Awaiaulu – Ke Kumu Aupuni.

Today we present to you S. M. Kamakau’s account of Kaʻiana [Kaʻianaaʻahuʻula] meeting Kamehameha Paiʻea, as found in the nūpepa, and the English translation by Awaiaulu.

Mokuʻāweoweo Lava Flow 170 Years Ago Today.

Pele’s activities these past months have been awesome. 170 years ago, an eruption began lasting over a year. It had Hilo people worried. The story is taken from a larger article first describing an eruption dating back to about 1789 when Keōua and his warriors were making their way from Hilo to Kaʻū and a great number perished due to the scorching sands and poisonous gas.

W. C. Lunalilo’s speech on Ka Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea 160 years ago.

In 1865, there were all types of celebrating here for Ka Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea—demonstrations of mokomoko (boxing), ʻōʻō ihe (spear throwing), uma (hand wrestling), and so forth. There was even western dancing at night and fireworks. But perhaps the main event was this speech by Prince William Charles Lunalilo—which he delivered in English.

The Kahului train on Maui.

With the passing of the Reciprocity Treaty of 1875, and the subsequent growth of the sugar plantations, an efficient means of transportation was lacking.

Rev. Ephraim Weston Clark (1799–1878)

Rev. E. W. Kalaka, translator of many books into Hawaiian including A Dictionary of Biblical Words, dies from what appears as heat stroke. It happened not here in Hawaiʻi—but far away in Illinois.

Hawaiian National Museum

Last week we featured articles dealing with the beginning of Aliʻiōlani Hale. This week we talk about an institution that was located inside of that building, the Hawaiian National Museum.

Aliʻiōlani Hale

The lei-draped Kamehameha statue standing before Aliʻiōlani Hale the other week was as usual, an awesome sight to see. But today, we step back over a decade before the dedication of the statue.

Corrections

It was much easier for a newspaper to correct errors published within its pages than for a book.

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