kuhikuhi—e,
I ka wai ohelo ohelo—e,
O ka ua noe ia i ka poli—e,
E halia mai nei ke aloha—e,
Aulii oiala oiala—e,
Ka hiwahiwa a loko e piana—e,
Kuu kihei pili mae ole—e,
He aloha—e kaua—e.

W. Luther Moehonua.

(Au Okoa, 5/30/1867, p. 4)

No William Pitt Leleiohoku Kalahoolewa o Kaleiopapa

Ke Au Okoa, Buke III, Helu 6, Aoao 4. Mei 30, 1867.

 

20th birthday of Prince Leleiohoku, 1875.

Birthday of the Heir Apparent.

On this coming Sunday, the 10th of January, that is the birthday of Prince W. P. Leleiohoku, and it will be the twentieth year of his life. He was born on the 10th of January, 1855, on the day of the funeral of King Kauikeaouli, and for that reason he was named Kalahoolewa. From what we hear, that day will be celebrated as a holiday [la kulaia]; however, because it falls on the Sabbath, the celebration will be postponed until Monday, that being the 11th of January of this year; and this will be the first time that his birthday will be widely celebrated, as we respectfully give commemoration to the Heir Apparent in place of his Elder Brother Monarch who has left for foreign lands. With feelings of hope, we wish that the holiday will be celebrated all over the nation suitably.

(Lahui Hawaii, 1/1/1875, p. 2)

La Hanau o ka Hooilina Moi.

Ka Lahui Hawaii, Buke I, Helu 1, Aoao 2. Ianuari 1, 1875.

Kalakaua’s translation of “Die Wacht am Rhein,” 1872.

Ke Kiai ma ka Rino!

Melody “Watch on the Rhine.”

1. Mehe nei la no ka Iku-wa,
Mehe ale no ke Ki-la,
I ka Rino! No ka he-le,
I paa’i a pake-le,

Mai wiwo e na hoa,
No ke one hanau koa,
E kiai ma ka Rino,
Kupaa a kuo-o!

2. Lohea na leo tausani,
Na maka kai ka lani,
E paa Ieremani-a,
I ka iwi o ka ai-na.

Mai wiwo e na hoa,
No ke one hanau koa,
E kiai ma ka Rino,
Kupaa a ku0-o!

3. E leha ae ilu-na,
I ike mai ka Maku-a,
I paa mau ka Ri-no
Na a-a o ke ki-no.

Mai wiwo e na hoa,
No ke one hanau koa,
E kiai ma ka Ri-no,
Kupaa a kuo-o!

4. I kulu koko hookahi,
I paa i ka pahi,
He pu ma kahi aoao,
Aohe eu nana uwao.

Mai wiwo e na hoa,
O ka one hanau koa,
E kiai ma ka Ri-no
Kupaa a kuo-o!

5. Mehe wai ka leo e kahe nei,
Kawelo a ka hae, ka lei,
Ma ka muliwai o Ri-no
E kiai no na Ri-no.

Mai wiwo e na hoa,
O ka aina hanau koa,
E kiai ma ka Ri-no
Kupaa a kuo-o!

Figgs.

[This is later reprinted in the Kuokoa on 3/29/1907 without attribution.]

(Au Okoa, 2/15/1872, p. 1)

Ke Kiai ma ka Rino!

Ke Au Okoa, Buke VII, Helu 44, Aoao 1. Feberuari 15, 1872.

Visitation to the leprosy hospital in Kalihi, 1866.

BY ORDER.

The person or persons wishing to go and see the Leprosy Hospital [Halemai Lepera] in Kalihi, and their friends there.

Therefore, we announce to all; the hours between 2 o’clock until 4 o’clock in the afternoon, on Tuesdays and Fridays, are set aside to go and visit; no one is allowed to go there at any other time to see the patients except Pastors.

By the order of the Board of Health [Papa Ola].

T. C. Heuck,

Secretary of the Board of Health.

Office of the Board of Health, H., June 11, 1866.

(Au Okoa, 6/18/1866, p. 3)

MA KE KAUOHA.

Ke Au Okoa, Buke II, Helu 9, Aoao 3. Iune 18, 1866.

Turn yourself in, turn your neighbors in as well, 1866.

BY ORDER.

All the people with leprosy on the Island o Oahu, who were reported to the Board of Health, or examined, or under the care of; and the people suffering from leprosy who were not reported and examined previously; they must go and report to the person named below; and if there are those who know of someone with leprosy, they should report this.

T. C. Heuck,

Secretary of the Board of Health.

(Au Okoa, 2/19/1866, p. 3)

MA KE KAUOHA.

Ke Au Okoa, Buke I, Helu 44, Aoao 3. Feberuari 19, 1866.

The Rev. John Kauhane passes on, 1907.

FORTY YEARS A NATIVE PASTOR

Something About the Career of Kauhane, Who Died Monday.

Rev. J. Kauhane, the veteran pastor of the native church in Kau, Hawaii, died on Monday at the Queen’s hospital, of enteritis. Kauhane was 79 years old when he died and had for forty years been pastor of the Waiohinu church. His father was a chief of high rank and his mother was the chiefess Alapai, after whom Alapai street was named.

His early education was received at… Continue reading