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Shark attack, 1874.
Fight with a Fish.—While a party of native fishermen were in the sea at Waikiki, a shark attacked one of them, seizing his thumb, and in extricating it from the shark’s jaw, the flesh was stripped...
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Leleiohoku, the Prince Regent, 1874.
THE FIRST PUBLIC SPEECH By His Highness THE ALII WILLIAM PITT LELEIOHOKU, Before the Citizens at Ewa, Oahu. [Ewa’s makaainana are surely very proud that they were victorious, hearing the words from His...
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The 1874 speech of Leleiohoku at Kalaupapa, 1891.
THE SPEECH OF THE REGENT, PRINCE LELEIOHOKU, AT THE COLONY OF KALAUPAPA, MOLOKAI. November 28, 1874. O Citizens of the Alii, King Kalakaua I., a fraction of his people, aloha to you. This was the day...
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Princess Kaiulani protests, 1893.
A PRINCESS OUT OF A JOB London, Feb. 18.—Princess Kaiulani sends the following address to the American people: “Four years ago, at the request of Mr. Thurston, then a Hawaiian minister, I was sent to...
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Princess Regent Liliuonamoku, 1881.
The Journey of the Princess Regent. In the evening of this past Tuesday, the Likelike took the Chiefess, the Regent Liliuonamoku to Hawaii. She was attended by Governor Kekaulike, Hon. J. E. Bush, Hon....
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Kekaulike appointed governor of Hawaii Island, 1880.
[Found under: “Ma ke Kauoha.”] It pleases the Chief, the King, to appoint Her Highness Kekaulike as Governor for the island of Hawaii, in the place left behind by Her Highness, the Princess Likelike....
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Morning Call and Princess Kaiulani’s protest, 1893.
WAIL OF A PRINCESS. Kaiulani Will Come to America in Her Own Interest. She Was Sent Away to Be Educated, and Now She Is Kept In Ignorance. Special to The Morning Call. London, Feb. 18.—The Princess...
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Uncle Sam and the Queen, 1893.
[One of the days found in: “A RECORD OF SIX DAYS.”] WEDNESDAY UNCLES SAM TO HAWAII: HOLD ON A MINUTE UNTIL YOU ARE PROPERLY DRESSED (Morning Call, 2/19/1893, p. 1) Filed under: Alii, Annexation,...
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David Kawananakoa speaks on annexation, 1893.
WILL APPEAL TO CONGRESS. Ex-Queen Liliuokalani’s Commissioner Arrives at the National Capital. Washington, Feb. 18.—Paul Neuman, the envoy of Queen Liliuokalani to the United States, accompanied by...
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Name song for David Kawananakoa, 1893.
HE INOA NO KAWANANAKOA. He inoa nou e Kalani Kawika No ka pua i mohala i Makanoni, Nau i hoolana me ka wiwo ole Ka manao haaheo i ka puuwai Hoouna ia oe maka mikiona I wahaolelo no ka Lahui Haulani aku...
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Captain Charles G. Nottage arrives, 1893.
[Found under: “LOCAL AND GENERAL.”] Captain Nottage arrived on the Mariposa. He intends to remain here for some weeks visiting the different points of interest. He is the owner of the crack yacht...
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Observations from an Englishman, 1893.
From a Travelling Englishman. From the time I arrived in Honolulu until today, I’ve heard often of matters pertaining to those referred to as the circle of missionaries, and the dimness of their ideas;...
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Ellen Prendergast’s mele inoa for Princess Kaiulani, 1893.
HE INOA NO KALANINUIAHILAPALAPA. A he wehi keia no Kaiulani No ka wohi kukahi lei a Kapili A he pua loke no Ainahau Maoli Iliahi no Hawaii Opuu liko hou no ka Hikina No ka la hiki mai ma Kumukahi...
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“The Victory of Hawaii” by Ellen Prendergast, 1893.
KA LANAKILA O HAWAII. 1st. Ua hooko ia ke koii Ka iini kau a ka manao Ua lanakila mau Hawaii Ka Hoku o ka Pakipika. Hui: No Hawaii no ke aloha Aina o ka lokomaikai Lahui malama i ka pono Me ka laahia o...
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Hooulu Lahui, 1874.
[Found under: “Nu Hou Kuloko.”] A Gift.—This past Wednesday, at 9 o’clock at night, one of our coworkers at this Office was given a gift, by his Lady giving him a large, well-developed girl, who...
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The famous Niihau protest mat on display at the Bishop Museum, 1874 / 2015.
[Found under: “NOTES OF THE WEEK.”] A Valuable Gift.—His Majesty received on Monday last a choice Niihau mat, presented to him by Mr. George Gay of Niihau. In this mat is wrought in red letters, a...
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Message in a mat, 1874.
[Found under: “Nu Hou Kuloko.”] We have heard that the woman who wove the pawehe mat of Niihau, that being Kalai, was asked by the king to weave a moena pawehe, two of them, with the symbol [kii...
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More on Kalai, the skilled weaver, 1874.
[Found under: “Nu Hou Kuloko.”] The old woman who wove the moena pawehe that was just gifted to King Kalakaua is perhaps near 80 years old, and here she is living at Aala. (Kuokoa, 5/9/1874, p. 2)Filed...
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Kalai’s fame spreads to far away Pennsylvania, 1874.
[Found under: “Varieties.”] King Kalakaua, of the Sandwich Islands, has requested an old woman named Kalai, who sent him a mat into which she had woven a petition praying for the removal of taxes on...
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Much more on the protest mat, 1990.
For much, much more on Kalai’s mat of protest, see Roger G. Rose’s “Patterns of protest : a Hawaiian mat-weaver’s response to 19th-century taxation and change,” found in Bishop Museum Occasional...
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