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Turn in those with symptoms, 1867.

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The Leprosy Patients from Makawao and Wailuku.—When Ka Moi landed this past week, taken aboard her were thirteen people suffering from leprosy; amongst them was W. H. Uwelealea. According to what we hear, there are others that remain, and the right thing to do is to send them to the building which the government has set aside for them. Don’t resist because they are your friends, lest those who live with them catch it, and it spreads.

(Kuokoa, 8/31/1867, p. 3)
Na mai lepera o Makawao a me Wailuku mai...

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke VI, Helu 35, Aoao 3. Augate 31, 1867.

List of leprosy patients sent to Molokai, continued, 1868.

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Concerning the Leprosy Patients on Molokai

(Continued from last week.)

Boat 11, July 16, 1866.
Maihui k, o. July 16, 166, Lahaina, Maui,
Kepa k, o. ” ” Kailua, K. O.
Kalai k, o. ” ” Honolulu, Oa.
Nahualaalaau k, o. ” ” Makena, H. M.
Total – – 4.
Boat 12, July 19, 1866.
Kahanupau k, m. July 19, 1866, Kona, Ha.
Nuhi k, o. ” ” ” “
Kaleo k, m. January 20, 1867, ” “
Pu k, m. Sept. 27, 1866, ” “
Kahakauila k, m. Apr. 20, 1867, ” “
Moo 1 k, m. Apr. 20, 1867, ” “
Manuailehu k, o. Apr. 20, 1867, Palolo, Oa.
Hue w, o. ” ” Kona, Ha.
Aulani w, o. ” ” ” “
Keliaea w, o. ” ” ” “
Pelapela w, m. ” ” Kona, A. H.
Total – – 11.
Boat 13, July 26, 1866.
Kahueawa w, m. Dec. 24, 1866, Kona, Ha.
Kaaihopoe k, m. Nov. 9, 1867, Kona, Haw.
Kaena w, m. May 17, 1867, Honolulu, Oah.
Kaipo w, o. ” ” Lahaina, Maui,
Total – – 4.
Boat 14, Sept. 31, 1866.
W. P. Nailiili k, o. Sept. 31, 1866, Kaluahole, Oahu,
I k, o. Sept. 13, 1866, Lahaina, Maui,
Waanui k, o. ” ” Waipiokai, Ewa, Oa.
Mauliole w, m. Dec. 10, 1866, Kona, Haw.
Total – – 4.
Boat 15, August 9, 1866.
Mikona k, o. Aug. 9, 1866, Lahaina, Maui,
Davida k, o. ” ” Kona, Hawaii,
Samuela k, o. ” ” Waialua, Oah.
Total – – 3.
Boat 16, Aug. 28, 1866.
Kamaka 2 k, o. Aug. 28, 1866, Kona, Haw.
Kaeka k, o. ” ” ” “
Moo 2 k, m. ” ” ” “
Total – – 3.
Boat 17, Sept. 1, 1866.
Nahale k, o. Sept. 1, 1866, Lihue, Kauai,
Kauka k, o. ” ” ” “
Kaheana k, m. May 31, ” ” “
Kimo 2 k, m. Apr. 26, ” Anahola, Kauai,
Total – – 4.
Boat 18, Sept. 17, 1866.
Kane 3 k, m. Dec. 25, 1866, Kona A. Haw.
Manaku k, o. ” ” Lahaina, Maui,
Total – – 2.
Boat 19, Oct. 1, 1866.
Laukina k, o. Oct. 1, 1866, Hanakaona, Ki.
Aloi k, o. ” ” ” “
Malohia k, m. Feb. 6, 1867, Waimea, Haw.
Iosepa k, m. Dec. 7, 1866, Kona, Hawaii,
Kawahine w, o. ” ” ” “
Total – – 5.
Boat 20, Oct. 26, 1866.
Kalili k, o. Oct. 26, 1866, Hilo, Hawaii,
Mahi k, m. Feb. 12, 1867, Kawaihae, Haw.
