(He Mai Puupuu Ulaula", Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, December 2, 1861)
The schoolteacher at Nuu, Kaupo, Maui writes to us with the following report: “The news at Nuu is of an outbreak of measles. It began in the final week of October, and in the first week of November, it spread to many of the children. Nearly half of the students in my school are no longer attending—it is truly deserted. Sickness is the reason. Here is how it begins: fever, headache and chills. After a day, red bumps emerge around the eyes and all over the body. Recovery occurs two or three days after the bumps go away. However, if the bumps do not emerge, then the disease can last for awhile, one or two weeks before abating, with severe sickness. Here is what I have seen of those who have been well cared for: the bumps emerge quickly one day and recovery is swift. For those who do not received good care, the disease lingers, with acute symptoms. One girl from my school died from this sickness, on Nov. 16, 1861. Her name was Kahue. Twenty-eight of those who became sick nearly died.”
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HE MAI PUUPUU ULAULA.—Ua palapala mai ia makou ke Kumukula ma Nuu, Kaupo, Maui, i kekahi mea ano hou, penei: "He mai puupuu ulaula, oia ka mea hou ma Nuu nei i keia wa; ua hoomaka ma na pule hope o Okatoba; a ua mahuahua loa ma ka pule mua o Novemaba, maluna o na keiki liilii ka nui loa. Aneane pau ka hapanui o na haumana o ka'u kula i ka noho—neoneo maoli. O ka mai ke kumu. Penei ka hoomaka ana, he wela, nalulu, a he li ma ka ili, a hala hookahi la, puka mai ka puupuu ulaula ma na maka, ma ke kino a puni; elua, a e kolu paha na la mahope iho o ka puupuu, alaila, o ke ola mai la no ia; aka, ina aole puka iki mai ka puupuu, loihi ka mai ana, hookahi a elua paha hepedoma, alaila, ola ka mai, me ka aneane pilikia loa nae. Eia ka'u mea i ike o ka mea mai i malama pono ia, e puka koke ka puupuu i ka la hookahi; a e ola koke ka mai—o na mea malama pono ole ia, loihi ka mai me ka aneane pilikia. Hookahi kaikamahine no ka'u kula i make i keia mai, o Kahue, kona inoa, Nov. 16, 1861. He 28 i loaa i keia mai, kokoke pau loa lakou i ke ola mai."