("Na Mea Hou o Nuu", Nupepa Kuokoa, December 17, 1881)
Powerful storm.—On the night of Nov. 26 at the house of a Nuu native named Maihui, a rafter fell from the southeast side of his family sleeping house and split into little pieces. Just then, a piece of wood flew and struck a woman on the cheek. At the same time, the thigh of a woman named Keawe was greatly injured and bruised from lightning.
Also at that time, at Hamukoki’s house a post at the southwest corner fell down. Hamukoki saw a burn on the cheek of a man named Paele but no sign of lightning. Their sleeping house was carried off by floodwaters. The water was so strong that it destroyed the crops of the natives. No remains were left. This may have been a test for the people of Nuu from the Almighty God.
Sincerely,
G. P. NEHEMIA JR.
Kumunui, Kaupo, Maui, Dec. 2, 1881.
Below is the article in the original Hawaiian:
NA MEA HOU O NUU.
Ka Hekili ikaika.—Ma ka po o ka la 26 o Nov., o ka hale o kekahi kanaka kamaaina o Nuu, o Maihui ka inoa, o kekahi o-a o kona hale moe me kona ohana, ua hemo mai la kekahi o-a kihi ma ka hikina-hema a okaoka liilii; ia manawa pokole no, lele aku la kekahi apana laau a pa aku la ma kekahi papalina o kekahi wahine; ma ia manawa hookahi no, ua uliuli ka uha o kekahi wahine, a nui na palapu a ka welina a ka hekili maluna ona, o Keawe ka inoa.
Ma ia wahi hookahi no, ma ko Hamukoki hale, ua hemo mai kekahi pou kihi ma ke komohana-hema, a lele lihi aku la; ike aku la oia i kekahi pohukuhuku ahi ma ka papalina o Paele k, aohe welina a ka hekili maluna ona. Ua hoolanaia ko lakou mau hale moe; o na mea kanu a na kupa o ia aina, ua hao ka wai nui, aohe opala koe. He hoao ana paha keia na ke Akua Mana Loa i ko Nuu poe kanaka.
Owau no me ka oiaio,
G P NEHEMIA JR.
Kumuanui, Kaupo, Maui, Dek. 2, 1881.