Translation of G. W. M. Reynold’s “Kenneth: A Romance of the Highlands,” 1865.
KENETE: He Mooolelo no Sekotia. MOKUNA 1. KA HOOMAKA ANA. I ka mahina o Sepatemaba, M. H. 1493, i ka wa a ka la e pii ae ana mai ka ili kai ae, a e kiei mai ana kona mau… Continue reading →
View ArticleMore on the family of Lilia Paaoao Pali and Adam Pali, 1903.
CONDOLENCES. To our beloved Papa who is bereft of Beloved Mama who has gone. Rev. A. Pali: Let there be endless affection between us. Whereas when we saw in the Newspaper that our dearly beloved...
View ArticleWife of Rev. Adam Pali dies, 1903.
Mrs. Lilia Paaoao Pali has Passed on. Lahaina, April 4th, 1903. O Greatest one of the People, the Kuokoa. Please insert in an empty space of your konane board, the words appearing above, and it will be...
View ArticleGreat choral competition a hundred years ago, 1916.
SONG CONTEST At the Hilo Armory [Halekoa o Hilo], before a truly huge audience reaching nearly a thousand people, an Archipelago-wide song contest between different Choirs [Puali Himeni] from the...
View ArticleMakawao Union Church comes to an end, 1916.
Memories Awakened By Passing Of Old Church June 25th was a memorable day at the Makawao Union Church of Paia because it was the last Sunday during which religious services were to be held previous to...
View ArticleVisiting the Leprosy hospital in Kalihi a hundred and fifty years ago, 1866.
[Found under: “MA KE KAUOHA.”] The person and people perhaps who wish to go and see the Leprosy Hospital at Kalihi [Halemai Lepera ma Kalihi], and there friends there. Therefore, I say to everyone, the...
View ArticleSweet mele for a flower blossomed, 1913.
PUA MOHALA 1—Onaona i ka ihu ke honi Ka pua opuu i mohala Omau ia iho i ka poli Hoopumehana hoi ia loko CHO —Li’a wale aku ka manao O ka nee mai i ke alo I mea na’u e… Continue reading →
View ArticleThings that make you go, “Hmmmm.” 1883.
[Found under: “ISLAND LOCALS: ABOUT TOWN.”] Messrs J. U. and B. Kawainui, publishers of the Hawaii Pae Aina, were brought before Judge Bickerton on the 22d inst., on a charge of libel prefered by the...
View ArticleUa pio ke kukui, 2016.
Filed under: Death Announcement, Uncategorized Tagged: Sam Noeau Warner
View ArticleThe call for information on traditional knowledge, 1860.
ANCIENT MELE. I want to obtain Mele about the arrival of Papa folks, and perhaps others, and Mele with each individual name, and Mele about the Kaiakahinalii [Great Flood], and Mele showing what the...
View ArticleMele for the island chain of Papa and Wakea: a response to the Armstrong...
He Mele no ka pae aina o Papa ma. Hoao Papa hanau moku, I kana kane o Wakea i noho ai, Hanau o Hoohokukalani, He Alii, He kaikamahine na Papa, Noho ia Manouluae, Hanau o Waia ke ’lii, o Waia,… Continue...
View ArticleLa Hoihoi Ea, 1895.
RESTORATION DAY OF HAWAII. The coming Wednesday, July 31, is the day that Admiral Thomas restored the glorious Flag of Hawaii nei, after he stripped these Hawaiian Islands and took them under his power...
View ArticleE mau ko welo haaheo ana! 2016.
Go check out the events commemorating La Hoihoi Ea here at Thomas Square and around the pae aina! Filed under: Aloha Aina, Flag, Uncategorized Tagged: La Hoihoi Ea, Restoration Day
View ArticleMango jam? Sounds ono, 1936.
BUSINESSMAN HAS OWN RECIPE FOR RIPE MANGO JAM With mango trees loaded with fruits its almost a crime to let all the luscious fruit go to waste. That’s the opinion of Robert F. Lange, Honolulu...
View ArticleJohn Smith, flautist for Kamehameha III, and land rights, 1904.
HAS DECLARED THIS ACTION GOOD INTERESTING CASE BEFORE LAND COURT—A NEGRO FLUTE PLAYER AS A COURT MUSICAN—COOKE HOMESTEAD CLEAR. Enoch Johnson, as examiner of titles, is the author of an opinion filed...
View ArticleDescription of the Hawaiian Archipelago, 1909.
The Seas and the Channels of these Islands Alenuihaha between Hawaii and Maui, 26 miles. Alalakeiki between Maui and Kahoolawe, 6 miles. Kealaikahiki between Lanai and Kahoolawe, 18 miles. Auau between...
View ArticleKamehameha IV visits Nihoa, 1857.
The French man of war “Eurydice” arrived from Nihoa with Kamehameha IV, the King, and the Governor of Oahu [Kekuanaoa], on the 25th of April. They were on Nihoa touring, and the trip was fine, and they...
View ArticleThe extent of the Hawaiian Kingdom, 1857.
By Authority. [CIRCULAR.] Department of Foreign Relations, City of Honolulu, 16 March, 1856 [1857]. Sir:—I have the honor to make known to you that the following islands, &c., are within the domain...
View ArticleGreat granddaughter born to Samuel K. Kekoowai, 1922.
ANOTHER DESCENDANT BORN TO THE WRITER OF THE MAKALEI A letter arrived from my granddaughter informing her tutu that she brought forth into this world of light, a daughter from her loins, on Thursday,...
View ArticleFirst birthday of Carrie Akau celebrated and other wild news from Kawaihae...
EXPRESSION OF AFFECTION FROM KAWAIHAE KAI Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Aloha oe. At 12 o’clock on the 12th of this month, August, W. P. Akau, policeman of Kawaihae, and his wife commemorated the first birthday of...
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