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More news from Kamehameha Schools as reported by the students, 1944.

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[Found under: “News From Boys, Girls Kamehameha School”]

By BARRY ONTAI

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Ilona Momilani, a baby girl was welcomed into the family of Mr. and Mrs. Folinga Faufata on March 10.

The baby’s father, a graduate of Kamehameha with the class of 1935, is now an engineer at a power plant in Pearl Harbor.

The Fafatas reside on Kaunaoa Street in Kapahulu. Barbara, the eldest daughter, attends the Kamehameha kindergarten.

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The Saturday night activities for the student body on April 22, were calling and movies.

The senior division enjoyed dancing and a social gathering which began at 7:30 o’clock in the common room of Lunalilo hall.

Two color movies were shown to the junior division at the school for boys’ assembly hall.

“A Victory”, a picture filmed for the Junior Police Officers on the K.S.B. campus, featured Samuel Fontaine, brother of David Fontaine, low-eleventh student at K.S.B., and James Noa, a ninth grader at the school for boys.

In the second feature, “Make Way for Victory”, two boys of the Preparatory department, Kealoha Coleman and Kui Lee, had leading roles. There were also dances by the preparatory pupils directed by Mrs. Mary K. Pukui and Mrs. Lei Hapai.

These pictures were filmed in color by George Tahara, a student at the University of Hawaii. He has also made two previous showings to Kamehameha audiences. Continue reading →

Hawaiians on ships attacked by the CSS Alabama, 1882.

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Alabama Claims.

VICTIMS OF THE ALABAMA.

Here below are the Hawaiian sailors who have rights to the claims from the money plundered by the ship Alabama from ships in the Arctic Ocean [Kai o Arika].

      Ship—John Howland—Keoni Haulani.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Hoopii,                                Estate of Pika Kaeo [Peter Kaeo]
Napuu,                                Manamana,
Maele,                                 Makiki,
Hopu,                                  Kikihale,
Paahao,                               Kapalama,
Hanaike,                              Auwaiolimu,
Kauai,                                  Kikihale.

Ship—Covington—Kawikona.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Leimakani,                          Kaopuaua,
Kalua,                                 Moanalua,
Puhau,                                Halealii [Palace],
Kekahea,                            Halealii [Palace],
Keoni Ohaio,                      Haliimaile,
Kolohai,                              Kepahoni.

Ship—Euphrates—Iupekisi.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Mahiai,                             Kaumakapili,
Kauhikoa,                         Makiki,
Mana,                               Pelekane,
Mahoe,                             Kikihale,
Waihalulu,                        Kikihale,
Kahanu,                            Kapuukolo,
Kaoni,                               Kaopuaua,
Kamai,                              Waikiki,
Kumoanahulu,                  Waikahalulu.

Ship—Nassau—Nakau.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Opunui,                               Kaopuaua,
Kaiawe,                               Auwaiolimu,
Kanikaula,                           Honokaupu,
Kanoho,                              Niolopa.

Ship—Milo—Mailo.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Keaupuni,                          Moanalua,
Namauu,                            Haimoeipo,
Kamaole,                            Pukalale,
Luhilea,                              Kapamoo,
Kimo Kaiwi,                        Kapalama.

Ship—Congress—Konolisa.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Kekuaihehia,                     Puunui,
Nakaneihele,                     Kaopuaua,
Kekoa,                               Kaopuaua,
Hale liilii,                           Keoneula,
Kamaa,                              Lepekaholo,
Kalanihookahu,                 Kakaako,
Hakuole,                            Pauoa,
Keliilelepa,                        Kaopuaua,
Namakaeha,                      Estate of Pika Kaeo [Peter Kaeo],
Kalulu,                               Halealii [Palace],
Kolona,                              Kaakopua,
Kaunu,                               Aala,
Kahumoku liilii,                  Kikihale,
Kemaha,                             Kaakopua,
Kapuniai,                            Kauluwela,
Kaihe,                                 Kauanonoula.

Ship—Favorite—Fewalaiki.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

David,                                 Kapuukolo,
Maihui,                               Kapuukolo,
Kanoa,                                Kapuukolo,
Kahula,                               Kaopuaua,
Kaai,                                   Kikihale,
Kaapa,                                Kapuukolo,
Kaneihalau,                        Kapauhi,
Mauaa,                               Kaakopua.

