Miss Makanui Haupu Has Passed ("O Miss Makanui Haupu Ua Hala", Nupepa Kuokoa, September 12, 1913) Mr. Editor of the Nupepa Kuokoa, greetings:—Please be so kind as to allow space in the darling of the nation for the topic above so that you may flash like lightning from where the sun rises at Haehae to…
Author: Kawika Gregoire
Road less traveled: Kaupo's first autos
In April 1937, in a historic event for the Kaupo community, the road from Kaupo eastward to Kipahulu opened. For the first time, motorists could drive their vehicles to and from Kaupo, traversing the Hana Belt Road across northeastern Maui. In 1951, the road from Kaupo westward to Ulupalakua opened, allowing drivers to complete a…
Barnaby Kahalepaahao, 21, May 23, 1921
A Eulogy for Our Deceased Child ("He Kanaenae Hoalohaloha No Ka Maua Keiki Hele Loa", Nupepa Kuokoa, July 29, 1921) Dear Mr. Editor of the Nupepa Kuokoa, Greetings:—Please provide space in your columns of the treasured Kuokoa for a eulogy for our dear one who has passed on the road of no return. The house…
Agnes Makekau, 29, August 1921
Memorial Resolution ("Olelo Hooholo Hoalohaloha", Nupepa Kuokoa, August 26, 1921) Whereas it pleased the Almighty Father to take our fellow worker Mrs. Agnes Makekau from this fragile world after suffering from illness for some months. Because of her poor health, she again sought respite in Honolulu with her queen. They left Kaupo in July. She…
News of Nuu, Kaupo undertaken on Sunday, February 9, 1890
("Na Mea Hou o Nuu, Kaupo, i Hanaia ma ka La Sabati, Feberuari 9, M. H. 1890", Nupepa Kuokoa, March 1, 1890) Land Association at the House of Kaaipalaoa. Twenty people met with Portuguese landholder John Flores, who called the meeting to settle the payment of animals. Here is what was determined: Each horse will…
Kahaunaele Kapahukalaunu Bipikane, 65, November 1908
A Eulogy ("He Hoalohaloha", Nupepa Kuokoa, November 27, 1908) It pleased the Almighty Father to take the last breath of my beloved foster mother, Mrs. Kahaunaele Kapahukalaunu Bipikane, from her residence on Kuakini Street near Liliha Street in the city of Honolulu, Oahu County. Mrs. Kahaunaele Kapahukalaunu Bipikane was born in 1843 at Kaupo, Maui…
News from Jarvis Island
("Mea hou ma Jarvis Island", Ka Hae Hawaii, November 9, 1859) DEAR HAE HAWAII, GREETINGS to you, the one who reports on news from other lands. This is some news for you to report publically from Hawaii to Niihau. On July 14, a house was built by Mr. Samuel G. Wilder and George N. Wilcox….
Nakiaha Kalawaia, 63, February 17, 1924
My Beloved Wife Has Passed on to the Infinite Path of Kane ("Hala Kuu Wahine Aloha, I Ke Ala Polikua A Kane", Nupepa Kuokoa, March 6, 1924) Mr. Editor; greetings:—Please be so kind as to publish in available space of our beloved, “The Great Treasure of the Hawaiian Nation”, for the words placed above. Whereas,…
Concerning intoxication
("No ka Ona", Ke Kumu Hawaii, March 30, 1836) A description of deaths of the people of Hawaii. On a Friday, Kahilikoolani took a digging stick and went to farm. After farming, he gathered his sweet potatoes into two baskets and carried them back to his house. He got the imu burning, and when it…
Makalii, 47, November 22, 1908
My Dear Husband Has Passed Away ("Kuu Kane Aloha Ua Hala", Kuokoa Home Rula, January 15, 1909) Mr. Editor. Greetings.— Please insert this in the Nupepa Kuokoa Home Rula: On Nov. 22, 1908, at 4 p.m., Makalii (male) departed from life in this earthly world and returned to the other realm, fulfilling the words of…