appearing and people fishing, often at a place called Ainahou, which is in Honolulu Harbor where Irwin Park and Aloha Tower Marketplace are now. But one article describes a tragic landslide that occurred in September 1866 on the shore of Kalihiwai Bay on Kauai. People from the neighborhood were standing on a lava terrace that borders the east side of the bay and fishing for alalaua when a landslide from the sea cliff above swept seven of them into the ocean. None of the seven survived. The articles are listed in chronological order and include the name of the newspaper that the article is from. The translations were done by Keao NeSmith, a Hawaiian language instructor at the University of Hawaii-Manoa. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. 29 August 1863. P. 3. Fishing for Alalaua. Everyone in the royal town is relaxing, enjoying themselves in these days of the shinning moon, fishing for alalaua on the ocean side of Ainahou and at the piers. There is a huge crowd of people, men and women of all types, enjoying this activity. Also, the King and Queen were there last Tuesday night. Ka Nupapa Kuokoa. 18 August 1866. P. 2. Last week Saturday, a small school of fish called alalaua came near shore and was seen at Ainahou. People pole-fished, but not many fish took the hooks. Lots of people flocked there and many returned emptyhanded. We also went down there last Saturday night and there were only two fish that took our hooks.
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. 22 September 1866. P. 2. Alalaua. Some people in town are anticipating making their way down to Ainahou to fish for alalaua. Last week Wednesday, many people made their way down there with their hooks. When they let their hooks down into the water, they came up empty-handed and went home with nothing. This is how this song came about: You and I were out of luck. Afterwards something was caught in the net. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa. 22 September 1866. P. 3. A terrible thing happened to some weoweo (alalaua) fishermen at the shore close to the cliff at Kapukamoi, Kalihikai, at 10 in the morning on an off-work day on the 8th of September. There is a narrow pass in the rocky shoreline, which has an opening at the base of the cliff. The cavern is perhaps 25 fathoms long and perhaps almost 3 fathoms wide and the water there is perhaps 4 or 5 fathoms deep where that cavern is. Lots of weoweo entered into this place, and there were lots of people who went there to fish. On Friday, the 7th, there were many people at that place fishing and picnicking at the bottom of the cliff, which juts out a little at an angle, and due to the angle, it acts as a cave. Had the cliff come down then, many people would have suddenly lost their lives. Had it come down at 8:00 on that off-work day, there would have been a lot of people there. When the day got hot, the fishermen went home at about 10:00. There were only a few peole remaining, sitting at the edge of the cave. At that time part of the cliff came crashing down and rocks hit the
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