Kealohi w, o. ” ” Kaunakahakai, M.
Opiopio w, o. ” ” Halawa, Molokai,
Total – – 4.
Boat 21, July 28, 1867.
Hao 2 k, o. July 28, 1867, Honolulu, Oahu,
Napua k, o. ” ” Kohala, Hawaii,
Kaualua k, o. ” ” Ualapue, Molok.
Kaohumu k, o. ” ” Honolulu, Oahu,
Helehewa k, o. ” ” Kona, H. Hawa.
Waha k, o. ” ” Honolulu, Oahu,
Humeku k, o. ” ” Puueo, H. Ha.
Kalea k, o. July 28, 1866, Hamakua, Haw.
Haalilio k, o. ” ” Lahaina, Maui,
Pokini k, o. ” ” ” “
Nueku k, o. ” ” ” “
Kahalewai k, o. ” ” Kapalama, Oah.
Laika 1 w, o. ” ” Kona, Hawaii,
Namamui w, o. ” ” Kona, Hawaii,
Pihuhu w, o. ” ” Pelekunu, Molo.
Kaheewahine w, o. July 28, ” ” “
Pipiana w, o. July 28, 1867, Honolulu, Oahu,
Laika 2 w, o. ” ” Lahaina, Maui,
Ahaula w, o. ” ” ” “
Kanoho w, o. ” ” Kauaula, L. Ma.
??pika w, o. ” ” ” “
Total – – 21.
Boat 22, Oct. 26, 1867.
Kauhi k, o. Oct. 26, 1867, Kalamaula, Molo.
Kekio k, o. ” ” Kona, Hawaii,
Kamaka 3 k, o.  ” ” Kunawai, H. Oa.
Keawe 3 k, o. ” ” Makawao, Maui,
Kaomi k, o. ” ” Halawa, Molokai,
Kuaeau k, o. ” ” Waihee, Maui,
Kiha k, o. ” ” ” “
Halekula k, o. ” ” Hamakua, Maui,
Halaki w, o. ” ” Honolulu, Oahu,
Kaai w, o. ” ” Kona, Hawaii,
Pipilani w, o. ” ” Hilo, Hawaii,
Total – – 11.
There is one patient from Pukoo, Molokai, named Pueaina (f.), and one haole, and they are both from the month of December 1867.
The total number of patients is 174; those are the patients sent from Kalihi along with the haole; however the woman, Pueaina, she was released at Kalihi, but when she was returning to Molokai, her sickness was seen, and so she was brought by the deputy to where the patients reside. And there were four more of our people brought, and so added together with that woman, there are five of them, so all together with those patients brought in, there are 179; that is the total number of patients. The deaths from April 1867—Feb. 29 of this year, 1868, is 47; the remainder of those alive is 125; the number of them released is 7. And this is a true report to you; take this quickly, and don’t just set it aside.
One more thing; the number of helpers (kokua) who came along with the patients from ships 1–22, there are 40 or more of them, however, 4 of them have died, and their number was added with the patients as was announced in Issue 9 of the 29th of February; and some have returned home; and 23 are left, and that is the number of those that still live here. The patients are living with difficulty for lack of food; this month was almost totally spent without food. Aloha to you as this son of the Koolau Cliffs returns for it is eventide. Me, with aloha.
H. K. K.
Kalawao, March 26, 1868.
(Kuokoa, 5/16/1868, p. 4)
No na mai Lepera ma Molokai.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke VII, Helu 20, Aoao 4. Mei 16, 1868.

