1 He anana’la i ka loa o Alakai,
Ke kuhi la he koke aku o Maunahina,
He liuliu Waialeale na ke a—nui,
He anu ka ka nahele o Aipo,
O ke kupilikii aku ia hina i Maunahina—,
Hina i ka hoona rama a ke aloha,
I ka ae hakoko a ka manao,
E pilia la i ka moe he kanaka—i—a,
He kanaka ia ua helu ia ka malama,
Hana ia iho i mio kou aloha—e—a.
Na Lilipi. Continue reading
It became an unforgettable day for the many who gathered at Kaakopua in Honolulu nei, on this past Thursday, February 9, 1882, those being the people who were sent an invitation, and not only people of Honolulu, but from all over the Archipelago; they totaled more than a thousand and went to express their congratulations to and beloved prayers for her highness turning sixty-three years from when she was born, for she was born on the 9th of February of the year 1818, and so she has indeed reached an old age, and she is the very last descendent of the Kamehamehas still living. Continue reading
On January 30, 1916, Miss Julia N. Luahine gave a party at her home on 312 Ilaniwai Street, to celebrate the first birthday of her hanai granddaughter, Harriet Iolani Makekau, which was resplendent [ohuohu Halemano i ka lau lehua] and attended by many [lei Kohala i ka nuku na kanaka]. Continue reading
On this past Sabbath, there was held a huge party in Honolulu, to commemorate the Jubilee of the establishment of the Kamehameha School for Girls.
The Girls’ school was built in 1894, and there are three of the girls from the school who graduated in 1897 still living, Continue reading
(Written by Louis Agard)
JOHN KAINA
The Bishop Museum [hale hoahu o na mea kahiko o Bihopa] published picture postcards [pepa kii haleleka] showing Hawaiian pictures. Amongst the cards printed is a picture of John Kaina, a senior classman at Kamehameha. John Kaina’s picture is printed in this group of postcards. The first group is made up of twelve eleven cards. Continue reading
Olelo Kuahaua.
O makou o LILIUOKALANI, ma ka lokomaikai o ke Akua, Moiwahine o ko Hawaii Paeaina, i kulike ai me ka Pauku 22 o ke Kumukanawai o ko Hawaii Paeaina, ke hookohu aku nei, ke nele makou i ka Hooilina o ko makou kino ponoi iho, i ko makou kupa i aloha nui ia a kaikamahine hoi, ka Wohialii Kiekie VICTORIA KAWEKIU KAIULANI LUNALILO KALANINUIAHILAPALAPA Continue reading
On the steamship of this past 28th of April from San Francisco, we have heard once again, the Heir to the Throne of Hawaii is in England where she is continuing her studies in good and robust health. And as an example of Her competence in many languages, she sent her father a letter in French.
[In those days, much of the news from afar came by way of steamship.]
(Kuokoa, 5/2/1891, p. 3)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XXX, Helu 18, Aoao 3. Mei 2, 1891.
I am Z. P. Kalokuokamaile, living in Napoopoo, South Kona, Hawaii. I am 82 years old.
My ancestors were born in the Ahupuaa of Kiloa II, and Waipunaula, Napoopoo, South Kona. During the time when Kamehameha I ruled. This is the story of my ancestors until me, their descendant.
Namoku (m) dwelt with Hoopuleolani (f)
Born was Kawahapaka (m)
Born was Kauaula (f)
Born was Keoholau (m)
Kawahapaka (m) dwelt with Makuakane (f). There were no children.
Kauaula (f) dwelt with Nuuanu (m).
Born was Kalama (f)
Born was Keoni I (m)
Born was Kaaihue (f)
Born was Keahi (m)
Kalama (f) dwelt with Rev. S. W. Papaula (m)
Born was Lydia (Lilia) (f)
Born was (Koa (m)
Born was Huleka (f)
Keoholau (m) dwelt with Kapuleiolaa (f)
Born was Kawahanoeau (f)
Kawahanoeau (f) dwelt with Nailihaulani (m)
Born was Z. P. Kalokuokamaile (m).
In these Ahupuaa my ancestors lived without moving and going here and there until they all left for the other world. And during the time when my kupuna and the family of the wife of Creston Cummins, the owner of the Ahupuaa, Kiloa I, Kiloa II, and the Waipunaula. And in 1901, I bought the ownership of these Ahupuaa from Mrs. Kamai Nahina.
I built the Salmon store, while going to Honolulu to purchase pounds and barrels of salmon, and began to sell it with much success. And then the time came when government workers arrived and demolished the grounds surrounding my store; destroyed was my sweet potato, sugarcane, bananas, pumpkin, along with my store; the loss was $250, and until this day I have not been paid a cent.
But the Math book clarifies: If the one that comes ahead is bad, then the one to follow will be bad as well, and it will not have a long life in this world. However, if the one that comes ahead is good, its follower will indeed be good. Long will be its days.¹
Me with aloha, to the Editor of Ke Alakai o Hawaii.
Z. P. KALOKUOKAMAILE.
¹I don’t know what book this refers to, and i am not clear on what the excerpt means or how it applies here.
(Alakai o Hawaii, 11/19/1931, p. 4)
Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Buke 3, Helu 29, Aoao 4. Novemaba 19, 1931.
As incentive to have Hawaiian parents care properly for their children, and to assist in the growth of the lahui of this Archipelago, I promise forthwith to pay
ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR PRIZE
For each child born in Waikapu, Maui, after this date. Here are the conditions to this Agreement. It is a child born in Waikapu proper, and their parent must live there. Here is how the payment works: TEN DOLLARS when they are born and the child’s name is recorded. Ten Dollars each year for four years thereafter, and on the fifth year, the total FIFTY DOLLARS remaining will be given. H. CORNWELL, (Konawela.)
Honolulu, December 7, 1872.
[I wonder what the rest of this story is. It is interesting to note that this precedes the reign of Kalakaua and his famous proclamation, “Hooulu Lahui”.
It seems Henry Cornwell and his brother-in-law, James Louzada, had by then made a good amount of money on sugar in Waikapu.]
(Kuokoa, 3/8/1873, p. 3)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XII, Helu 10, Aoao 3. Maraki 8, 1873.
A REAL CURIOSITY.—We noticed in the window of Whitney’s Bookstore recently, a real curiosity of the olden time, being the feather helmet (mahi-ole) of Kaumualii, the last King of Kauai. It is a very rare specimen of the ancient handiwork of these Islands, and ought to be purchased by the government, for the museum for the establishment of which the Legislature made a provision last summer.
(Pacific Commercial Advertiser, 2/22/1873, p. 3)
The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, Volume XVII, Number 34, Page 3. February 22, 1873.
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