Self-sufficiency, 1917.
The Poi Mill of William Henry. This past Tuesday, purchased by the Hawaiian Poi Company [Hui Kuai Poi o na Hawaii] directed by Mr. Genet, were the kalo patches, the leased lands owned by Chun Kin of...
View ArticleKumalae Poi Shop, 1930.
HALE KUAI POI O KUMALAE Very Delicious Poi Sold Between Dec. 21 and 31, at the Address 324 KING STREET 1719 LILIHA STREET Come with your Bag or Barrel and you Get 36 Pound of Poi for Ond Dollar You …...
View ArticleDoes anyone know how to make kulolo in bamboo anymore? 1930
[Found under: “KA HUAKAI A KA MOIWAHINE KALELEONALANI NO ENELANI.” There were tables as well with Hawaiian food: lehua poi, fish from the fishponds, fish from the sea and schooling at Pohukaina, that...
View ArticleKaluaikoolau book almost ready, 1906.
Almost finished printing is the history Book of The Fearful One of the Jagged Cliffs of Kalalau, that being “Koolau;” waiting on the photos of that hero and his family. The book is very beautiful, and...
View ArticleSinging royals, 1867.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”] Singing voices on the sea.—On this past Monday night, the Three Beloved Young Alii of ours, Kamakaeha, Pauahi, and Likelike went upon a skiff taking with them some...
View ArticleBirthday of John Meek Crabb, 1867
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”] Birthday Banquet [Ahaaina Palala].—In the afternoon of last week Thursday [June 13], a commemorative feast was given for the day of birth of John Meek Crabb (Papai,) the...
View ArticleDirge written by Mrs. Mary W. P. Kenao for her husband, J. D. Kenao, 1862.
He Kanikau Aloha no J. D. Kenao. He Uhane la he aloha, Nou no la e J. D. Kenao, Kuu hoa make anu wai o Kaulea, E pue ana i ke koekoe, Eloku anailoko o ka io ka hui, Li … Continue reading →
View ArticleChild born in California sent back to Hilo to be educated, 1862.
A Kanaka Community in California.—A gentlemen who has resided long in the Hawaiian Islands, writes thus from Indian Creek, El Dorado county: I found here twenty-four Kanakas, principally Hawaiian, and...
View ArticlePCA introduction to their reprint of the previous article, 1862.
NOTES OF THE WEEK. Hawaiians in California.—We find in a late Alta an extract from a letter giving a description of a colony of Sandwich Islanders now living at Indian Creek, El Dorado County,...
View ArticleThe Prince of Hawaii, 1860.
The birthday of Ka Haku o Hawaii. That is this 20th of May, and it is being moved to the 21st; it will be a day of celebration, and therefore the Legislature will be postponed to the 23rd of May. …...
View ArticleHuewai a Kaula
Did you see today’s Bishop Museum’s “Mele Monday” post on string figures? Click here to get taken there. Also, click the link below for a related past post on hei. I wonder what the two pictures look...
View ArticleEncouragement by Daniel P. Aumai for more missionaries to come assist him at...
Letter from Abaiang [Apaiana]. Tabonteba, Abaiang, May 7, 1863. To Rev. E. W. Clark:—Aloha oe, and Parker Jr., and all the elders of the Church, at Kawaiahao, and all the members. We met once more with...
View ArticleMarriage of D. P. Aumai and Mauli, 1859.
MARRIAGES. Ap. 8, at Honolulu, married were D. B. Aumai [D. P. Aumai] and Mauli; they were married by Armstrong [Limaikaika]. Ap. 12, at Koloa, Kauai, married were Kaane and Mahoe; Kahiamoe and...
View ArticleLinton L. Torbert to leave Hawaii, 1865.
Notice. I INTEND TO LEAVE THIS KINGDOM. L. L. TORBERT. (PCA, 4/8/1865, p. 1)
View ArticleKamehameha III pardons Linton L. Torbert, 1854.
PARDON FROM THE KING. Whereas, Linton L. Torbert was, on the 24th day of February, A. D. 1846, convicted of the offense of manslaughter, and fined the sum of two-hundred dollars; and whereas, the said...
View ArticleLinton L. Torbert and many others leave for San Francisco, 1865.
[Found under: “HUNAHUNA MEA HOU O HAWAII NEI.”] Sailed for America:—When the ship the Comet sailed, it took some of our friends, they being Mr. E. O. Hall [Mika Holo] and his wife, and their children;...
View ArticleList of name variants, 2016.
Originally posted on nupepa: Kililika? C. Lui? I have been trying to get various major organizations to host a page that would list different names of historical people (both famous and not so famous),...
View ArticleLinton L. Torbert returns to stay, 1865.
[Found under: “HUNAHUNA MEA HOU O HAWAII NEI.”] Old Familiar One:—The friends of Hulipahu (L. L. Torbert) will be glad when they hear he has returned to Hawaii to live. He and his family were aboard...
View ArticleDeath of Joseph Henry Smith, 1871.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”] Died in Honolulu on the 23rd of May was Joseph Henry Smith [Iosepa Henere Kamika], the old Secretary [Kupakako] of the Board of Commissioners to Quiet Land Titles [Papa...
View ArticleJ. M. Kawelo reports on the news of North Kohala, 1883.
THE NEWS OF NORTH KOHALA, HAWAII. O Kuokoa Newspaper, Aloha oe: I have some important news to place upon your vast back, and it is for you to go before all the thousands of the multitudes. In the night...
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