Ship—Martha—Maleka.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Kainaina,                             Kaopuaua,
Pika,                                    Kaumakapili,
Manuhoa,                           Lepekaholo,
Ikaaka,                                Niupaipai,
Kalama,                              Apua,
Ii,                                         Kapuukolo,
Keliaa,                                 Kaopuaua,
Kalawaia,                             Apua,
Honu,                                  Kikihale,
Kekipi,                                 Apua,
Kilauea,                               Kapuukolo,
Pao,                                     Moanalua,
Alapai,                                 Kaopuaua,
Kaawaloa,                           Kapalama,
Aiamanu,                            Apua,
Hoomana,                           Peleula,
Kapela,                                Apua,
Kapou,                                 Honokaupu,
Kealonui,                             Apua,
Kalue,                                  Lepekaholo,
William Thompson, Uilama Kamikana,
Kahunapau Keala,
Kahananui,                         Kaumakapili,
Kaailaau,                            Kapuukolo,
Kumakauila,                       Kapuukolo,
Mahoe,                               Kapuukolo,
Kauhailama,                       Pukalale,
Kaumaka.

Ship—Nile—Naila.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Naihelua,                          Kepahoni,
Kuakolu,                           Kepahoni,
Kanalu,                             Pauoa,
Kamaka,                           Peleula,
Hoaiki,                              Kapamoo,
Moeino,                            Kepahoni,
Kauhane,                          Kikihale,
Palakiko,                          Palolo,
Kaia,                                Paeaki,
Kaumealani,                    Kaumakapili,
Kalimahelehonua,           Honokaupu,
Kanuha,                           Kikihale,
Pau,                                 Kaopuaua,
Kekahea,                         Halealii [Palace],
Kalua,                              Kapalama.

Ship—Catherine—Kakalina.

Name.                                          Place of Residence

Samuel,                             Kaopuaua,
Piko,                                  Kaopuaua,
Kealoha,                            Niolopa,
Epela Waahia,                   Kawaiahao,
Simona Nuole,                  Kaakopua,
Poaeae,                             Niupaipai,
Keawe,                              Kapuukolo,
Hahololio,                         Kapuukolo,
Kanuha,                            Kikihale,
Peniamina,                        Kapalama.

The names above, are the Hawaiian sailors aboard the ships mentioned above, that were pirated by the Shenandoah in 1865.

Those who received the aforementioned money, should not come again—as for those who did not receive the money, they must come at once to my office in Honolulu.

Should one of these people have died, then relatives or heirs should come.

A. S. Hartwell.

Honolulu, Dec. 1, 1882.

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Another Hawaiian son away at war, 1917.

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A LETTER TO HIS PARENTS.

Dear Papa and Mama, much love:–It has been a very long time that I have not written back to you, my Parents. Please forgive your child for his neglect.

There is one thing I will tell you; I have joined the military of the Father Country this past September, and I am in the forces of the Engineers, Co. B, 302nd Engineers, Camp Upton, Yaphank, L. I., N. Y. Therefore, my beloved parents, this is something you should be proud of your child for, for my joining the military of the country which protects us, and for me obtaining a high rank in my division, a sergeant major; and not just that, but the path is wide open for me to advance higher.

As I compose this letter, it is time for us to move out, and I am just waiting for the orders, whether it be to France, or to Italy perhaps, so I will make it short as it is soon time for me to get into action. Give baby a long kiss for me, and give my great aloha to tutu them and Pita Liilii [Little Peter], and to Aunty Kilikina and Uncle Apo, Uncle Koowa, Aunty Kukana and Annie and Henry Williams them; and all of my aloha to you two, my loving parents. Your loving child,

PETER CHARLES CORNEY.

(Kuokoa, 12/28/1917, p. 5)

HE LEKA I KONA MAU MAKUA.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LV, Helu 52, Aoao 5. Dekemaba 28, 1917.

Another Hawaiian goes to war abroad, 1917.

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[Found under: “Nuhou Kuloko”]

Moses Puahi Keoua, the engineer for the prison, received a letter from his son, Peter Moses Keoua, who left Hawaii nei about two months ago, which told of his enlisting into the British military in Canada; he is staying at the military base in Winnipeg until the government calls those troops to the battlefield.

(Aloha Aina, 11/2/1917, p. 4)

Ua loaa mai he leka...

Ke Aloha Aina, Buke XXII, Helu 44, Aoao 4. Novemaba 2, 1917.

 

Kaa kea of Waiakea dies at 110 years old, 1898.

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[Found under: “Nuhou Kuloko.”]

