A Beloved Has Died! ("Make i Aloha ia!", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, March 21, 1868) DEAR NUPEPA KUOKOA E; Greetings: A. A. Coe, Esq., a beloved member of our church, passed away at 8 p.m. on March 7. He was one of the “good fruits” of Christ’s Kingdom in this garden that is the Hawaiian Islands….
Author: Kawika Gregoire
Cooperative stores
("Huihalekuai", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, December 9, 1865) KA NUPEPA KUOKOA; GREETINGS:—Here is the news from Maui: a cooperative store for every district of the island. One thing is largely being heard and discussed among the people at this time, and that is the banding together of all people in this district to build a store….
On the dangers of fishing with explosives
("Giant Powder", The Pacific Commercial Advertiser, August 11, 1877) On Saturday the 4th inst. a native named Kaleo lost his right hand from an explosion of giant powder while fishing in the sea at Kaupo, East Maui. By the Act of 1872, the use of giant powder in fishing is prohibited under a penalty of…
Store destroyed in a fire—a woman dies
("Halekuai pau i ke Ahi—Make kekahi Wahine", Ka Hae Hawaii, February 15, 1860) Dear Hae Hawaii—Greetings: On the night of January 3, the store of Albert E. Coe (Mikekolo) was destroyed in a fire. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is thought to be arson. Kekuaola was sleeping inside, and in the…
Pililua, 71, 1861
An elegy for Pililua ("He Kanikau no Pililua", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, January 25, 1862) A loving lament for Pililua,For my mother, who has gone away,Passed on to the road of no return,She has departed all alone.Leaving so very many of us.Has she perhaps reached Kulanihakoi?My mother of the moae wind,From the land where the rain…
Sunday school exhibition in Kaupo
("Hoike Kula Sabati ma Kaupo", Nupepa Kuokoa, July 11, 1919) Mr. Editor of the distinguished paper, greetings:—If you have room in the beloved treasure of the nation, please send like lightning the matter mentioned above. On Sunday, June 8, the Sunday school of Kaupo, Maui held a little family exhibition. There were five family groups:…
Police try to dodge Dr. McGettigan's bill for extra work
(Evening Bulletin, August 4, 1904) At the meeting of the Board of Health held yesterday afternoon an old complaint was sounded again in the following letter from Dr. McGettigan of Hana: Hana, Maui, H. T., July 28, 1904. Hon. L. E. Pinkham, President of Board of Health, Honolulu, H. T. Sir:—On June 30 about noontime…
James Pauahi Alohikea, 46, September 15, 1917
Eulogy and Memorial for Pauahi Alohikea ("Hoalohaloha A Hoomanao No Pauahi Alohikea", Ka Hoku o Hawaii, October 11, 1917) “Amid the sorrow,Along the shadowy path,We are marching on,Toward the tomb.There to rest,The struggles ended,The mortal remains to decay,For the seasons of eternity.” What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? Shall he deliver…
News of Nuu
("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 suspicious death of Keawe
Terrible Death ("Make Weliweli", Ka Hoku o ka Pakipika, April 10, 1862) On March 18, 1862, Keawe died at Waipuhia, in Puuala, Kaupo, East Maui. On the 17th, there was a ti-drinking party at Davida’s house in Waiha. That night is when Keawe died. There are two theories: that he died because he was drunk…