A Newspaper. At the Lahainaluna College, there is a newspaper that is handwritten by some students of the school. This newspaper was initiated for the local benefits of the students of the school. Continue reading
Painting of the Hilo Town.—We saw the beautiful painting of the town of Hilo of the Kanilehua rain, in the drug store of G. P. Judd [G. P. Kauka] here in Honolulu. The painting was painted by a Hawaiian boy, named Joseph K. Nawahi [Iosepa K. Nawahi], and he used his brush with detail in all the intricacies the painting. When you see it, it is so beautiful, and admiration for that Hawaiian painter wells in the hearts of all who sees it. This youth was not intensely educated in great art schools, but while he attended Lahainaluna Seminary, he was trained in that skill, drawing and painting, and his expertise in that exceptional discipline of the haole is clear for the first time. His name will become famous through his paintings.
[We all have heard about the awesome story of the 1888 painting by Nawahi of Hilo Town which was featured on Antique Roadshow, now displayed up on the campus of Kamehameha Schools, but the painting described here seems to be the one in the care of the Mission Houses Museum!
Check out this story about two more Nawahi paintings. The whereabouts of these two painting are not known (at least publicly) today… I really want to see the one with the Hiiaka sisters!]
(Kuokoa, 10/31/1868, p. 3)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke VII, Helu 44, Aoao 3. Okatoba 31, 1868.
KEKELA O KA LANI
BORN IN 1824 AT MOKULEIA OAHU
EDUCATED BY JAMES HUNNEWELL AT LAHAINALUNA
FIRST HAWAIIAN CHRISTIAN MINISTER
ORDAINED AT KAHUKU DECEMBER 21 1849
IN 1853 HE WENT AS A PIONEER MISSIONARY TO THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS WHERE FOR 49 YEARS HE EXERCISED A REMARKABLE INFLUENCE AGAINST CANNIBALISM AND TRIBAL WARFARE
A TRUE SPIRITUAL GUIDE
IN 1864 HE WAS SIGNALLY REWARDED BY
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
FOR RESCUING AN AMERICAN SEAMAN FROM CANNIBALS
DIED IN HONOLULU NOVEMBER 1904
“O KE ALOHA, OIA KA MOLE O NA MEA PONO A ME NA MEA OIAIO A PAU”
LOVE IS THE ROOT OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AND TRUE
KEKELA
[Kekela is buried in the cemetery of Kawaiahao Church in front of his daughter Maria. His wife Naomi however is buried at the Waianae Church.]
(Kawaiahao Church)
Rev. James Kekela Plaque, Kawaiahao Church
