How bad leaders and their advisers were dealt with in Kaʻū, 1890.
INCIDENTS IN HAWAIIAN HISTORY. Before Kamehameha the First had reduced the island of Hawaii to his subjection the various districts were ruled over by petty kings or high chiefs. Anecdotes of three of...
View ArticleClarice B. Taylor retells Kawena Pukui’s Koihala story, 1949.
LITTLE TALES All About Hawaii By Clarice B. Taylor KOIHALA, A CHIEF OF GREAT AMBITION This is an ancient and true story of a chief of old Hawaii whose overweening ambition was the cause of his...
View ArticleClarice B. Taylor on Koihala, part II, 1949.
LITTLE TALES All About Hawaii By Clarice B. Taylor KOIHALA ORDERS POHAKU HANAU PAVING The construction of Koihala’s heiau (temple) on top of the hill at Makanau in the Kau district progressed very well...
View ArticleClarice B. Taylor on Koihala, part III, 1949.
LITTLE TALES All About Hawaii By Clarice B. Taylor THE TRIALS OF HEIAU CONSTRUCTION Koihala, the high chief of the Kau district who constructed the immense heiau on the heights at Makanau, allowed his...
View ArticleClarice B. Taylor on Koihala, part IV, 1949.
LITTLE TALES All About Hawaii By Clarice B. Taylor THE KAU MEN ARE SENT INTO MOUNTAINS The Hawaiian people who inhabited the Kau district on the Big Island were accustomed to a dry, hot climate. The...
View ArticleClarice B. Taylor on Koihala, part V, 1949.
LITTLE TALES All About Hawaii By Clarice B. Taylor THE PRIESTS PLOT AGAINST KOIHALA From being a respected and beloved ruler, Koihala became the most hated when he forced his men to climb Mauna Loa and...
View ArticleClarice B. Taylor on Koihala, part VI, 1949.
LITTLE TALES All About Hawaii By Clarice B. Taylor KO’IHALA HELPS RAISE THE OHIA LOG There was an unusual stir and bustle among the men of the Kau district on the day they assembled to lift the great...
View ArticleClarice B. Taylor on Koihala, conclusion, 1949.
LITTLE TALES All About Hawaii By Clarice B. Taylor RETRIBUTION IS DEALT KO’IHALA The ohia log, destined to be carved into a god for the heiau at Makanau, was partially raised up the temple walls with...
View ArticleIt wasn’t only Kaʻū that dispatched oppressive aliʻi, 1865.
[Found under: KA MOOLELO O HAWAII NEI. HELU 14.] During the period of Lonoikamakahiki, a section went to his older brother, Kanaloakuaana; Kona, Kohala, and Hamakua were ruled by Kanaloakuaana. Kau,...
View ArticleA beautiful mele for Kapuahanolani, 1893.
Palanehe i ka Iwihilo Song. Akahi no po a ke ala I hiki mai ai i ou nei Koikoi mai ana i ka manao I hoapili no ka makemake E ake ka manao e ike I ka nani i lohia … Continue reading →
View ArticleOne of the reasons why newspapers fold, 1917.
We are waiting for the payment of some of the subscribers of the Hoku o Hawaii. The well being of the “Laborers” depends upon your keeping in mind the life of the newspaper. [For as long as there have...
View ArticleHui Oiwi o Kamehameha, 1943.
[Found under: “News From Boys, Girls Kamehameha School] By CARL THOENE Alexander Minoaka Thoene has been elected kahuna nui of Hui Oiwi, the Hawaiian club, at the Kamehameha School for Boys. Minoaka,...
View ArticleWilliam Panui talks about fishing, 1989.
[Found under: “Storytelling now a respected art”] William Panui: Fish tales Pacific Islands: Reef fishing on the Big Island William Panui was adopted by his grandparents and grew up on land the family...
View ArticleUa mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono! 1856.
This is the first masthead of the newspaper, Ka Hae Hawaii. It is simple, but what more needed be said? [Hae Hawaii was a four-page weekly that ran from March 5, 1856 until May 15, 1861.] Filed under:...
View ArticlePatriots celebrate La Hoihoi Ea in lands afar! 1862.
[For the Kuokoa.] Hoihoi Ea Banquet FOR THE HAWAIIAN NATION, ON THE 31st OF JULY, 1862. The 31st of July is a day celebrated by the Hawaiian Nation because it is the day on which the sovereignty of the...
View ArticlePatriots celebrate La Hoihoi Ea in lands afar! 1862.
[For the Kuokoa.] Hoihoi Ea Banquet FOR THE HAWAIIAN NATION, ON THE 31st OF JULY, 1862. The 31st of July is a day celebrated by the Hawaiian Nation because it is the day on which the sovereignty of the...
View ArticleE mau kona welo ana! 1871
“Ka Hae Nani o Hawaii, E mau kona welo ana.” [Black & Auld Printers, Honolulu, H. I.] (Kuokoa, 1/7/1871, p. 1)Filed under: Aloha Aina, Flag Tagged: Hae Hawaii
View ArticleThe life of the newspaper, 1917.
27 subscribers of the Hoku o Hawaii from the district of Kohala paid for the life of their Hoku, and sent it to their Lively newspaper distributor, John Harbottle of Niulii, North Kohala. The Hoku o...
View ArticleSubscription costs for the weekly Makaainana, 1894.
KA MAKAAINANA. A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. W. H. KAPU, Manager and Editor. F. J. TESTA (Hoke), Treasurer. Printed every Monday of every week. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. For One Copy – $ .10 For One Month – .25 For...
View ArticleKuokoa distributors, 1870.
Newspaper Distributors for Kona, Oahu. Kawai, Wailupe, Kanewahie, Palolo Keoki Kekipi, Kamoiliili Nailipelapela, Waikiki Kai ” South side, Honolulu Kalauli, “ Hu, West side...
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