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[Found in G. K. Keawehaku’s “Kuu Kamaaina i ka Ua Kukala Hale”]
Kanikauwepa [Crack of the Whip].–An ohai tree that grew before the place that Haleakala stood was called by this name, on the north-east side of Kinau Gate (the Richards Street gate) [of Iolani Palace]; and under this tree soldiers who broke the rules of the military were whipped. And that is how it got its name.
[Found under: “NA WAHI PANA A KAULANA O HONOLULU, OAHU NEI, I UHIIA I KA LEPO A NALOWALE LOA HOI I KEIA AU HOU.”]
HAIMOEIPO.
4.—Haimoeipo, in the upland of the Palace Grounds, has changed in appearance these days with the building of the Barracks [Halekoa] and its grounds where the soldiers drill, and the new street that joins with Beritania Street, and this is where Queen Kalama died. She called the house which she lived, Pihanakalani, and that name is disappearing, while the name Haimoeipo remains.
(Aloha Aina, 9/26/1896, p. 5)
Ke Aloha Aina, Buke II, Helu 39, Aoao 5. Sepatemaba 26, 1896.
Because the paper coming into this office these days is a fraction, as well as the type setting boy of the Kuokoa cannot adequately fill the usual eight pages of the newspaper every week, being that the other type setters are busy with a lot of other jobs, so he has no help. It has been decided for now to cut down the paper to six pages.
While this decrease of the Kuokoa to six pages is expected not to be for a long time, but when we see that the path is clear to return the newspaper to its regular size, we will let the public know.
One day last week, some chauffeurs of the car company of Hilo went around to see and perhaps to understand the storied places of the great land of Keawe. When they go with foreign customers, they will know these places so they can talk about them to the visitors when they go visiting the Kona districts and other places.
(Hoku o Hawaii, 12/18/1928, p. 2)
Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Buke XXII, Helu 29, Aoao 2. Dekemaba 18, 1928.
Nani wale no Kukuiolono,
Ke kikowaena o Kauai;
Paka hooheno a ka lehulehu,
A ka ili ulaula ili keokeo.
laila makou ike iho ai,
Na pua like ole oi a ka nani;
Hoohihi ka manao a e lalau, …..I bo-ke pua kau umauma.
Aole nae hoi la a e hihi,
Na huaolelo kau e ka weli; …..Mai kii aku oe mai hoopa,
Ua kapu ia na Alekana;
Aole i ana iho e ka makemake,
Na pua momi o Keaunaulu.
Ulumahiehie i ka Uanoe,
I ka ua lihau noe i ke kula;
Laula ke kahua i haulani ia,
Ekolu puni o ka lina poepoe.
Ua lawa ka iini koialoko, …..Ua ike ia Kukuiolono;
Kau aku ka manao no Waimea,
E ike i ka wai Ulailiahi.
Ka hoa pili hoi o ka Waikea,
Na wai kaulana o Manokalani. Aia i ka la’i a o…
There is a new barking sands, it is here at East Koloa, at Makahuena Point, and the lands of that one kani is Wawapuhi. The sand here makes more of a sound than that of Nohilo, and the sands are high up. If the dragging starts from the top until down below, those staying above will hear it. This barking sand is not from before, it is a new thing; the wind blew this sand all the way to Wawapuhi, Continue reading →
He mele he inoa no ka hui nalu Haulani ma ke kai o Kamoamoa Alawa ae oe ani ka makani Moae kaulana o Kawaihoa E aha ia ana kauaheahe Me haaheo i ka ili o ke kai He aloha kahi nalu o Kamoamoa Continue reading →
The pebbles of Koloa, Kau are terribly famous for them giving birth, and their giving birth is attested to by a great number of Hawaiian. This however is something mysterious and difficult for the haole to believe, until they witness it for themselves like Thomas. Continue reading →
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