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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.]

Rev. Robert Stewart McArthur rails on the monarchy, 1895.

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M’ARTHUR ON HAWAII.

Kalakaua and Liliuokalani Responsible for Heathenism.

CONVERTS AMONG THE NATIVES.

Great Hopes for the Hawaiians Now that They Are in the Enjoyment of a Pure and Free Government—Officers of State are Especially Praised.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—The Rev. Robert Stewart McArthur delivered a sermon in the Calvary Baptist church last night on “The Responsibility of Kalakaua and Liliuokalani.”

After referring to the characteristics of the Hawaiians he quoted figures to show the falling off in the number of Christian converts among the natives since the reign of Kamehameha V, who removed all restraint from the Hula masters and Kahuna influence and thereby sided the spread of idolatry. Continue reading →

Hale Naua, 1895.

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[Found under: “TOPICS OF THE DAY.”]

The reverend McArthur who was a devoted friend and follower of Chief Justice Judd, abuses Queen Liliuokalani because the so-called Hale Naua Society, existed during the reign of her brother. We are told that the Hale Naua Society was a heathen institution and that it was decidedly opposed to good morals and good government. We do not know how Mr. McArthur has gained his information as he was never initiated into its ranks. We desire to say that the Hale Naua Society was similar to the foreign secret societies of which King Kalakaua was a leading member. The Hale Naua had its rites and indulged in the usual mummery of the lodges which are tolerated and even celebrated here. The man who says that the society in question practiced immoral rules or undesirable rites is a liar. The aid-de-camp to the President of Hawaii, Major C. P. Iaukea, was a prominent member of the society. The “missionary” interpreter at the Supreme Court, Mr. Luther Wilcox, was the only “white” member of the society. Mr. John Ena, a prominent virtuous Councillor of State, knows all about the society in question. Chief Justice Judd would have been only too willing to become a member of the lodge, but would of course have been blackballed; and under such circumstances Hawaii is against being abused by the “Echo” of Mr. Judd, the very Reverend Mr. McArthur. Don’t the paid hirelings of our missionaries do more harm than even the filibusters and the Sheridans and Underwoods?

(Independent, 12/12/1895, p. 3)

The reverend McArthur who was a devoted friend...

The Independent, Volume I, Number 145, Page 3. December 12, 1895.

A sweet mele recalling places in central Oahu, 1866.

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Ka pua Lilia.

Auhea la hoi oe, Kela pua lilia,
Pua nani oi kelakela, Ku ha-o i ka malie,
Pua kela ma Kahikina, I mohala i ke komohana,
O ka oi o na pua, Ka’u i kui a lei,
Kuu lei hoohiehie, Kahiko i ka nui kino,
Haahea ai ka manao, Ke ike aku i ka nani,
Hemolele oia pua, O ka pula kau maka ia,
Walania ke kii onohi, Ka onohi kau o ka moe,
Nani wale no Kaala, Kela kuahiwi la-i,
A’u i mahalo ai, Kukilakila i ka noe,
Linohau i ka malie, Alokele ke ike aku,
Ke alo oia kuahiwi, I puloku i ke kehau,
Nolupe i ke onaona, Mapumapu ai ke ala,
Honi ai Kanoenoe, Ka uka o Haleauau,
U ke kupa o Halemano, Hoomau i ke onaona,
Ke ala oia pua, E kokolo wai anuhea,
Huihui i kuu manawa, Ke au nei ka manao,
Pehea o Ualamanui [Malamanui], Kuu hoa pukui anu,
A o i anu Lihue, I mahana i ka ua noe,
I ka lihi lau laau, Pua Koolau i ke kula,
Wehiwehi i ke kupukupu, Na uka o Kokoloea,
Me oe a ke aloha, Me a’u mai ka manao,
Kaua pu ilaila, “Good bye Sally dear.”

Maunakapu, Koloa, Kauai, Feb. 16, 1866.

(Au Okoa, 2/26/1866, p. 1)

Ka pua Lilia.

Ke Au Okoa, Buke I, Helu 45, Aoao 1. Feberuari 26, 1866.

Licensed lawyers of the Kingdom, 1885.

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LIST OF NAMES OF THE LAWYERS WHO ARE APPROVED to conduct business in the Supreme Court and below, and who are living in this Nation:

