Died in a Foreign Land ("Make I Ka Aina Malihini", Nupepa Kuokoa, May 5, 1877) On February 20, Kuahu left this world. He was ferried from this side of the black river, where none of us can remain forever. He arrived here around 1864 as a laborer at Port Gamble. He lived here for 12…
Author: Kawika Gregoire
Annie Marie Kala, 9 months, February 7, 1899
Annie M. Kala Has Passed Away ("Annie M. Kala Ua Nalo Ia", Ka Loea Kalaiaina, February 25, 1899) On the 7th of this month at 9:15 p.m., the merciless hand of death struck and ruthlessly snatched the last breath of Miss Annie Marie Kala, my beloved granddaughter, and left behind the ephemeral remains for her…
John James Kawehena, June 22, 1887
Passed Away, Gone ("Ua Hala, Ua Nalo", Nupepa Kuokoa, July 9, 1887) With a heart darkened by sadness, I ask that you please find some space in your parlors so that the public may know of someone’s passing on to the everlasting side of the world. At dawn yesterday, June 22, John James Kawehena departed…
George M. Kaawa, 3, November 10, 1871
Death of a Beloved ("Make I Alohaia", Nupepa Kuokoa, November 25, 1871) George M. Kaawa, of Waikane, Koolaupoko, passed away on November 10 at 3 p.m. He was a child greatly loved by his parents. He was born in Kaupo, Maui, on March 26, 1868, at 9 a.m. When his parents returned to live at…
Terms of endearment
In times past, many places in Hawaii had terms of endearment, or pet names. For Kaupo, the most famous term of endearment was ua pee pa pohaku, or the rain that makes one hide behind rock walls. The importance of this nickname has warranted an entire article on this site. However, there are other terms…
Lopine Kala, 1, July 23, 1916
My Diamond Necklace Has Passed Away ("Kuu Lei Daimana Ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, August 11, 1916) Mr. Editor of the Kuokoa:—Please provide space on the ship deck of the beloved one for my sorrowful message above, so that you may transmit it like a bolt of lightning and inform those living from where the sun…
A feast of the olive leaf
("He Ahaaina Lau Oliva", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, October 12, 1872) DEAR KUOKOA; Greetings : Please insert this little message of love. The activities began at Kalaauala’s house. There, the women and men got dressed, the men wearing fine white clothes and the women wearing taffeta. When the procession emerged, it resembled a Hawaiian flag in…
Intended to shoot dog but killed Vieira's cow
(The Maui News, September 24, 1915) Mitukolo, a Hawaiian at Kaupo, after a little sweating by County Attorney Bevins, on Tuesday confessed that he was responsible for the death of a cow owned by Manuel Vieira, the ranchman, of the same district. He was able to convince the arm of the law, as well as…
Visiting Kaupo
("Ke Ike ana ia Kaupo", Nupepa Kuokoa, August 10, 1889) DEAR NUPEPA KUOKOA. Greetings — My heart is full of fond recollections of my hometown and relaxing at home in Honolulu. At 10 a.m. on July 17, I received the news that I would be departing for the town of Kaupo at 12 a.m. In…
Notice!
("Hoolaha!", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, June 27, 1891) LET IT BE KNOWN TO ALL, we, the undersigned, are the husbands of the two women who were taken away on the night of May 9. Here are their features. One of these is a Hawaiian woman, 18 years old, named Kahoopiihala. She is about 5 feet tall…