Following After the Footsteps of the Aliʻi
Cover Image: Masthead of Ka Hoku o Hawaii published on March 26, 1908.
Aloha Nūhou Monday!
Dear Reader, newspapers reported on the latest happenings within the royal circle, whether they were on an excursion to climb Waiʻaleʻale, visiting their people in Kalaupapa, or meeting with world leaders across the globe. The well-being of the aliʻi was important for the well-being of the nation.
The following article reports on a voyage taken by Queen Liliʻuokalani to Hilo aboard the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Company’s new ship the Mauna Kea.
Image: Steamer Ship Mauna Kea off Waikīkī, with Diamond Head in the background; Waikīkī, Oʻahu. 1908. Photo by Ray Jerome Baker, Bishop Museum Archives. SCA 31146.
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Image: “Ike Hou i ka Nani o Hilo,” Ka Hoku o Hawaii, August 8, 1918, p. 4.
Seeing the Glory of Hilo Once Again
The royal one, Queen Liliʻuokalani, was carried by the Mauna Kea, the majestic mountain of Keawe’s Hawaiʻi as well as the “seafaring albatross” of Hilo Bay, and here she is enjoying once again the glory of Hilo.
That royal one of the people is in good health, and she is now a prominent guest of the mother treasurer of the Aloha Aina [perhaps here referring to Emma Nāwahī]. This coming Monday she will return to the Capital.
She will be back however for the Jubilee Celebration of Haili Church in June. Today the Kaʻahumanu Society of Hilo came to see the aliʻi, and the Liliʻuokalani Kauikeaouli Society held a luncheon for the aliʻi. Hilo does not fall behind in their devotion to their aliʻi, and that is well, being that—
Ua ʻike iā Kaukini
Know Kaukini
He lawaiʻa manu
Where there is a fishing for birds
He ʻupena kuʻu
With net spread out
I ka noe o Pōkahi
In the mist of Pōkahi
Ke hoʻopuni aʻela
Surrounding them on all sides
I ka ʻohu kā kīkepa
Is the mist
Ke naʻi aʻela
There is a climbing
I ka luna o Kaʻauwana
To the top of Kaʻauana
He uahi ke kāpeku e hei ai
Where the smoke drives
Ka iʻa kapu o Puʻuoaliʻi
The edible birds Puʻuoaliʻi into the net
ʻO ke aliʻi wale nō
My desire is to do
Kaʻu makemake
The will of the chief
ʻO ka luhi o māua me ia nei
The chief reared by her and me
ʻO kā mākou leʻaleʻa nō ia lā
He is our delight
Ua ʻike ā.
This is known.1
(Ka Hoku o Hawaii, March 26, 1908, p. 3)
1 Translation by Mary Kawena Pukui, found in MS SC Roberts 2.4, pp. 208–209b.
Image: Queen Liliʻuokalani, Bishop Museum Archives. SP 39721.
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Image: Haili Church; Haili, Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Photo by H. L. Chase, Bishop Museum Archives. SP 114064.
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