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1852_May07_Nahaolelua-Palauina
Date of Letter:
May 7, 1852
From:
P. Nahaolelua [Paulo Nāhaolelua]
To:
Palauina [Rev. Dwight Baldwin]
Content Summary:
Nāhaolelua reports from the Lahaina Fort about the whipping of a man suspected of theft and
how the event was handled by the police in Lahaina. The young man, Alika, was treated by Dr.
Dow but remained in critical condition. Nāhaolelua is concerned about the lack of trial.
Typescript:
[Page 1 of 2]
Papu Lahaina
Mei 7, 1852
Ia Palauina kau kumu
Aloha olua,
He wahi mea hai aku ia
olua, ma lie olohe olua ia hai,
i keia Aha kanaka nui ma
ko kakou kulanakau hale nei
mai kahi o Kauka Kao a ka
Hokela mua o Kapihi
O ke kahi keiki a
kela haole kahiko i make aku
nei Alika kainoa o ke keiki
mai make iho nei i keia la
Eia ke kumu o ka ma
ke Ana, ua hoopaaia e P. ka
makai nui a kakou, ma ka
lumi, aneane make, Aole nae
i pepehi ia, aole hahau ia
[Page 2 of 2]
he nawaliwali wale iho no
pela mai na Makai iau, eia
ka mea i pakele ai, o ka la
we ana ana k kanaka ia
Kauka Kao, a komo ka
laau, aole nae akaka ka
�pono, a ke olelo nei na kauka
he lolo.
Eia ke kumu o keia
hewa, he Kala na ke kahi haole
i Aihue ia paha a kuhi ia na
ke kahi keiki a hoopaaia a
hahau mua ia i ke kaula
ma kona kua, eha loa, aua
kinaki ia na lima a paa na wa
wae, A hahau me kaninau aku i
ke Dala pela e hoeha ai, Aole hoo
kolokolo mua
Alohe au, kii au e wehe,
ua eha, oia kau mea huhu, aole
pono ka hoeha mua, me ka hooko
lokolo ole mamua
Balauina ma Aloha olua
Honolulu
P. Nahaolelua
Translation:
[Page 1 of 2]
Fort, Lahaina
May 7, 1852
To Baldwin, my teacher
Greetings to the two of you,
A short message to the two of you, lest you hear from someone else about this large
gathering of people in our town here, from Dr. Dow's place to Kapihi's first hotel.
A son of that old foreign man who recently died, Alika being the boy's name, nearly died
today.
Here is the setting, he was held, nearly dead, in a room by P., our chief of police. But he
was not beaten or whipped [there]
[Page 2 of 2]
but was only very weak, or so the police officers told me. This is what spared him, the men
bringing Dr. Dow and giving him medicine. But his condition is not certain, and the doctors are
saying that he is damaged.
Here is why this wrong occurred, money belonging to a certain foreigner was possibly
stolen and it was assumed that it was a particular boy, who was held and whipped with a lash on
his back until badly hurt. His hands were tied and his feet secured, then he was whipped, while
being questioned about the money so as to hurt him without investigating first.
When I heard, I went to release him. He was hurt, and that is what angers me. There
should be no inflicting of injury without a previous trial.
Regards to the two of you,
P. Nahaolelua
Baldwin and wife,
Honolulu
�Notes:
1. Papu - Pāpū, fort, refers to the Fort at Lahaina, Maui. It was demolished two years after this
letter.
2. Nahaolelua - P. Nāhaolelua was from Kawaihae and was appointed Governor of Maui from
1852 to 1874. His name, which literally means "the two foreigners," is a reference to the two
advisors of Kamehameha I, John Young and Isaac Davis.
3. Palauina - Rev. Dwight Baldwin was a member of the fourth company missionaries that
arrived in 1831. A trained doctor, he resided on Maui, but was in Honolulu at the time of this
letter.
4. Kauka Kao - Dr. Kao [Dow] is mentioned in Hawaiian accounts by that spelling, but Dow
seems to be his English name. His full name and background is unknown. He is
acknowledged as a good doctor in Maui.
5. Hokela mua o Kapihi - This reference to the "Kapihi's first hotel" is obscure. Hokela is a
variant of Hōkele, or "hotel". There are multiple Kapihi, one a guardian for Kamehameha III
and another a ship captain, but neither is known to have had hotels in Lahaina.
6. Keiki a kela haole i make aku nei - This reference to Alika, the accused, as a "son of that
foreigner who recently died," doesn't give the name of the father, but implies a well-known
foreigner who died prior to the event.
7. P. ka makai nui a kakou - P. is likely a reference to William Cooper Parke, the Marshal of the
Hawaiian Islands from 1850 to 1884.
8. make - This word has many meanings, from defeated, to beaten, to killed. It is used in
multiple ways in this letter.
9. lolo (lōlō) - This word, describing the condition of the beaten youth, can mean brain
damaged, crazy, paralyzed, numb, crippled, enfeebled, etc., and the actual state of the young
man is not clear in this context.
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Nāhaolelua reports from the Lahaina Fort about the whipping of a man suspected of theft and how the event was handled by the police in Lahaina. The young man, Alika, was treated by Dr. Dow but remained in critical condition. Nāhaolelua is concerned about the lack of trial.
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