PET DOG “PONI” GIVEN TO FRIEND OF QUEEN
“Poni,” the little pet dog of the Queen, which was her constant companion and a petted playmate for years, Continue reading
Poni entrusted to Lahilahi by the Queen, 1917.
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Princess Liliuokalani, heir to throne, 1877.
Proclamation.
We Kalakaua by the Grace of God King of the Hawaiian Islands, agreeably to Article Twenty-Second of the Constitution of Our Kingdom, do hereby appoint, failing an Heir of Our body, Our beloved subject and sister, Continue reading
Princess Liliuokalani, heir to the throne, 1877.
Olelo Kukala.
O Makou o Kalakaua ma ka lokomaikai o ke Akua, Moi o ko Hawaii Pae Aina, a i kulike ai me ka Pauku Iwakaluakumalua o ke Kumukanawai o ko Makou Aupuni, ua hookohu Makou i keia la, a ma keia ke hoike akea, a ke kukala aku nei, ke nele Makou i ka hooilina no ko Makou Kino, alaila, e lilo no i ko Makou Kaikuahine i aloha nui ia, Continue reading
Princess Liliuokalani proclaimed heir apparent, 1877.
Her Highness, The Alii
LILIA KAMAKAEHA LILIUOKALANI
Heir Apparent.
At 1 in the afternoon on the past Thursday [April 12], the King, the Chief, was pleased, along with the alii, to appoint Her Highness, The Alii, the Princess, the Wohi, Lilia Kamakaeha Liliuokalani, as Heir Apparent to the Crown of Hawaii nei, Continue reading
The death of Jonah Piikoi and his autobiography, 1859.
The death of J. Piikoi.
On the 26th of April, the Honorable J. Piikoi, one of the alii of this Hawaiian archipelago died. He was a much admired man for his competence and his determination in the duties given to him. He was 55 years old, and the sickness he died of was of quick pulse [? aalele nui], and problems with his blood flow, and he died.
Before the death of Piikoi, he prepared a story of his life, from his birth until the day he wrote it, that being the 7th of April. This is it below:
The Autobiography of J. Piikoi
I was born in the month of Ikuwa, that being January, in the year of the Lord 1804.
I was born in Waimea, Kauai, and that was where I was raised until the first Liholiho landed on Kauai on the 22nd of the month of July, 1821. Continue reading
Mele by Kaahumanu, 1927.
AN OLD MELE
This is the response from Kaahumanu when Namahana, her mother, told the alii that men were easy to get.
Kaahumanu was saddened when Kamehameha was taken by Kaheiheimalie, her younger sister, and she responded to her mother this way:
O ke kane ka mea aloha
Pau ke aho a’u e hoohaehae luhi e, Continue reading
Death of Kaahumanu II, Kinau, 1839.
DEATH.
KAAHUMANU II.
At Honolulu on the 4th of this April.
She became sick on the 30th of December, in the early morning; the sickness was paralysis. Her left hand and leg became paralyzed, and on the 31st, she was overcome by sleep: She slept until the paralysis of her left side abated, but her sleep increased until the 2nd of April, and her siblings [? hoahanau] could not wake her. Continue reading
A name song for Kalanianaole by Rosalie Puea Blaisdell, 1923.
A MELE INOA FOR KALANIANAOLE—HOAKAKAILILANI
The Commission [Hawaiian Homes] has a great debt to the generosity of these Ladies, the ones whose names are below, for their composing this mele that is being published, that is Mrs. Rosalie Puea Blaisdell and Mary Kalopi Keahi. Continue reading
Queen Liliuokalani’s circuit around the island, 1891.
THE ROYAL TOUR.
Her Majesty the Queen was entertained at Makao, near Hauula, Koolauloa, on Saturday by Mr. Lane and other prominent Hawaiians of that locality. In the afternoon, the Queen went out canoe riding, the canoe being drawn by a lively span of horses by means of ropes attached to the canoe.The horses were ridden at full gallop, the canoe skimming along the surface of the water at a lively rate. After the novel canoe ride Her Majesty and many others went out sea bathing. Continue reading
On the birthday of Kamehameha III, 1958.
The King’s Birthday: Was It in Spring Instead of August?
By EMMA LYONS DOYLE
The appearance in Hawaiian Holiday of an article on Kamehameha III two weeks ago revived interest among old timers in a question that in years gone by aroused both query and controversy.
Was Kauikeaouli’s birthday Aug. 11, or was it March 17?
The latter date until recent years this writer believed to be the correct one. It was known to have been observed during the king’s lifetime, with flag flying, celebrations and official calls.
Makua Laiana’s [Lorenzo Lyons’] journal, dated Waimea, March 17, 1849, records: “The King’s birthday. People ordered not to do any work. Public meeting, but Royal Proclamation disregarded by many.”
Kauikeaouli, it must be remembered, was born in a period when time was reckoned by the unwritten Hawaiian calendar, one that was established, detailed and well arranged, but so different from the later-adopted haole calendar that it would not be strange if confusion sometimes occurred.
The August date was affirmed by Fornander, and appears in Alexander’s Brief History of the Hawaiian People. Hawaiian Holiday’s article was timed and written in acceptance of these statements, and its length being limited, did not include mention of the controversy.
In August, 1847, there appeared in the Hawaiian publication Elele Hawaii [10/6/1847, pp. 99–100] an article by G. S. Keliumiumi, vehemently and poetically protesting the celebration of the king’s birthday in March.
He quotes Keaweamahi as one authority, and says in part, “Know then by this document the correct and the truth of King Kamehameha being born on the 11th day of the month of Hinaiaeleele, which is August…
David Malo, in 1847, also disputed the March date, saying he was present at Keauhou when the king was born. “I did not know how to reckon months at that time,” he wrote, but he cited a fishing season and certain events that would mark the period.
Fornander, in a chronological table that appeared in Hitchcock’s English – Hawaiian dictionary, says for 1813: “Kauikeaouli, afterward Kamehameha III, was born on Aug. 11 to Kamehameha and Keopuolani. The day of his birth, however was in after years conventionally fixed for March 17, but the above date is the testimony of his nurse, Emilia Keaweamahi, wife of Kaieoewa [Kaikioewa], Governor of Kauai. (Kamakau mentions Kaikeoewa as the infant’s protector.)
And now for a surprise!
Very unexpectedly, the writer has been given permission to use and extract from the journal of no less a person than John Young:
“Kawaihae, March, 1813.
“News came by bearer a few days hence of the birth of a child who will be declared kabu as an heir to this kingdom’s throne.
“Tamehameha is overjoyed. He declares a great feast and a number of sacrifices, and a time of great celebration.
“Mother and I go to celebrate. Grace is ill today. Fanny, John, James and the kahus shall go with me.”
As this journal probably has never seen publication, it may be that our story represents a scoop on a human interest item 145 years old, a journalistic triumph for a historian.
In any case, let’s hope March 17, 1959, will be duly celebrated. Twice within the span of a year is not too often to remember the good king.
(Advertiser, 8/24/1958, Hawaiian Holiday, p. 7)
Honolulu Advertiser, 102nd Year, Number 34,394, Hawaiian Holiday, Page 7. August 24, 1958.
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