Passengers of the Iwalani to Nihoa, 1885.
[Found under: “PASSENGERS.”] Departures. For Kauai, Niihau and Nihoa, per steamer Iwalani, Monday, July 20—H. R. H. Princess Liliuokalani, A. Hoffnung and wife, Miss Ella Hoffnung, Rev. J. Hemphill and...
View ArticleKamehameha IV on Nihoa, 1857.
The French man-of-war “Eurydice” landed from Nihoa, with Kamehameha IV, the King, and the Governor of Oahu [Mataio Kekuanaoa], on the 25th of April. They were at Nihoa touring, and their trip was fine,...
View ArticleOn Kaumualii and Kaahumanu, 1880.
Originally posted on nupepa: [From: “Ka Moolelo o Kaahumanu”] Kaahumanu was one of them who made a circuit of Maui, Oahu, and Kauai with Liholiho. When Kaahumanu arrived on Kauai, she took Kaumualii,...
View ArticleKaumualii and Kaahumanu seek out Nihoa, 1868.
[Found under: “KA MOOLELO O NA KAMEHAMEHA.”] Kaumualii built several large houses for Kaahumanu at Papaenaena. When Kaahumanu was staying on Kauai. A great desire grew within her to search for Nihoa, a...
View ArticleSereno Bishop to report on trip to Nihoa, 1885.
[Found under: “LOCAL NEWS.”] An article on Nihoa by Rev. S. E. Bishop, will be published next week. It will be of scientific value as well as literary interest. (Saturday Press, 8/1/1885, p. 3)
View ArticleSereno E. Bishop reports on Nihoa, 1885.
BIRD ISLAND. Geological and Topographical Report Upon Nihoa, or Bird Island. Surveyed July 22, 1885, by Sereno E. Bishop. Hon. W. D. Alexander, Surveyor-General of the Hawaiian Kingdom: Sir: I was...
View ArticleMore on Nihoa from Sereno E. Bishop, 1885.
NIHOA. Its Topography—Something about its Geology—The Trip in Outline. The excursion party to Nihoa or Bird Island, was Mr. Jaeger’s plan,with botanical object. It was finally carried into effect by...
View ArticleNihoa or Bird Island, J. J. Williams, 1885.
This is one of the few surviving images of Nihoa taken on the 1885 trip by J. J. Williams. According to Sereno E. Bishop in the previous post, “The photographers had been half drowned and lost most of...
View ArticleFire on Nihoa, 1885.
[Found under: “KA HUAKAI MAKAIKAI IA NIHOA.”] The Alii Liliuokalani enjoyed seeing the sitting young birds of all sorts. The alii climbed the ridges and descended the valleys until reaching an area...
View ArticleFollow up to the Nihoa fire, 1885.
[Found under: “LOCAL NEWS.”] The schooner Waiehu of the Pacific Navigation Company returned a few days ago from a special trip to the Island of Nihoa. When the schooner reached the Island she landed...
View ArticleNew Superintendent of Water Works, Charles B. Wilson, 1882.
[Found under: “NA NU HOU HAWAII”] Charles B. Wilson was appointed as Superintendent of Water Works [Luna Wai] for Honolulu in place of G. D. Freeth who resigned, and he will begin the work as the new...
View ArticleKa Nupepa Elele changes, 1885.
[Found under: “NA NU HOU HAWAII”] The Elele newspaper after the coming 1st of July, will become a half English and half Hawaiian newspaper. (Ko Hawaii Pae Aina, 6/6/1885, p. 2)
View ArticleKailimaia (m) and Mana Kaaihue (f) married, 1885.
[Found under: “KELA ME KEIA.”] At Aiea, Ewa, July 1, 1885. Joined together were Kailimaia (k) and Mana Kaaihue (w), in the Holy Matrimony of Marriage by S. K. Kuhano. (Kuokoa, 7/4/1885, p. 3)
View ArticleHiiaka calls out, “I stand up to leave…” 1862.
[Found under: “HE MOOOLELO NO HIIAKAIKAPOLIOPELE. Helu 1.”] Hiiakaikapoliopele looks at her elder sisters who hang their heads down, they being the ones who were sent to fetch the man; they are the...
View ArticleStrong winds in Kohala, 1892.
[Found under: “NU HOU HAWAII.”] Because of the very strong winds in Kohala on the 2nd of July, the windmill [huila makani] of Mahukona [Mahukoha] broke, and the kiawe trees were chopped up and were...
View ArticleRobert Wilcox in Turin, Italy, 1883.
Wilcox, the Youth Seeking Knowledge. From the Italian newspaper, Il Mare, of the 4th of July, we found these words about Turin University, that being the university where our youth seeking knowledge,...
View ArticleHow long was Robert Wilcox in Italy? 1887
MARRIED. Louisa Sobrero, daughter of the Baron Lorenzo Sobrero, a Colonel of the Italian artillery, was married at Turin on the 15th inst., to Robert W. Wilcox of the Sandwich Islands, a pupil of the...
View ArticleNews of “ka aina mauna,” 1883.
NEWS OF WAIMEA. H. Baldwin was recently here with some other haole searching for the source of the water of Ulu, flowing in Waipio, and it was found through the patient search of that haole, and some...
View ArticleAkono Akau and Maraea Iaukea are married in the mountainous lands of Waimea,...
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO”] Hawaii. Joined as one.—S. H. Mahuka of the land of the Kipuupuu wind and rain of Waimea told us, reporting that on the past 28th of August, in Imiola Church in Waimea,...
View ArticleTravels of Lydia Kamakaeha Dominis, 1871.
[Found under: “NU HOU KULOKO.”] Pertaining to the island of Hawaii.—This past Monday, one of our beloved mistresses, the Honorable Mrs. Lilia Kamakaeha Dominis, sailed by way of the Kilauea, with the...
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