Waikiki waters somewhat rough, 1894
Yesterday morning the sea of Waikiki was somewhat rough, and some canoes were caused to bounce up and down like the head of a kolea. Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Buke II, Helu 986, Iulai 19, 1894.
View ArticleThe fires of Pele have disappeared, 1891.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”] The flames of the woman have disappeared, they are not to be seen; there is no smoke, not at all. This is a mysterious omen shown by the night; this has not happened...
View ArticleMosquito introduction
[Found under “KELA AME KEIA”] Hawaii nei was a place that the mosquito was not seen before. But in the year 1826, there was seen a great many whaling ships arriving. From Mexico there was a ship...
View ArticleSchooling fish
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO] Nā Iʻa Kū.–Here at Waimea, Oʻahu, there are a lot of fish schooling. 1. Akule, 2. Weke, 3. Nehu. But that of the greatest number is Nuha. And we hear that at Kaiaka as...
View ArticleDeath of Maraea Brown, Former wife of John Papa Ii, 1876.
[Found under: “NA ANOAI.”] We are saddened to hear of the death of Mrs. Maraea Brown, on the second of this month, at Hilo. She was ill for a lengthy six months, until the day she died. This is a...
View Article[Found under: “NU HOU HAWAII.”]
At the band assembly given at Emma Square [Ema Kuea] on this past Saturday Monday, it was David Naope Naone who whirled the conductor’s baton [ka laau alakai himeni] with great deft. It is indeed a...
View ArticleStay Away from Meetings of the Land Thieves, 1894.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”] O Hawaiians, do not approach at all areas where the land thieves are meeting, for their deeds are evil and filthy; let them be and bring shame upon themselves. Ka Leo o...
View ArticleLei niho palaoa just like new?
[Found under: “NA MEA KUPONO NO NA HOME” (Things Good for the Home)] For Hawaiian women’s lei palaoa, or boar tusk, or perhaps elephant ivory fashioned into stick pins, they can certainly be cleaned...
View ArticleHer Highness Pauahi Bishop returns to town, 1866.
[Found under: “Na Mea Hou o ke Alo Alii.”] Returned to the peace of town–On Tuesday morning, we saw Her Highness Pauahi Bishop riding her carriage. We asked of ourselves, “Has Pauahi truly returned?”...
View ArticleKaiana abroad, 1787 (cont.)
[Found in “HE MOOLELO NO KAMEHAMEHA I, Ka Na=i Aupuni o Hawaii”] Ahuula, the father, the son of Keawe, the King of Hawaii; and Kaupekamoku, the mother. Kaiana sailed for Kauai and his brothers stayed...
View ArticleKaiana abroad, 1787 (cont.)
[Found in “HE MOOLELO NO KAMEHAMEHA I, Ka Na=i Aupuni o Hawaii”] On this return of Kaiana from China, the ship did not stop here in Hawaii first, but past all the shores of America, and there the ship...
View ArticleKaiana abroad, 1787
[Found in “HE MOOLELO NO KAMEHAMEHA I, Ka Na=i Aupuni o Hawaii”] There were a great many ships from other lands that stopped here in Hawaii from 1786 to 1790, the year that Kamehameha traveled to war...
View ArticleJapanese paper announces the new daily Kuokoa, 1919
Daily Newspaper in Native Language Published The native language weekly newspaper printed by the Advertiser company, Kuokoa, yesterday became a daily. Nippu Jiji, May 20, 1919, p. 3
View ArticleLucy Henriques nearly shot by P. G., 1894
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO”] Kalanikiekie, the hanai of Lucy Peabody escaped from a bullet errantly shot by a P. G. soldier while she was standing at a window. The bullet flew and struck above her...
View ArticleLa Hoihoi Ea in 1865.
News of the Royal Court The health of the King these past days has been good, and in the evening of this Wednesday he sailed for Molokai aboard the ship of Captain Thomas B. Hanham [Kapena Hanehama]....
View ArticleSurveying the summit of Haleakala, 1876.
[Found under: “Na Nu Hou Kuloko”] Shivering in the cold.–On the Saturday of big rain before the 28th of November, heavy raindrops made a clatter atop the tents of the surveyors staying on the summit...
View ArticleMarriage of Miriam Likelike to Archibald Cleghorn, 1870
Tonight [September 22, 1870], the Alii Likelike Miriama Kapaakea will be wed to Mr. Archibald S. Cleghorn Esq. of Honolulu, at Wakinitona Hale [Washington Place], the residence of the Alii, HIs...
View ArticleHealing stones of Wahiawa, 1927.
Mr. W. K. Kuheleloa of Hana, Maui traveled six times to anoint the healing stones of Wahiawa, healing his rheumatism, then happily returned to Maui. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LXVI, Helu 51, Aoao 4....
View ArticleDeath of Toma Manono, 1845.
DEATH. On the 20th of July, Toma Manono died at Waimea, Kauai. Manono was an alii; he was with Kekuaokalani folks when they were fighting at Kuamoo. When the word of God arrived in Hawaii nei, he...
View ArticleHekekia Shriver returns to Hawaii, 1868
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”] A Part German Boy.–With this arrival of the Idaho, Hekekia Shriver, a boy born here in Hawaii, returned. His mother is Hawaiian, but his father is a...
View Article