At Waiakea Kai, Hilo, an old man just died whose name was Kaa kea, on Thursday last, at 110 years old. It is not exactly known when he was born, however, he stated that he was 30 years old when Kamehameha I died. He joined in the battles of Kamehameha I, and at the last battle in Kona. At the death of the king, he slashed a mark like a moo on his forehead, and he lived with this mark until his death.

(Aloha Aina, 2/14/1898, p. 7)

Ma Waiakea kai, Hilo...

Ke Aloha Aina, Buke IV, Helu 7, Aoao 7. Feberuari 12, 1898.

Brother Dutton on Molokai, 1911.

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25 Years on Molokai.

Last Saturday, the friends of Bro. J. R. Dutton celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his living at the sanatorium at Molokai, where he chose to be amongst the patients, and to teach them of the kingdom of heaven and the righteousness of the spirit.

Bro. Dutton was invited to come to Hawaii as a result of his desire to minister on Molokai amongst the people afflicted with leprosy; and it is true, from the moment he stepped upon the soil of Kalawao, until living there for 25 years, there was not a single moment he spent away, but he remained there at Kalawao at the Baldwin Boys’ Home at all times, as if he made this his home.

In his many years living there, there was only a single time he showed signs of grief, when he climbed into the hills many years ago, his eyes looked out to the wide ocean, and he returned immediately to the Baldwin Home to his room. He then began to write. However, it is unknown what happened that day, except through conjecture.

Bro. Dutton was a soldier engaged in a fierce battle between the north and the south; and he saw the dead bodies of his comrades in battle. He visited the graves of his many friends, and he remains a member of the soldiers of the Republic.

(Kuokoa, 8/4/1911, p. 5)

PIHA KA 25 MAKAHIKI MA MOLOKAI.

Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XLVII, Helu 31, Aoao 5. Augate 4, 1911.

Letters from Samoa, 1889.

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Malietoa Arrives in Samoa!

Three-thousand Go to Meet Him with Gifts!
Important Correspondences!

Apia, Upolu, Samoa.

July 23, 1889.

John S. Kukahiko,

Much aloha between us.

I arrived on the 18th of June and am doing well.

Before I left Honolulu on the 7th of June, I went to your place often, thinking that perhaps we would meet one final time, but you weren’t at your place.

I’ve seen what’s new here and I have gone with Hairama Kaumialii to see the battlegrounds here in Samoa. All of their actions are admirable; they are a fearless people and true warriors. They are a loving and kind people. These are the most comely people I’ve seen throughout the world.

Each morning the King Mataafa attends Catholic Mass nearby where I live. And when he attends mass, he is accompanied by his fearless warriors very prepared, carrying weapons and firearms. They are very cautious [?? lili] in their protection of him; there is no enemy who is able to abduct him, lest he be abused.

The German and British warships are here in the port of Apia, but the Germans cannot try once again wage war and take him captive. Mataafa has fine features, and when he goes to pray, he and his guards are a magnificent sight to see. He is well regarded by the haole and his own people.

On the 22nd of this month, the American Consul and Admiral Kimberly bestowed upon him gifts from the President of the United States for them helping the Americans in Apia in the recent terrible storm. The Counsul and Admiral Kimberly gave speeches, and Mataafa gave a short reply which was printed in the newspaper, “Samoan Times.”

I’ve met fequently with Hairam Kaumialii, but where he lives is twelve miles away from here, in Malie. Continue reading →

Death of Mary Ann Kaaumokulani Kinoole Pitman Ailau, 1905.

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DIED.

AILAU—In Hilo, Hawaii. February 11, 1905. Mrs. Mary Ann Kaaumokulani Kinoole Pitman Ailau, daughter of the High Chiefess Kinoole and the late Benjamin Pitman, and widow of John Keakaokalani Ailau, aged 67 years.

Mrs. Ailau was known from one end of the group to the other, and in Boston and many of the Atlantic watering places.

She was born at Hilo 67 years ago, and with the exception of a number of years spent in Boston and New England completing her education, she always resided in the islands. She was a daughter of Benjamin Pitman a capitalist, who resided both in Hilo and Honolulu. The Pitman home was at the corner of Alakea and Beretania streets, on the site now occupied by the C. Q. Yee Hop building.

The Pitmans came here from Boston, where they were well connected. Mrs. Ailau’s father-in-law also resided here for a number of years. Her father married the High Chiefess Kinoole, daughter of the High Chief Hoolulu. Continue reading →

Charles Nakao, survivor of the Aztec, writes home to Hawaii, 1917.