List of leprosy patients sent to Molokai, 1868.

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Concerning the Leprosy Patients on Molokai.

O Kuokoa Newspaper, Aloha oe:

I have seen in Issue 10 of March 7 and Issue 11 of the 14th, the question as to how many leprosy patients were brought to Waikolu, here in Molokai. If it pleases you, I will tell you the total number of patients brought to Molokai, along with the deaths, and those who were released, and also those patients who are still living; and also the difficulties they faced in the years 1866–1867. Here below is a list of the patients from the month of January, 1866–1867. The list is given by the boats that brought the patients, from the first boat to the last. And also, an italic “m” placed [after] the name signifies that they are deceased [“make”], and an “h” placed [after] the name signifies they were released [“hookuuia”], and an “o” placed [after] the name means they are still living here [“ola”].
I would like to speak of their difficulties during this past year. And this is it; the patients were beset with much difficulties, and that they had no food, and that is the reason that so many patients died. There is but one abundant thing to eat: peas, ape, ti-leaf root 4, and green bananas boiled up in a pot until cooked, and that is what they eat to get by; and that goes on everyday, and that is why many of the patients die. Another big problem of the patients is the consumption of the spoiled beef mixed with tar and plaster that is sent by the board of health as food for the patients. Another big problem faced by the patients is the extreme cold; it is not beneficial for the sick to live here.
There are so many other things, but I believe that I will talk about them to you later, should you deem it proper.
Here is the lists of the patients.
Boat 1, January 6, 1866.
J. L. Noa k [kane], m. July 20 [not sure what these dates are], Pauoa, H. Oahu,
Kini k, o. ” ” “
J. D. Kahalauliko k, o. July 20, Kapalama, Oahu,
Waipio k, m. Aug. 8, Kalihi-uka, Oahu,
Liilii k, o. ” ” “
Kainaina k, m. Nov. 28, Makiki, Oahu,
Kaaumoana k, o. ” Waihee, Maui,
Puha k, m. Jan. 1868, Honolulu, Oahu,
Lono k, m. Jan. 1, 1867, Manoa, Oahu,
Kapihe w [wahine], o. ” ” Honolulu, Oahu,
Laakapu w, o. ” ” Kalihiuka, Oahu,
Nahuina w, m. Aug. 5, 1866, Moanalua, O.
Total – – 12.
Boat 2, January 31, 1866.
Paakiki k, o. Jan. 31, 1866, Wailuku, Maui,
Kimo 1 [“1” indicates that there were more than one person with the same name] k, o. ” ” Manoa, Oahu,
Kaunele k, o. ” ” Moanalua, O.
Kaili 1 k, m. Oct. 22, 1866, Honolulu, O.
Kaulahea k, o. ” ” Kapalama, O.
Iosewe k, o. ” ” Honolulu, O.
Kamai k, o. ” ” Kapalama, O.
Kahuhu k, o. ” ” Keoneula, O.
Kuapuu w, o. ” ” Puiwa, H. O.
Pahu w, o. ” ” Honolulu, Oahu,
Kaiokaluni w, o. ” ” ” “
Mahoe w, o. ” ” Kewalo, H. O.
Total – – 12.
Boat 3, February 9, 1866.
Sema k, o. Feb. 9, 1866, Puiwa, N. H. O,
Kolikoli k, o. ” ” Waialua, Oahu,
Pauaka k, h. ” ” Kalihi-uka, Oahu.
Keawe 1 k, h. ” ” Honolulu, Oahu,
Aalona k, m. Feb. 20, 1867, Honolulu, Oahu,
