These are the very last words of King Kalakaua at the colony of Kalaupapa before he left Hawaii nei for California: “You all are good, and gracious; your dwellings are good and so are all things; however as for those who practice sorcery [poe anaana], have them go elsewhere.” S. L. Hulipono.
(Kuokoa, 6/13/1891, p. 3)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XXX, Helu 24, Aoao 3. Iune 13, 1891.
Outside the little circle of immediate friends and attendants upon the late King Kalakaua who were admitted into the sick chamber it is not known that for the ten days prior to the monarch’s death an Edison phonograph stood near the bedside. Many who saw the instrument daily never suspected its character or use, and during the excitable days preceeding the King’s death, during which every nerve was taxed to its greatest tension, the innocent-looking little machine reposed in its shaded corner unnoticed and unobserved by all except the King’s chamberlain and his secretary. Continue reading
Oftentimes it is difficult to picture what places looked like and where they were situated. This paper appearing in Thrum’s Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1898 by Warren Goodale and supplemented by Thomas G. Thrum is an interesting read because it show buildings of old Honolulu from lithographs (in the collection of the Hawaiian Historical Society) done by Paul Emmert, and describes locations of the buildings.
[One of yesterday’s posts mentioned Kalakaua boarding a skiff makai of Halemahoe, which appears in this paper as Hale Mahoe. Luckily this volume and most years of Thrum’s Almanac and Annual are available online. For this particular article, click on the image below.]
“HONOLULU IN 1853.” Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1898, pp 80-104.
To King Kalakaua will go the honor of being the first ruling monarch to travel to the Nation of the United States of America since it was established as a nation. He will meet with a very grand reception greater than anyone else who has gone there.
When the battleship Benecia enters the entrance of the Golden Gate with the Hawaiian Flag waving in the wind on it central mast, it will be given a salute from the nation of the United States of America by the guns of the forts of Pine and Alcatraz when it passes before each of them. And should there be no obstructions or accidents, perhaps General Schofield [Sekofila], the Commander of the U. S. Forces in the division of the Pacific will meet and welcome Him in the name of the President, at a Hotel which he deems as fitting for the honor of the Monarch to spend the night. General Schofield appeared amongst us in the early months of Lunalilo reign. The length of their stay in San Francisco is not clear, but from what is known, it will not be for many days. Continue reading
The Alii, the King, boarded the battleship Benecia at 10 oʻclock and 30 minutes on the morning of this past Tuesday [11/17/1874] to go to the United States of America. When he reached the wharf, seaside of Halemahoe, it was an awesome sight; the seeing off by his subjects of the King on his travels to foreign lands. The people crowded together to shake his hand, give gifts, kiss his hand, and chant his name songs, but the King did not dawdle. When the skiff came by for him, accompanied by the Prince Regent [Kahu Aupuni] and the attendants, the sailors of the battleships Tenedos, Scout, and Benecia climbed the yard, and as the skiff moved on, the battery of Ainahou and the two British battleships each gave a 21 gun salute,— Continue reading
Proclamation.
We, Kalakaua, by the Grace of God of the Hawaiian Islands King:
Agreeably to Article Thirty-third of the Constitution of Our Kingdom, We have this day appointed, and do hereby proclaim and make known, Our beloved subject and Brother, His Royal Highness Prince William Pitt Leleiohoku, as Regent of Our Kingdom, to administer Our Government in Our name during Our absence from Our Kingdom.
]L. S.]
Done at Iolani Palace in Honolulu, this Thirteenth day of November, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-four, and in the First Year of Our Reign.
KALAKAUA R.
By the King
W. L. Green,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
(Hawaiian Gazette, 11/18/1874, p. 2)
Hawaiian Gazette, Volume X, Number 46, Page 2. November 18, 1874.
O MAKOU O KALAKAUA, ma ka Lokomaikai o ke Akua, Moi o ko Hawaii Pae Aina:
I kulike ai me ka Pauku Kanakolu kumamakolu o ka Kumukanawai o ko Makou Aupuni, ke hookohu aku nei Makou, a ke kuahaua aku nei me ka hoikeike aku i ko Makou makaainana a kaikaina aloha, Ka Mea Kiekie ke Alii ke Keiki Alii WILLIAM PITT LELEIOHOKU i Kahu Aupuni no ko Makou Aupuni, e lawelawe i na hana o ke Aupuni ma ko Makou inoa, oiai ko Makou kaawale ana mai keia aupuni aku.
Hanaia ma Halealii Iolani, ma Honolulu, i keia la Umi-kumamakolu o Novemaba, Makahiki o ko Kakou Haku, Hookahi Tausani Ewalu Haneri a me Kanahiku Kumamaha, a i ka mua o na makahiki o ko Makou noho Alii ana.
Na ka Moi KALAKAUA R.
W. L. Green, Kuhina o ko na Aina e.
(Kuokoa, 11/21/1874, p. 2)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XIII, Helu 47, Aoao 2. Novemaba 21, 1874.
This coming Sunday, the 10th of January, is the birthday of Prince W. P. Leleiohoku, and he will be twenty years old. He was born on the 10th of January, 1855, on the day of King Kauikeaouli’s funeral, and for that reason, he is called Kalahoolewa. According to what we have heard, the day will be held as a holiday [la hoomanao kulaia]; however, because the day falls on a Sunday, the commemoration will be postponed until Monday, that being the 11th of January this year; and this will be the first time that his birthday will be widely celebrated, for us to give high tribute to the one who is Prince Regent in place of his Brother the King who has left for lands afar. With stirrings of expectation, we are hopeful that this will be a day set aside as a holiday that will be celebrated all over the kingdom appropriately.
[King Kalakaua was away from the Kingdom, travelling to Washington, DC, to secure a reciprocity treaty with the United States. Leleiohoku served as Prince Regent during this period from the Kalakaua’s departure on the morning of 11/17/1874 until his return on the morning of 2/15/1875.
For more, check out Nanea Armstrong Wassel’s Instagram page!]
(Lahui Hawaii, 1/1/1875, p. 2)
Ka Lahui Hawaii, Buke I, Helu 1, Aoao 2. Ianuari 1, 1875.
Will be given to the one who returns Princess Likelike’s gold bracelet which was lost or stolen perhaps from her home soon after this past Christmas. This beautiful gold bracelet was set with three rubies. It was a gift from her lord brother, the King, and inscribed inside of the bracelet were the words in English as follows: “From KALAKAUA to Likelike.” If it is returned to my residence at Kaakopua, received will be the reward above.
R. KEELIKOLANI.
Honolulu, January 21, 1876.
[Might anyone know where this is located today? Let’s bring it back!!]
(Kuokoa, 1/22/1876, p. 3)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XV, Helu 4, Aoao 3. Ianuari 22, 1876.
Mr. W. N. Armstrong
Again.
Mr. W. N. Armstrong has adopted the position of lecture and political teacher in the country and we have no doubt that he feels very proud of the audience that gathers around him in the Club and in the League. We have received a number of communications asking us who this Mr. Armstrong is an although his importance—as viewed by himself—has never dazzled our optics we are able to furnish a little information about this would be professer in national and political science as far as his connections with the Hawaiian Government is concerned. Continue reading
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