S. L. Austin ….. September 8, 1852

S. W. Mahelona ….. October 30, 1856

J. Kauai ….. February 2, 1857

Jona Kupau ….. Feberuary 19, 1857

H. J. Wana ….. March 5, 1857

Z. Kakani ….. May 5, 1857

J. Kaluhi ….. August 25, 1857

D. H. Hikikoki ….. October 12, 1857

E. G. Hikikoki ….. January 19, 1857

H. A. Widemann ….. April 17, 1863

J. Kaunamano ….. March 1, 1867

D. W. Kaaemoku ….. September 3, 1867

J. A. Nahaku ….. January 1, 1868

M. Kealoha ….. April 4, 1868

S. B. Dole ….. Feberuary 9, 1869

L. Aholo ….. July 21, 1870

D. Kahaulelio ….. July 28, 1870

Thomas Tannatt ….. June 6, 1874

D. H. Nahinu ….. July 14, 1874

J. P. Green ….. July 27, 1874

E. N. Hailama ….. October 2, 1874

Cecil Brown ….. January 28, 1875

W. R. Kakela ….. Feberuary 13, 1876

J. W. Kalua ….. May 6, 1876

W. L. Holokahiki ….. August 30, 1876

R. F. Bickerton ….. May 31, 1877

J. L. Kaulukou ….. September 17, 1877

F. M. Hatch ….. January 9, 1878

J. M. Monsarrat ….. August 22, 1879

O. T. Shipman ….. July 7, 1881

W. A. Whitting ….. September 7, 1881

E. F. Ward ….. January 21, 1882

L. A. Thurston ….. November 6, 1882

W. A. Kinney ….. April 17, 1883

C. W. Ashford ….. July 11, 1883

William Foster ….. August 1, 1883

Paul Neumann ….. October 12, 1883

M. Thompson ….. November 27, 1883

A. P. Peterson ….. September 2, 1884

J. M. Poepoe ….. January 16, 1884

Jona Austin ….. September 2, 1884

H. E. Avery ….. October 10, 1884

A. Rosa ….. October 29, 1884

J. M. Kaneakua ….. October 27, 1884

V. V. Ashford ….. February 19, 1885

A. C. Smith ….. August 6, 1885

J. A. Magoon ….. October 5, 1885

S. K. Kane ….. December 15, 1885

Should there be any others who have a license and their names were dropped from this list, please inform me so that it can be publicized.

WILLIAM FOSTER,

Secretary of the Supreme Court [Aha Kiekie].

(Kuokoa, 12/26/1885, p. 2)

KA PAPA INOA O NA LOIO...

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XXIV, Helu 52, Aoao 2. Dekemaba 26, 1885.

A description of Honokohau, Maui, 1872.

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The Features of Honokohau.

O Nupepa Kuokoa; Aloha oe:

May it please you and your Editor to insert this bundle of aloha in some open space of your depository, and it will be for you to share it amongst our masses.

Looking at the lay of the land, it is a beautiful place indeed; there is a deep river, and there is much taro; the area planted with kalo is approximately 5 miles long.

Pertaining to the evenness of the land.—The flat lands here are on the east side of the river, that being the famous plains of Kalaulaolao, and a mele for this fame is written of by the people of old.

Pertaining to the crops.—Things that are planted grow stuntedly [kakanalii] because of aphids [Eleao]; talk of the Eleao is all over Hilo Paliku. Continue reading →

Hiram Bingham and history, 1835.

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Hear me, O Kepookulou, and those with knowledge, who have heard of the way of life of the alii of Hawaii of which you showed to us. You told us of the genealogy of this line of alii for fifty-seven generations, and we publish it in the Kumu Hawaii so that it is permanent, so that all the people and youth of Hawaii nei will understand from now into the future.

Where are these alii? They have all died. There is just one remaining. How did they live? People who know and who have heard, do tell us. When did they rule? We know the time of Liholiho and Kamehameha and Kalanikupuapaikalaninui, but the majority of them, we don’t know when they ruled. Continue reading →

The importance of things past, 1864.

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Ancient matters of Hawaii nei.

Those who have knowledge of what the people of Hawaii were like in the old days are disappearing, and if these things are not written down and saved, the knowledge will be gone for good. Therefore I encourage those who know to write it down at once and make it known, so that those of the future generations will know what their kupuna were like. Here below are some ancient things to search out and to publish. Continue reading →

Enoch Wood Perry, Jr. in Hawaii, 1864.

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

A HAOLE PAINTER OF PICTURES.—We are happy to announce to our fellow devotees of the newspaper, that here in Honolulu is a haole named Perry who is highly skilled in painting pictures, and very accurate are the features of the painting of the Reverend Corwin of Kaukeano Church,¹ of which we have seen the likeness. We have heard that the Royal family has decided to give the haole a job of this nature.

¹Kaukeano Church was located at the corner of Fort and Beritania Streets.

(Kuokoa, 12/10/1864, p. 2)

He haole pena kii...

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke III, Helu 50, Aoao 2. Dekemaba 10, 1864.

Marriage of Maud Knudsen and Herbert Garstin, 1892.

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[Found under: “NU HOU HAWAII.”]

On the evening of the 5th of this December, in the Episcopalian Church [St. Andrew’s Cathedral] at Honolulu, joined in marriage by the Rev. A. Mackintosh were Mr. Herbert Garstin and Miss Maud Knudsen, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Valdemar Knudsen of Kauai. The Alii, the Queen graced this marriage gathering, accompanied by the Governor and the Chamberlain, and a lady-in-waiting. On the next steamship to California, the couple will return to California, the place they wish to make their home, where they will spend their future days.

(Kuokoa, 12/10/1892, p. 3)

I ke ahiahi o ka la 5...

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XXXI, Helu 50, Aoao 3. Dekemaba 10, 1892.

Explosive eruption, 1924.

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The Deeds of Madame Pele, the Woman of the Pit, are Mystical.

Many Lives Were Spared from the Volcanic Rocks.

Rocks and Ash were Spewed into the Air When the Volcanic Explosion Occurred Last Tuesday

Hilo, May 13.—Many lives were spared this evening, because of the foreseeing of trouble by Thomas E. Boles, the superintendent of the national parks [paka lahui] of Hawaii, and by him preventing people from going to see the volcanic crater of Halemaumau a few minutes before the strong volcanic explosion, sending large rocks to a distance of 2000 feet. Volcanic ash was spewed 1800 [feet] in the air above the crater. Continue reading →