Kaanaana k, m. Apr. 15, 1866, Heeia, K. O.
Ilei k, m. October 4, 1867, Kaneohe, Oahu,
Kahoohanohano w, o. Oct. 4, 1867, Makiki,
Total – – 8.
Boat 4, Feberuary 19, 1866.
D. W. Puhaula k, o. Feb. 19, 1868, Hilo, H.
Kawahakai k, m. May 31, 1866, H. Ewa, O.
Kaaua k, o. ” ” Pauoa, H. O.
Kaiki k, o. ” ” Kaanapali, M.
Kaili 2 k, h. ” ” Kalae, Molo.
Keahololio k, o. ” ” ” “
Kaluhilani k, o. ” ” Honolulu, O.
Kauhiahiwa k, o. ” ” Puiwa, H. O.
Kanakaole k, o. ” ” Kailua, Koo.
Kapa k, o. ” ” Waialua, O.
Kane 1 k, o. ” ” Waimanalo,
Paiaina k, o. ” ” Honolulu, O.
Mulehu w, o. ” ” Waialua, O.
Kekalohe w, h. ” ” Ewa, Oahu,
Kikilehua w, h. ” ” Kewalo, O.
Total – – 15.
Boat 5, March 25, 1866.
Palapala k, o. Mar. 25, 1866, Waialua, O.
Kamaka 1 k, o. ” ” Lihue, W. O.
Auhea k, o. ” ” Kaneohe, K. O.
Kainaina w, o. ” ” Kailua, K. O.
Total – – 4.
Boat 6, April 13, 1866.
Kahulanui k, m. Mar. 16, 1867. Lahaina, M.
Kahoohanohano k, m. Feb. 29, 1868, Kona, H.
Kane 2 k, o. Feb. 29, 1868, Lahaina, Maui,
Mataio k, m. May 4, 1866, Lahaina, Maui,
Total – – 4.
Boat 7, April 27, 1866.
Koalakai k, m. Aug. 6, 1866, Lahaina, M.
Kaia k, m. July 16, 1866, Lahaina, Maui,
Makaebe k, m. July 4, 1866, Lahaina, Mau.
Kanakalo k, o. ” ” Waianae, O.
Kaneakua k, m. May 30, 1866, Lahaina, M.
Nui k, o. ” ” ” “
Kauahaao w, m. Mar. 22, 1867, Lahaina, M.
Malata w, m. Nov. 27, 1867, Waianae, O.
Total – – 8
Boat 8, May 3, 1866.
Kameo k, o. May 3, 1866, Kaneohe, Koolau,
Kila k, o. ” ” ” “
Kaahu k, m. July 23, 1867, Ewa, Oahu.
Kaupena k, m. May 23, 1866, Lahaina, M.
Napua k, o. ” ” Honolulu, O.
Kaonohi w, o. ” ” Lahaina, M.
Kauwe w, o. ” ” ” “
Kaaipuaa w, m. Nov. 1, 1866, Moiliili, W.
Kaluahine w, m. Dec. 4, 1867, Lahaina, M.
Papaka w, m. June 27, 1866, Lahaina, M.
Pahia w, o. ” ” ” “
Manaole K. w, h. ” ” ” “
Total – – 12.
Boat 9, June 10, 1866.
J. Kalua k, o. June 10, 1866, Waihee, M.
Kalaluhi k, o. ” ” Kona, Hawaii,
Keawe 2 k, o. ” ” Puna, Hawaii,
Ioane k, o. ” ” Kaneohe, Koo.
Kepilina k, m. Aug. 19, 1867, Kaluahole, O.
Kaolelo k, m. June 12, 1866, Maliko, H. M.
Waiwaiole k., died at sea, June 7, 1866, Kula, Maui,
Kauloa w, o. June 7, 1866, Waihee, Maui,
Ana w, o. ” ” ” “
Kea w, m. Nov. 19, 1866, Maliko, Maui,
Kaulana w, o. ” ” Hamakualoa, M.
Total – – 11.
Boat 10, July 1, 1866.
J. H. Hao k, o. July 1, 1866, Waialua, O.
Noa k, o. ” ” Hauula, O.
Mailou k, o. ” ” Kahakuloa, M.
Muolo k, o. ” ” Kalepolepo, M.
Naehu k, o. ” ” Keanae, K. M.
L. Wahahee k, o. ” ” Puunui, H. O.
Kapena w, o. ” ” Honolulu, O.
Elikapeka w, o. ” ” Hauhaukoi, O.
Salai w, m. Oct. 15, 1866, Lahaina, Maui,
Moopuna w, o. ” ” Honuaula, M.
Kaluaioahu w, m. Feb. 14, 1867, Koolau, M.
Napela w, o. ” ” Lahaina,
Total – – 12.
(Not complete.)
[Anyone have an idea what the dates in the list stand for? And also the description here is interesting when compared to what was said in this morning’s newspaper: “Translations bring to light true voices of patients,” by Dan Nakaso.]
(Kuokoa, 5/9/1868, p. 4)
No na mai Lepera ma Molokai.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke VII, Helu 19, Aoao 4. Mei 9, 1868.

