From the memory of someone familiar with the alii who are placed sleeping motionless in the bosom of Mauna Ala, Nuuanu, we brought their names below so that their people will memorize it for themselves,
In the early morning of this past memorial day [la kau pua], Prince David Kawananakoa and his friends glided quietly up to the grave of our Alii.
As he entered, he placed flowers and beautiful lei upon the coffins there. It is good that he honored them, and we believe this to be aloha for the alii. We are with him in his actions.
[Let us not remember those who we aloha just on this one day of the year…]
(Kuokoa, 6/6/1902, p. 2)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XL, Helu 23, Aoao 2. Iune 6, 1902.
Royal Mausoleum.—We have heard that an agreement has been reached between the Minister of the Interior and T. C. Heuck, Esq., to commence once again, during these days, the work on the Royal Mausoleum at Mauna Ala in Nuuanu. The stones are ready, and everything is prepared for the building to be built, and hereafter all the native born will be pleased to see this grand memorial building where the parents of the populace who have left the light of the world lay to rest.
(Au Okoa, 4/24/1865, p. 2)
Ke Au Okoa, Buke I, Helu 1, Aoao 2. Aperila 24, 1865.
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