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HAWAIIAN SURVIVOR OF AZTEC TELLS HIS STORY IN LETTER TO THE STAR-BULLETIN

A MESSAGE from a Hawaiian survivor of the steamship Aztec, sunk by a German submarine, came to the Star-Bulletin in yesterday’s mail from Brooklyn, New York.

Charles Nakao in a letter to this paper tells how some of his comrades were lost in trying to launch a lifeboat, and of the suffering of those on the wintry sea. Five Hawaiians were among those who perished, and a few weeks ago the legislature held a public memorial in their honor.

The letter says:

“Brooklyn, New York, April 26, 1917.

“Dear Sir: I, Chas. Nakao, was one of the members of the crew of the S. S. Aztec which was the first American vessel armed with two three-inch guns. Number of crew was 49, including 12 navy gunners and an officer of the U. S. S. Dolphin. We sailed from New York March 18, 1917, and were torpedoed by a submarine April 1, 1917, Sunday night, at 9:30 o’clock, off the coast of France. It was very stormy weather, the seas were about 30 feet in height and the current from English channel was running about 7 miles an hour. It were dark hail storm and were impossible to launch any lifeboat over the weather side. Seven of the crew got excited and try to launch the boat No. 2, which were on the weather side they were all smashed between the life boat and the ship side one of the boys were from Honolulu, Ekela Kaohi, the other were Chinese boy from Puna Pahoa Henry Look. No. 3 boat there were Hail Rice of Honolulu, Chas. Pumoku, Julian Makama of Honolulu, one from Tahiti Islands, John Davis. I were on board the No. 1 boat which I suppose to be the gunners’ boat. There were 19 of the crew on board. The vessel had sunk within 15 minutes it took 9 minutes because we were away from the ship side. After we were probably about 100 yards away some one gave four long blasts. Nobody knows how it happened. After four hours and a half in lifeboats on the high seas and hail storms and rain and darkness we were sighted by a French patrol boat. We had signaled to the boat with flashlights. They got full speed away from us. The second one had passed by and we lighted a torch and they came and picked us up. The temperature of the water was 40 degrees and I didn’t have any shoes or hat on. I was frozen and could hardly speak for about two hours after we got picked up. It was 1:30 o’clock in the early Monday…

Charles Nakao, survivor of the torpedoed Aztec

…morning and we had looked around for about 18 hours for the other boat. There were know sign whatsoever. So we landed at Brest, France, the American consul came and met us at the dock and over 6 hundred Frenchmen were treated fine. I got warm and were send to Brest hospital. From Brest we were send to Bourdeaux, France, about 48 hours ride train.

“We got on board the S. S. La Tourine, the French passenger boat from Bourdeaux, and we got back to New York safe.

“I remain yours truly,

CHAS. NAKAO,

Waiakea, Hilo, Hawaii.

“If any of boys’ family wants to get any information about the clothes or anything else please sent me your address and I will try my best to send it over. This is my address: Chas. Nakao, 324-32th street, Brooklyn, New York.

“P. S.—Thinking our Queen for her kindly remembrance to us boys off the ill-fated S. S. Aztec.

“Yours sincerely,

“C. N.”

[This article seems to be summarized in the Kuokoa of Iune 1, 1917, p. 5]

(Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 5/9/1917, p. 1)

HAWAIIAN SURVIVOR OF AZTEC TELLS HIS STORY IN LETTER TO THE STAR-BULLETIN

Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Volume XXIV, Number 7822, Page 1. May 9, 1917.

Hawaiian men aboard the Aztec, 1917.

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Cables Names of Men Aboard Aztec

The fate of the Hawaiians who were aboard the steamer Aztec, recently sunk by a German submarine, is still unknown, Delegate Kuhio has cabled to Speaker H. L. Holstein.

The following cablegram, giving the correct names of the Hawaiians aboard the Aztec, was received this morning.

“Speaker Holstein,

“Honolulu.

“Information from New York agents is Hawaiians on Aztec were Julian Macomber, Charles Kanai, Ekela Kaohi, John Davis, Henry Rice, Charles Nakalo. Fate unkonwn. Will cable when fate is known.

“KALANIANAOLE.”

(Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 4/5/1917, p. 1)

Cables Names of Men Aboard Aztec

Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Volume XXIV, Number 7793, Page 1. April 5, 1917.