Travels to Nihoa, 1885.

EXCURSION TO NIHOA.

At 5 o’clock in the evening of this past Monday, the steamer Iwalani took the travellers to the farthest away island of Hawaii nei, Nihoa. And amongst the famous passengers who went on this trip was Her Highness, the Alii, Princess Liliuokalani, accompanied by her steward, Charles B. Wilson, and the haole captain’s passengers, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hoffnung, Miss Ella Hoffnung, Rev. J. Hemphill and his wife, Hon. S. B. Dole, W.W. Hall, Rev. S. E. Bishop, J. Jaeger [J. Iager], Henry Jaeger [J. Iaeger], E. S. Cunha and his wife, J. Williams photographer, the travelling companions of the alii, Mrs. Emma Kapena and her daughter, Mrs. Hattie Kamakanoa, Mrs. Kahuila Wilcox, Miss L. Nakanealoha, Hon. J. Kaae and his wife, Hon. J. T. Baker and his wife, Hon. J. Keau and his wife, Major J. Holt, H. W. Auld, W. Holt and his wife, Mrs. Emma Beckley, Mrs. Kahaunaele, Mrs. M. A. Lemon, Jack Ailau and his wife, Sophia Sheldon, Mrs. Anna Costa, Lily Richards, and the other passengers under the alii that number 42 more. Continue reading

Kanikau for Eda Kalua by J. P. Kaapuwai, 1921.

KANIKAU NO EDA KALUA.

Kanikau he aloha nui keia,
Nou e Kawaikauomaunahina.
Nou paha ka uhane e naue nei,
Na hora o ke kakahiaka nui.
Ia oe e ka wahine poaimoku,
Eia e ka luhi a o kaua,
Ke hele aku nei mahope ou,
I lei pu ia e kaua,
I ka uluwehiwehi o Nuhou,
Me ka ua Kenikeni o Lihue,
E uwe helu mai o Kaapuwai,
He aloha ino no kuu leihulu. Continue reading

Death of Sam P. Lohiau of Okoe, 1905.

Great Sorrow!

My favorite Aloha Aina, allow me some space. At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, this past Friday the 26th of May, the breath of my dear Sam P. Lohiau. He was born from the loins of Mr. and Mrs. Kawaa Lohiau, at Okoe, South Kona, and it is the sister of his mother who is writing. He entered Lahainaluna School in the year 1900, and in this coming July he was to graduate from that school. Continue reading

Huewai a Kaula

Did you see today’s Bishop Museum’s “Mele Monday” post on string figures?

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Also, click the link below for a related past post on hei. I wonder what the two pictures look like in the original newspapers. I am guessing that they are much clearer.

https://nupepa-hawaii.com/2013/03/27/hei-cats-cradle-hawaiian-style-1916/

Dirge written by Mrs. Mary W. P. Kenao for her husband, J. D. Kenao, 1862.

He Kanikau Aloha no J. D. Kenao.

He Uhane la he aloha,
Nou no la e J. D. Kenao,
Kuu hoa make anu wai o Kaulea,
E pue ana i ke koekoe,
Eloku anailoko o ka io ka hui,
Li aipo i ka hele kua,
Ka leina a ka uhane la liuliu,
Paa i ke anu ka noe o ka mauu,
Holu ka manawa mauna i ka makemake,
Naha ke keiki au o Kalena,
Puai ka ena ka pua o ke aalii,
He alii ko aloha he hoa no’u i ka po—e po—la,
Po ke kula o Kamahoke i ka noe,
Honi aku ka uhane i ke ala o ka pua laniuma,
I kui a lei no kuu hoa e,
Hoomaha ka wela i ka wai o Pulepule,
Huli nana o ke anu o Mauna Gula,
O ka nani hoi o Kienemela,
Auau i ka wai e Hualamea,
O ka ua koiawe i na pali,
E huli e hoi eia wau,
O ka hoa kuili o ke aumoe,
Naha kaawale ua hele oe,
Ko-o ka ka pili me ke aloha,
Ua hala, ua hele, ua nalo loa,
Pau ka ike ana la e ka hoaluhi,
Uhia paaia e ka ua noe,
E ka ua noe anu o Hiilei,
Ua kuhi ka manao o ka hoa oe,
Aole e hiki, ua kino lau,
Ua kuniia e ke sila, ua paa loa,
He paa hemo ole i ka weheia,
O ka leo o ka manu ka’u e lohe nei,
I ke kani hoene lua mai i ke ahiahi,
O ke ahi keia, ua wela wau,
Ua wela i ke aloha,
Paila ka manao e noho nei,
I ka eha konikoni a kuu kino,
Ua hala, ua hele, ua nalo ia.

Mrs. Mary W. P. Kenao.
Irish Creek, Kaliponia, Iune 14, 1862.

(Kuokoa, 7/26/1862, p. 1)

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Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke I, Helu 35, Aoao 1. Iulai 26, 1862.