Response to Ernest A. Mott-Smith’s Letter in San Francisco Call, 1912.

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THE STATE OF LEPROSY IN HAWAII NEI

In the newspaper, the “Call” of San Francisco, of the 14th of August, in a section of that newspaper dealing with Hawaii, is where we saw a very important idea given by Mott-Smith, the secretary of the Territory of Hawaii, describing matters related to Leprosy in Hawaii nei. We understand the thoughts of Mr. Mott-Smith that Leprosy isn’t a contagious disease like what was believed long ago; it is only weakly transmitted. In other words, “Leprosy” is not transmittable from one person to another.

[The article referred to here from the San Francisco Call, “ON GUARD AGAINST DISEASE,” can be found here at Chronicling America.

Also, i could barely read the Aloha Aina article, because the image online is so unclear, as you can see for yourself. There are so many pages like this that need to be shot clearly before it is too late…]

(Aloha Aina, 9/14/1912, p. 1)

KE KULANA MA'I LEPERA MA HAWAII NEI

Ke Aloha Aina, Buke XVII, Helu 37, Aoao 1. Sepatemaba 14, 1912.

One more related article on Kalaupapa, 1867.

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The Leprosy Hospital on Molokai.

Two weeks ago we published a communication from a gentleman of unquestioned veracity, regarding the management of this establishment. Rumors had from time to time reached us about the neglected conditions of the unfortunate natives driven to that secluded district, but not having the facts at our command, we were unable to speak knowingly. We have since learned that the real state of things has not been more than half published, and that every word of our correspondent is true.

We have no another and more full statement furnished by a gentleman who has visited the leprosy station on Molokai. He informs us that the number now there is 118, of whom 80 are males and 38 females. Besides the lepers, there are 34 persons not diseased, who have gone there to take care of their sick friends or relations. These persons live with the lepers, eat and sleep with them, and are free at any time to go and return again to their homes. They assert that the Board of Health gave them permission so to do. There are also eleven children in the settlement, but whether they are diseased or not, we do not learn.

The overseer reports only 23 deaths as having occurred since the first lepers were sent there in November, 1865, but the number is believed to have been much larger, as the total number of lepers sent there probably exceeds two hundred. We quote from our correspondent:

“The great majority of the lepers are a pitiable sight to behold. I have not seen more than four or five in the whole number who appeared to me able to work. The hands and feet appear to be the parts most generally destroyed. How anybody, who has seen them, could expect them to do much work, I know not. I am satisfied that by far the greater portion of them cannot do much. Their hands and feet are a terrible sight. The disease evidently progresses very rapidly among those who have been sent there. I visited them last April, and on this my second visit, I was surprised at the rapid progress of the disease in various individuals. There they are, thrown constantly together, in all stages of the disease, with no medicines, no physicians, no comforts—furnished only with the absolute neccessaries for keeping soul and body together in a well person—and PUT ON STARVATION RATIONS AT THAT—a mass of seething, festering corruption, rotting to death.

“The Board of Health have done perhaps as well as they could under the circumstances; but if they cannot control the circumstances better than they are now doing, I shall begin to consider the plan a decided failure. At first, I believed the plan of isolating them there was the best; but having seen how it works, I am more and more inclined to believe that the best and least expensive plan would be to have but one hospital, and that in the neighborhood of Honolulu, where they could be under the immediate supervision of the Board of Health and a physician.

“The rations for some time past have been four biscuits of hard bread per week to the stronger ones, and ten ditto per week to the feebler ones: and even that only allowed to those who have been there less than six months. Those who have been there longer are told to ‘work if they want food.’ Four pounds of salt beef or salmon per week is the allowance of meat to each one. The beef is a swindle. Much of it is corrupted, and some of the barrels are daubed with tar on the inside, which imparts its taste and flavor to the whole contents. The salmon is in good condition. The old thatch houses which were standing when they went there are all the houses they have, except as some of the stronger ones are able to put up huts for themselves. They have no suitable house of worship, and ought to be furnished with a plain frame building for the purpose.

“Notwithstanding their wretched condition, they have planted some sweet potatoes and other vegetables. They have no kalo or poi at present, though there is enough kalo land to supply them well, if properly managed. But they have a a good quantity of kalo planted, and when it gets ripe, some months hence, may again enjoy their native staff of life. The agent who has immediate charge of them, Mr. Louis Lepart, does as well as he can by them, but is often at his wits’ end to know what to do. He can only dole out to them such supplies as he receives from the Board of Health.

“I ought perhaps to mention that there has not been a single birth among them up to the present time.

“A physician went among them, saw them, examined a number of them, and unhesitatingly affirmed that several who were there as lepers, had not that disease at all. Many of them have been subsisting in great measure, for months past, on wild horse-beans, which grow abundantly among the rocks. But the weaker ones cannot endure the fatigue of gathering and roasting them. I am sure, if the Board of Health could only see and know the truth in the case, they would endeavor to remedy matters; and yet Mr. Lepart and Mr. Meyers say they have represented the case to Dr. Hutchison.

“Such are the facts as I learned them on the spot, and saw them with my own eyes, and gathered them from satisfactery testimony. I believe they are correct, as I was careful to make full inquiries of all parties.”

