Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 7, 9 Pepeluali 1894 — He Makana. [ARTICLE]

He Makana.

Ma ke kakahiaka Poakahi nei, ua kipa ae o Mr. Win. Reaply e ike i ko kakou Lani Alii, ina Wasinetons Hale, a ua olelo ae oia “pomaikai ko’u halawai ana nie ka Moiwahine Liliuokalani, a he makana nui keia na’u i ko’u ohana ke hoi aku i ko’u aina hanau. “Owau nei a me ko’u ohana, he kue loa niakou i ka Moiwahine, no ka pinepine o ko’u lohe ina Wasinetona, he wahine hupo loa oia a he ano pegana hoi. 0 kekahi poe hoi, ua hoike ae lakou he wahine naauao oia, he hookipa i ka uialihini ine ka niaikai, a he kulana lede oiaio. Xo ka like ole o keia mau lono a’u i lohe ai, ua hooikaika au e hiki kino i Hawaii nei, a ua ko no hoi, me ko’u ike pu i na hana hoopunipuni a na Mikanele. “He Kepuhalika au ina ke ano kalai aupuni, a ua puni loa au a ine ko’u ohana i na hoopunipuni a ka aoao hoohui aina, a ua apono maoli no au i ka hoohui aina. I keia manawa. e hoi aku ana au a hooikaika i ka pono o ka aoao o ka Moiwahine a me ka inaemae o kona inoa o ke aloha oiaio i kona lahui, a oia ka’u e hai ae me ka manaoio o ka manao, e kokoke mai ana no ka la no na olelo hoopunipuni e ike ia nei, a e hilahila loa iho ai ua jx>e la na lakou ua mau olelo la, no ka lakou mau hana kipi, powa, i . aihue a me ka pakaha i ka noho oluolu ana o ka lahuikanaka o Hawaii nei. “Ke haawi ae nei au i ko'u mahalo piha ia Kapena Sam l Nowleīn a me kona mau koa kakaikahi, e pulama nei a kiai i ka maluhia o ka Moiwahine, a oia ka’u e olelo ae nti, he i makana nui keia a’u i lohe ai a ! e liai aku ai L.ā i ko’u ohana a me ko'u mau hoa'loha o kuu aina oiwi."