Here is a clear impartial statement of the Molokai Leper Hospital, reflecting sadly on the Hawaiian Government. The Minister of the Interior, as President of the Board of Health, is responsible for the condition of these lepers, and to him—a physician, supposed to be qualified to take charge of such a service—the public look for reform. The whole plan of isolating the lepers in such an out-of-the-way place on Molokai, was a great mistake. They should have been kept here near Honolulu, where their wants can be supplied, and where proper medical attendance can be given. The hospital at Kalihi is a credit to the nation, but for its condition, Dr. Hoffmann chiefly deserves credit; for he is untiring in his zeal and efforts in behalf of these poo creatures. Now let the rest be brought here, kept from starvation, and cured if possible. Under Dr. Hoffmann’s care, a large portion of them may yet be cured.

(Pacific Commercial Advertiser, 1/12/1867, p. 3)

The Leprosy Hospital on Molokai.

The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Volume XI, Number 28, Page 3. January 12, 1867.

Critique on Conditions at Kalaupapa, 1866.

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The Lepers on Molokai.

To the Editor of the Commercial Advertiser:

Sir:—One of those strange scenes, which show how petty and mean are all the doings of this life, struck me on my last trip to the leprosy village of Molokai. Indeed the beautiful and picturesque view presented by the perpendicular rock that surrounds the place—this awful precipice of from two to five thousand feet in height—was truly grand, and the perfect quietness of that isolated spot gave deepness to the impression received on my visit. It would indeed be a fit paradise in which these poor sick wretches, stamped forever by a fatal destiny, might end the rest of their days in peace, though banished far from home, friends and kindred. Not only do natives, but human cupidity seems to persecute them.

The condition of these poor and unhappy wretches does not seem to be too low a subject for the most selfish intrigues and speculations.

Interested by the study of that disease which has afflicted mankind for so many centuries, I descended the nearly perpendicular pali, to witness the lepers, accompanied by Mr. Myers of Molokai, and Mr. King, the photographer of Lahaina, who were anxious to share with me the fatigues and pleasures of the trip.

But how was I disappointed, and what terrible lesson had I yet to learn of human infamy, and official neglect! How indignant was I when I heard the cries of the emaciated and ghastly inhabitants of this place, like the wailing of damned souls in hopeless hate, “Pilikia, aole ai, aole ai!” Their forms still seem before me, asking God as well as the Government, “what they have done to deserve such a punishment?”

It is true that Mr. Louis, the superintendent of the place, wrote to the Board of Health at Honolulu for provisions. The answer came back, “Let them work.” Yes! Let them be driven out of human society, and be compelled to work! Let them work with their sore limbs and swollen toes, while exposed by every change of temperature to the most painful exacerbations of the disease. Let them work, so that we may have our share of the products of their labor.

The Board of Health could hardly avoid sending a barrel of salt beef; (fresh meat is here a sight good for sore eyes;) but it smelt so horribly, that only a famine could persuade these poor wretches to eat it.

For the benefit of humanity, please to publish this letter.  Sic itur ad astra.

(Pacific Commercial Advertiser, 12/29/1866, p. 3)

The Lepers on Molokai.

The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Volume XI, Number 26, Page 3. December 29, 1866.

Critique of Government Policy to Isolate Leprosy Patients, 1867.

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[Found under: “English Column.: Island News.”]

The Lepers on Molokai.—We are rejoiced that the Commercial Advertiser has drawn the public attention to the lepers on Molokai. The whole scheme of placing these miserable beings in so remote and inaccessible locality has proved itself worse than a failure. Let there be some isolation—some separation—but none so extreme is necessary. The Board of Health had, we doubt not, none other than good intentions, but we trust they will revise the whole subject.

[This article comes out soon after the policy to isolate the patients in Kalawao and Kalaupapa. It is a response to articles appearing in the Pacific Commercial Advertiser (predecessor of the Honolulu Advertiser). See following two posts.]

(Kuokoa, 1/19/1867, p. 2)

The Lepers on Molokai...

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke VI, Helu 3, Aoao 2. Ianuari 19, 1867.

Two interesting testimonials appearing in the same issue, 1892.

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VERIFICATION OF THE TRUTH.

Honolulu, April 4, 1892.

I hereby attest, I am the one whose name appears below; in order to verify the miraculous works of Mr. Marcus W. Lowell, and so that the public knows, he treated my wife in 1886 after she contracted the disease known as the sickness that separates families [ma’i hookaawale ohana]; he treated her and she got much better than with the doctors who treated her. She suffered for ten years from this sickness, and within a month, Mr. Lowell saved her because of his aloha he had for my wife during that time.

To attest to this, I place my name here.

John Kahikina Kelekona.

(Leo o ka Lahui, 4/8/1892, p. 2)

HE HOIKE AKU I KA OIAIO.

Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Buke II, Helu 428, Aoao 2. Aperila 8, 1892.

CURE FOR CANCER.

Honolulu, March 24, 1892.

I, George Campton, carpenter, have been a resident of these Islands for the last 14 years. In the last year 1891 I suffered from cancer in the leg, and through the advice of a friend I had Mr. Lowell to see it. I suffered the most excruciating pain and has confined to my bed for weeks, when Mr. Lowel saw me and told me he thought he could cure it, and to my utter astonishment, in one month from the time Mr. Lowell first saw it it was cured. It is now nearly three months since and has all the appearance of a complete cure. In three weeks from the time Mr. Lowell first saw me I was able to go about my dusiness. Any one desiring further information can call on me at 36 King St.

(Leo o ka Lahui, 4/8/1892, p. 4)

CURE FOR CANCER.

Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Buke II, Helu 428, Aoao 4. Aperila 8, 1892.

More from Kalaupapa, 1912.

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A REMEMBRANCE OF THE ONE WHO HAS GONE.

O Nupepa Kuokoa, Aloha oe:—Please be so kind as to include in an empty space of your columns the article with the title above, “A Remembrance of the One Who Has Gone,” that being Mrs. Kalamau.

She came to the leprosy settlement on March 29, 1912, and died on September 27, 1912 in Bishop Home, and it was your writer who took care of her. We lived together for about six months when she left me.

Her family is in Pahala, Kau, Hawaii. Her father, mother, and husband, you will no longer see her hand on white stationery with the black of ink.

O Pahala in the blustery winds, you shall no longer see Mrs. Kalamau; O Pahala in the soft blowing Kehau, i have no gift for you, only aloha.

I end here; my aloha to the type setting boys of the Kuokoa. Me, in the shade of the hoi [ho’i?] leaves.

Mrs. H. P. Paniani.

Bishop Home, Kalaupapa, Molokai, Oct. 5, 1912.

(Kuokoa, 10/18/1912, p. 7)

HOOMANAO ANA I KA MEA I HALA

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVIII, Helu 42, Aoao 7. Okatoba 18, 1912.

Criticism of treatment at Baldwin Home, 1896.

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Improper Acts.

Editor:

Your news-sniffing detective reports before all, the improper actions of the Brothers [Hoahanau] overseeing the Baldwin Home [Home Balauwina] in Kalawao. On Wednesday morning, the 9th of September, there was a uprising between the boys and the Brothers because the pig feed bucket was brought filled with tea to drink that morning. So the boys were incensed at that mistreatment. These Brothers must have thought that those boys inflicted with leprosy at that Home were pigs, and that is why they did that kind of thing.

Here is another thing: one of the boys who died at the Home some months ago was taken to the mortuary. That night, his clothes he was wearing were fetched. Here are the items taken from the body of the dead boy: One brand new suit, and a pair of shoes. These things are being worn now by another boy of the Home.

One more thing, if a boy of the Home dies, he is wrapped up in a blanket and put in a box and taken to Koloa [?].

The cart used to transport beef is another thing; that is the cart used to transport the patients with rotting sores. Is this something proper that the Brothers are doing to these boys of the lahui who are afflicted with this suffering from leprosy living in the Home?

Your detective believes that it is not right. It is killing the body and the soul of their neighbor. The Board of Health [Papa Ola] should remove these Brothers from the Home and return the Sisters [Viregine] of Aloha to this Home. Their care of the patients was much better than that of these people who waste the Government’s money.

With appreciation,

News-Sniffing Detective

Kalawao, Molokai.

(Makaainana, 11/9/1896, p. 3)

He Mau Hana Maikai Ole.

Ka Makaainana, Buke VI----Ano Hou, Helu 19, Aoao 3. Novemaba 9, 1896.